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FBI on terrorist threat
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 02:47:33 PM
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Back online
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 11:30:12 AM
JURIST's Paper Chase was updated intermittently Tuesday because BloggerPro experienced technical problems. Apologies to our readers for any inconvenience.
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Goodbye LLRX
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 09:34:28 AM
LLRX, the free Law Library Resource Exchange site online since 1996, is "going on hiatus," according to a notice appearing on its front page Tuesday. The site will remain available without updates; readers are invited to visit LLRX Editor Sabrina Pacifici's new law and technology current awareness site, beSpacific. LLRX was a fine publication; JURIST regrets its passing.
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Harvard study on affirmative action alternative
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 09:21:42 AM
The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University has released a study indicating that "percent plans" - affirmative action alternatives based on admitting a certain percent of the highest performing graduates of each high school to public universities in a state - are rarely successful in maintaining racially/ethnically diverse campuses.
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Estrada Senate debate, cont.
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 08:58:26 AM
The full Senate resumes debate Tuesday on the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the US DC Court of Appeals. Review part one and part two of Monday's debate in the Congressional Record.
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Senate approval of judicial nominations
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 08:53:46 AM
The full Senate Monday approved the nominations of John R. Adams of Ohio to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio; S. James Otero of California to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California; and Robert A. Junell of Texas to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas. Review the debate and vote in the Congressional Record.
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ABA asbestos policy
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 08:31:58 AM
The ABA House of Delegates will consider Tuesday an ABA commission's proposal to limit asbestos lawsuits[PDF] to plaintiffs with cancer or asbestos-related pulmonary disease. The proposal is opposed by the American Trial Lawyers Association - ATLA President Mary Alexander addressed the ABA on the issue Monday.
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Ashcroft at Council on Foreign Relations
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 08:17:21 AM
The full text of Attorney General John Ashcroft's speech Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations in now online.
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February 11 - This day at law
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/11/2003 06:30:22 AM
On February 11, 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed an electoral redistricting law that favored his party - the practice became known as "gerrymandering" in reference to Gerry and the unusual, allegedly salamander-like district that resulted. See an 1812 political cartoon of The Gerry-mander from the Boston Gazette.
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