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Four Reasons Not to Get Married in California

Edward Stein | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Law, California Gay Marriage, Marriage, Gay Rights, Family Law, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Edward Stein

There are important personal and symbolic reasons for gays to marry in California. But it is a mistake to act without thinking carefully about the serious legal and financial implications.

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In Obama's America, Road to Power No Longer Runs Through Law Firms

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Doug Goodyear, Gale Norton, Mark Rey, Law, McCain Lobbyists, John McCain, Lawyers, Burma, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Jim Johnson VP, The Trap, Andy Card, Law School, Daniel Brook, American Forest & Paper Association, Barack Obama, Attorneys, Yale Law, Business News
Glenn Hurowitz

Lawyers will soon have to choose: spend your career serving your country, or spend it serving your corporation. But we have to make sure that those who embrace public service can make a decent living.

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Will All Judges Who Have Viewed Porn Please Stand Up?

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pornography, Judge, Law, First Amendment, Kozinski, Online Porn, Pornography Websites, Porn, Politics News
Peter Scheer

To look at porn is a right that we all have, and for good reason: in a free society, government has no business overriding private choices about what movies to see, books to read or photos to view.

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Getting Used to Gay Marriage: Why Californians Won't Reject Same-Sex Marriages Come November

Edward Stein | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Law, Gay Rights, Family Law, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, California, California Gay Marriage, Politics News
Edward Stein

Much has changed since the last referendum about same-sex marriage in California in 2000 -- attitudes towards gay people and gay relationships have improved markedly.

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A Modest Proposal for the 21st Century

Marci Hamilton | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas FLDS Ruling, Law, Polygamy, Age of Consent, FLDS Raid, Underage Drinking and Driving, Rule of Law, Nambla, Flds, Polygamists, Politics News
Marci Hamilton

About 20% of boys, and 25% of girls, are sexually abused in the United States. If we were to ignore our age of consent laws, we could reduce those numbers dramatically. And why stop with the laws governing sex?

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Government By Lawyers, For Lawyers

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Parking, Law, Lawyers, Law Enforcement, Lawyer Fees, AutoReturn Inc., Car Towing, Lawyer, San Francisco, Politics News
Aaron Greenspan

The aggregate efforts of all of the lawyers I have hired have yielded more dishonest behavior than the issues I was hoping to address with their help.

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Full-Page "Women Count" Ad for Hillary Excludes 28 Million Women

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Law, Single Men, Children, Single Mothers, Matrimania, Fox, Media, Scholarship, Singles, Federal Funding, Marriage, Singlism, Los Angeles Times, Social Movements, Demographics, Single Women, Voting, Second-Wave Feminism, Abc, Women, Work Life Balance, Political Ads, Feminism, USA Today, Advertising, WomenCount PAC, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Academia, 2008 Presidential Candidates, Higher Education, Widows, Media News
Bella DePaulo

The ad funded by "Women Count" counts every woman -- as long as she is married. I wonder, are single women also invisible to Hillary?

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Texas Appellate Court Rules Against State's Seizure of the FLDS Children

Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas FLDS Ruling, Texas, Law, Mormonism, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Latter Day Saints, Breaking Politics News, Politics News
Eugene Volokh

An excerpt from the court's opinion, which is a sharp and detailed rebuke of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

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That vs. Who: The Politics of Linguistics

Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexism, Psychology, News, War, Bias, Extremism, Media, Technology, Nationalism, Cognitive Science, Law, Journalists, Computers, Philosophy, Politicians, Genocide, Human Rights, Germany, Linguistics, Politics, Gender, United States, God, Globalization, Journalism, Internet, George Bush, Destruction, Catastrophe, Subjectivity, Generalizations, Objectivity, Republicanism, Osama Bin Laden, Nazism, Grammar, Words, Newspapers, Stress, World Politics, Physics, Science, Information, Workplace, Freedom, Autonomy, Health, C.I.A., Independence, Presidents, Religion, Corruption, 911, 9/11, Terrorism, World Trade Center, Gulf War, Oil, Critical Theory, Saddam Hussein, Essay, Politics News
Carol Maric

I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.

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Law & Order Does Good

Julia Moulden | Posted 05.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Reinvention, Law, Career, New York, Good Works, Davis Polk Wardwell, Bbc, New Radicals, Midlife, New York Times, Ronnie Abrahms, Doing Good, Journalism, Julia Moulden, Entertainment News
Julia Moulden

Ronnie Abrams appointment as special counsel for pro bono to one of New York's prestigious law firms (Davis Polk & Wardwell) is big enough news that i...

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How Long Does It Take To Get A Voter ID?

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 05.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Law, Election Reform, Vote, Voter Identification, Why Tuesday, Rick Hasen, Supreme Court, Voter ID Laws, Election Law, Supreme Court Voter Identification, Voter Fraud, Election, Voter ID, Home News
Jacob Soboroff

I visited with election law expert Rick Hasen and hopped on the bus to time how long it would take to get a photo ID to vote if you don't already have one.

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What You Might Not Know About the Constitution

Mike Stark | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Constitution, Race, Law, Activism, Toni Morrison, Constitutional Amendment, Slavery, Racism, Obama Race, OJ Simpson, Rodney King, Politics News
Mike Stark

Our nation's charter -- The Constitution of the United States -- to this day contains unstricken text that established the legal framework for slavery.

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Justice For...All?

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Tort Reform, Courts, Civil Justice, Legal Representation, Law, Lawyers, Justice, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Big companies have the money to take these cases to court. But what if you or I need to go to court? Are we on an equal footing?

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Help! My Publisher is a Greedy Corporation!

David Feige | Posted 11.07.2007 | Media

Read More: Pubishers, Law, Publishing, Conservatives, Books, Lawsuits, Kerry, Royalties, Book Clubs, Media, Swiftboat, Regnery, Media News
David Feige

It's hard to match the schadenfreude that comes from reading a headline like "Conservative Authors Sue Publisher," particularly when the publisher is the odious Regnery.

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Reading The Pictures: I've Got The Blackwater Giggles

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.09.2007 | Media

Read More: Bagnewsnotes, Law, Video, White House, Johns Hopkins, Joe Wilson, Blackwater; Bush, Media News
Michael Shaw

2007-10-09-20071009BushJohnHopkinsf.jpgIf smirks and self-effacement have gotten Bush by on a moment-to- moment basis, the fantasy of delegation is no replacement for the real thing.

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