Archive | November, 2004

Should law schools take sides on what they perceive as questions of justice and morality? Will Baude considers the dangers of doing so in a post you can access here.   In my view, there are interesting parallels between this debate and Eugene’s recent posts on using religious views as the basis for political beliefs (see […]

Adam Litvak has an article in the New York Times describing Jerry Falwell’s Liberty Law School. Excerpt: The new law schools say they are a sort of counterweight to the views that dominate the legal academy. “The prevailing orthodoxy at the elite law schools is an extreme rationalism that draws a strong distinction between faith […]

of http://pejmanesque.com is temporarily blogging at http://pejmanbackup.blogspot.com.

Ken Lammers has an excellent post on the topic. In particular, it’s a must-read for any criminal procedure students out there.

The L.A. Times offers this fascinating article on colleges and universities that are lowering admissions standards for men to achieve equal numbers of men and women in the student body. (Hat Tip: Pejman.) Kevin Drum offers some pointed comments; I would only add that the reactions of stalwarts on both sides of this debate should […]

Ever wanted to read someone the Riot Act? Apparently all you need to do is find a group of 12 or more people “tumultuously assembled” and declare the following (preferably with a British accent, of course):   Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons being assembled immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to […]

will now be the championship of two leagues in which exactly one team is outside the United States. Say what you will about those darned Europeans (and other soccer-loving countries), at least when they hold the World Cup they invite the rest of the world. (And, no, apparently the World Series wasn’t named after a […]

It’s official; the Montreal Expos are going to be renamed the Washington Nationals.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been held in contempt of court for her refusal to identify to a grand jury the source of who leaked the identity of Valerie Plame, an undercover CIA agent. Press coverage of the story has focused heavily on the prospect that punishing Miller might have the unfortunate effect […]

Cole: I received a very weird phone call from a prominent Jewish-American investigative journalist the other night. He kept muttering about bias against Sharon and how the Israeli security wall is no different from the wall near the Rio Grande (which isn’t true: did the US annex Mexican land to build that?) I guess Juan’s […]

I know of no other way to describe the NBA Commissioner’s complete failure to impose any sanction designed to redress the actions of unruly fans in Detroit. Today David Stern announced severe, and warranted, suspensions of the NBA players involved in the Friday’s courtside riot in Detroit. Yet Stern announced no measures — indeed, could […]

I have little patience for spoiled-rotten professional athletes, especially in the NBA. Yet after this weekend’s fiasco in Detroit, I have even less patience for unruly sports fans. In this column, the Miami Herald‘s Dan Le Batard nails it: It was ugly and awful and historically staining, and now, it will get worse as the […]

In 1996, physics professor Alan Sokal published a parody article on the social construction of physics in the journal Social Text. It turns out that Sokal’s website has copies of the original article, the Lingua Franca article in which he came clean about his spoof, and other writings about the controversy both by Sokal and […]

that the VC’s affiliation with law.com will render us bland and colorless, here is a reminder that being part of the Conspiracy is all about taking on the Man. (Link: Howard)

such as the weird font for the links. We should have them fixed up by the end of the day.