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Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Rule of law seems absent, western powers impassive, as civil war inflicts horrific suffering in Sudan

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I know it's hipster hot right now to be up in arms over Gaza and lukewarm over Ukraine . I'd like for a moment to set aside both tho...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

1901: Disgruntled laborer shoots, kills President

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Assassination of President McKinley by T. Dart Walker, c. 1905 Library of Congress In Buffalo , New York, this week, I felt obliged by recen...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

ABA adopts academic freedom standard, but 'Crossroads' convo shows, not everybody gets it

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Is the American Bar Association (ABA) "Doing Enough to Promote Viewpoint Diversity?," panelists were asked at the ABA Midyear Meet...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Frum invokes Judge Learned Hand on self-doubt to build case for 'uncanceling' Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson, 1912 Library of Congress In the March Atlantic David Frum pleaded for the "uncanceling" of Woodrow Wilson and gav...
Friday, February 23, 2024

'Gripping' Ugandan documentary makes Oscar cut

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Uganda has its first ever Oscar-nominated film, a documentary about political persecution and daring resistance to the Museveni regime. Bobi...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

To combat corruption, India Supreme Court strikes down dark money system, cites U.S. precedents

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Late last week, the Supreme Court of India struck a blow for transparency and accountability when it ruled unconstitutional a system of ano...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

'Statute of limitations is a very real thing in this country'

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"The statute of limitations is a very real thing in this country," former President and Republican presidential front-runner Dona...
Monday, February 27, 2023

Judge chides attorney for not wearing coat

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An Arkansas Supreme Court justice earlier this month called out a professor-attorney for not wearing a coat in a Zoom argument. Associate J...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Nigerians pin high hopes on horse-race election

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Voters bear PDP flags at a rally in Ilé-Ifè, Osun State, in December. RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Update, March 1, 2023: Nigerian electi...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Follow the dollar, name politicians in train disaster

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Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) blocked rail safety measures. Medill DC via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Government "tried" to regulate rail, but ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Politics complicates football: Sympathy for ... Iran

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As advertised , last week in Kraków, Poland, I had the great privilege to talk law, development, and the FIFA World Cup, with the group sta...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

With FIFA World Cup under way in Qatar, law students study sport and soft power, law and development

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I'll be talking law, development, and the World Cup today in Kraków, Poland. Thanks to the American Law Scientific Circle (KNPA) and Am...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Governor's proposed pay hikes evince typical bureaucratic ignorance of how working people earn

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Governor Dan McKee (Kenneth C. Zirkel CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia ) Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee's proposal for huge increases to sta...
Friday, August 26, 2022

McMahon debates incumbent insider in DA race

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[UPDATE, Sept. 7, 2022.] With 90% reporting, the N.Y. Times lists Quinn prevailing with 65% of the vote to McMahon's 35%. This result i...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Kenyan presidential election has Nairobi on edge

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UPDATE, Aug. 19: William Ruto won the Kenya presidential election.  Read more at NPR, Aug. 15. Kenya will vote for a new president next mont...