Court sense [Harvard Gazette , 9/5/14]:
Associate Justice Elena Kagan provides peek into Supreme Court's everyday
workings.
Judge Posner opinion on same-sex marriage cases — no law clerk
drafts needed [Concurring Opinions, 9/5/14]: He is a rara avis – he
writes his own judicial opinions (nearly 3000). Law clerks need not
bother with drafts. He writes his own scholarly articles (over 300-plus of
them) and erudite books (40-plus). Law clerks need not bother with writing them
either.
Teacher Tenure Brings Calif. Debate to Life [CNS, 9/5/14]: At a
Thursday night debate, Republican Neel Kashkari said Gov. Jerry Brown should be
"ashamed" for siding with "union bosses" and appealing a
ruling that dismantles the state's teacher tenure laws. Kashkari said Brown was more interested in fighting
for the unions than the poor kids in the state's public school system.
Calif. Teachers' Union Sets Sights on Charters [EdWeek, 9/5/14]: The California Teachers
Association, or the CTA, the NEA’s largest state affiliate, officially listed
charter school organizing as a focus area in its long-term strategic plan in
January after nibbling around the issue for two years. However, the national
charter sector remains largely union-free despite the efforts of the country’s
two largest teachers’ unions, the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers.
Holder announces DOJ
investigation of Ferguson police [Jurist, 9/5/14]: US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that
the Department of Justice (DOJ) will open an investigation to determine whether Ferguson
Police officials have systematically violated the US Constitution or federal
law.
Getting Away with Literary Fraud [Justia, 9/5/14]: John Dean explains how the
dysfunctional body of1st Amendment law lets authors publish
falsehoods about public figures.
The Most Interesting Supreme Court
Case Coming Up May Be About Beards [Nat. Journ., 9/4/14]: The Court recently ruled in favor of
religious liberty, but this case may prove more difficult.
32
states ask Supreme Court to settle gay marriage [AP,
9/4/14]: Thirty-two
states that either allow gay marriage or have banned it asked the U.S. Supreme
Court on Thursday to settle the issue once and for all.
ACLU Challenges Texas's
Single-Sex Schools [CNS, 9/5/14]: The ACLU filed a civil rights complaint Wednesday with
the U.S. Department of Education, challenging the Austin school district's
decision to create two same-sex middle schools in a predominantly minority
neighborhood.
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