November 4th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
A bill introduced in both the House and Senate has broad congressional backing and – for the first time – the crucial support of the politically powerful Cuban-American community.
TIME has the story.
I have always wanted to visit Cuba. I’ve thought for a long time now that our embargo and travel ban were counter-productive.
October 2nd, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration System) is an innovation of the mortgage/banking industry which facilitated the prolific bundling, buying and selling of mortgages during the now-burst “real estate bubble.” The MERS (itself a corporation) tracking system allowed the changes of ownership in mortgages/deeds of trust to be registered in one place - the MERS database – rather than recorded (per state law!) in various county recorders’ offices across the United States….
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September 10th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
Yesterday, I previewed the reargument of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and now the arguments are in. The transcript is here. Or listen to the audio.
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September 9th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission (a.k.a. “The Hillary Movie Case”) began as a challenge to the distribution of a conservative interest group’s documentary denouncing Hillary Clinton during her presidential election campaign. Because the documentary was funded with corporate money, the FEC claimed authority to prevent its distribution under the “McCain-Feingold” Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (which limits corporate expenditures nationwide on political campaign messaging transmitted via broadcast, satellite or cable TV). About half of the states also have laws limiting corporate political campaign spending.
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August 26th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
CNN flags a First Amendment clash.
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Can a Muslim woman wear a burka/niqab while testifying in court? Michigan small-claims court judge Paul Paruk said no, ordering Ginnah Muhammed to remove her religious head covering so that he could observe her temperament and demeanor during her testimony.
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July 27th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
Harvard professor Henry Gates was arrested at his home last week by Cambridge policeman James Crowley, sparking a national uproar.
Two views worth reading:
NYPD Police Captain Brandon del Pozo
Response by progressive blogger Digby
Where on the spectrum do you fall?
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June 26th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
To allow, or to forbid, a judge’s judging a case when one litigant has pumped millions of dollars into the judge’s election campaign. How best to preserve Americans’ faith in the integrity and fairness of our judicial system? The U.S. Supreme Court faced just this question in Caperton v. Massey, a suit between rival West Virginia coal companies. The closely divided Court issued its decision earlier this month. The three opinions totaling just 40 pages are a breeze to read compared to the Supremes’ more lengthy screeds – if you’ve never read a Supreme Court opinion, try this one.
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June 25th, 2009 by kyle
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June 9th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
At Slate.com, Daliah Lithwick writes about America’s prison problem and Senator Jim Webb’s (D-VA) upcoming effort to address it.
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May 29th, 2009 by Bryan Lieb
On May 26, the California Supreme Court issued it’s “Proposition 8″ (Prop 8) consolidated ruling on cases contesting the constitutionality under the California Constitution of the Prop 8 California ballot referendum. This referendum purported to ban same-sex marriage in California and had passed by a 52% to 48% vote on election day in November, 2008. Prop 8 had been a reaction to the California Supreme Court’s deeming same-sex marriage a fundamental constitutional right in an earlier 2008 decision (In re Marriage Cases).
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