Andrew Tucker Avorn
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Andrew Tucker Avorn is a student at New York University Law School. In 2008, he worked on Al Franken’s Senate campaign and recount. As an undergrad, he founded PRO-Israel PROgressives and served as Vice President of Columbia University’s College Democrats.

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Why Stop at Cameras in the Supreme Court?

2 Comments | Posted December 12, 2011 | 14:24:54 (EST)

The United States Congress is trying to force The Supreme Court to broadcast oral arguments on television. The Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011, introduced by Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, seeks to make the court more "accountable to the public" by turning the Supreme Court...

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A Poor Concepcion of Consumer Rights

Posted April 28, 2011 | 14:46:22 (EST)

AT&T Mobility strikes again. But this time they won, and consumers will pay for it. The United States Supreme Court handed down a major ruling that will severely limit consumers' ability to enforce their rights against companies. AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion was a 5-4 opinion written by Antonin Scalia that...

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The AT&T Settlement: A Reason to be Thankful This Holiday Season

Posted November 26, 2010 | 17:20:20 (EST)

AT&T Mobility customers who use a smartphone to connect to the internet got notice of an early holiday gift this year -- a class action settlement to compensate them for illegal taxes that the company has collected since 2005.

After looking at the settlement website and one...

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Naval Warfare, Riot Cops, and a Tiny Protest: A Day in the Life of a Jew in Turkey

Posted June 3, 2010 | 13:32:48 (EST)

On Monday, I saw ISRAEL on a television screen at my hostel in Istanbul. The hostel clerk turned up the volume and watched intently. I went to online to learn that Israeli commandos had killed some activists from a Turkish NGO who were trying to run Israel's blockade on Gaza....

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John Paulson: Man Behind the Curtain

Posted April 22, 2010 | 11:13:44 (EST)

Allow me to add to the overabundance of analogies contrived to explain the SEC's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs: John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made a billion dollars from transaction in the suit, is the man behind the curtain at the end of "The Wizard of...

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Should Senators Vote to Filibuster?

Posted February 9, 2010 | 18:20:19 (EST)

Legislation in the Senate is filibustered by default every day. A simple change in debate rules could preserve the Senate's deliberative tradition, but more accurately reflect the true purpose and political reality of the filibuster. 41 Senators should vote to extend debate, instead of 60 voting to close it.

Right...

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