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Judges Should Stop Giving Deference to School Officials

Adam Goldstein | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Penn State, Famu, Lawyers, First Amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, Lower Merion School District, Judge Posner, Jerry Sandusky, Robert Champion, Civil Rights, Hazelwood, Education News
Adam Goldstein

It is time to end this bizarre practice that assumes judges who are competent to decide whether a man lives or dies for his crimes are incompetent to decide whether a school administrator crossed a line in a strip-search.

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Immigration Court Reform Serves Everyone's Interests

Katy Welter | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Asylum Seekers, Immigration Reform, Judge Posner, Chicago Appleseed, Immigration Court System, Deportation, Chicago News
Katy Welter

The immigration court system is an integral part of the American justice system. No matter your views on immigration policy, these courts need to be fair, efficient, and effective.

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Supreme Court To Hear Case On Execuitve Pay

New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, CEO Pay, Jones v. Harris Associates, Executive Pay, Wall Street, Finance, Mutual Funds, Judge Posner, Bonuses, Harris Associates, U.S. Supreme Court, Business News

Last summer, Richard A. Posner, a federal appeals court judge, issued a surprising and prescient dissent. Executive pay is out of control, he said, an...

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Marcus Baram

Judge Richard Posner Questions His Free-Market Faith In "A Failure Of Capitalism"

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Posner on Financial Crisis, Richard Posner, Posner on Capitailsm, Richard A. Posner, Posner on Deregulation, Judge Posner, Business News

"If you're worried that lions are eating too many zebras, you don't say to the lions, 'You're eating too many zebras.' You have to build a fence aroun...

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