Hearing on Constitutional Amendment to Protect Parent Rights [Ed Law Prof blog, 9/9/14]: Today, the Judiciary Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is holding a hearing on the need for a constitutional amendment to protect parental rights. 

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/education_law/2014/09/hearing-on-constitutional-amendment-to-protect-parent-rights.html

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs, Growth And Investing [Forbes, 9/5/14]: President Reagan has long been considered the best modern economic President.  So we compared his performance dealing with the oil-induced recession of the 1980s with that of President Obama and his performance during this ‘Great Recession.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2014/09/05/obama-outperforms-reagan-on-jobs-growth-and-investing/

Rothenberg: Senate GOP Gains At Least 7 Seats [Roll Call, 9/9/14]:- While the current Rothenberg Political Report ratings don’t show it, I am now expecting a substantial Republican Senate wave in November, with a net gain of at least seven seats. But I wouldn’t be shocked by a larger gain.

http://blogs.rollcall.com/rothenblog/elections-2014-stu-rothenberg-senate-republican-gains/?dcz=

Dems do damage control on immigration [The Hill, 9/9/14]: The White House decision to delay action has enraged immigration activists.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/217008-dems-do-obama-damage-control-on-immigration

Obama's brain drain [Politico, 9/9/14]: More than 220 nominees are awaiting Senate confirmation to fill vacancies across the administration. President Barack Obama has a big to-do list for his final two-plus years in office. But he doesn’t have all the key people in place to pull it all off..

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/obamas-brain-drain-110731.html

Social media finds itself playing the role of reluctant censor  [1^st Amend. Coalition, 9/9/14]: A Texas university lecturer argues that with the public relying on Twitter, YouTube and other social media outlets for breaking news, it is important that they uphold the principles of free speech even when it comes to horrific images as the ISIS beheading of journalist James Foley.

http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2014/09/social-media-finds-playing-role-reluctant-censor/

Up-Skirt Teacher Photos May Cost Catholic School [CNS, 9/9/14]: After Catholic school students took and circulated lewd images of their teacher, the diocese may be liable for the woman's emotional distress, a federal judge ruled.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/09/09/71199.htm

UN: Responsibility to protect becoming increasingly urgent [Jurist, 9/8/14]: The UN General Assembly on Monday met to discuss "the responsibility to protect" adopted by world leaders in 2005, with UN officials stressing the urgency of this responsibility as crises rage around the world. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the assembly. saying that the world now faces a number of conflicts that involve acts that "shock the global conscience" and illustrate the human costs of turning a blind eye. 

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/09/un-responsibility-to-protect-becoming-increasingly-urgent.php