JUDICIARY UNIT -- Old, but interesting article about the appointment process. The American Bar Association has declared a significant number of President Obama’s judicial prospects “not qualified,” slowing White House efforts to fill vacancies.
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JUDICIAL UNIT -- Justices Breyer and Scalia testified on the role of judges in the American republic and democratic systems within the U.S. 
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CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIT Protesters in the Middle East and North Africa have demanded an apology from the U.S. government over a video that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. While even highly offensive speech is protected by U.S.
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MUST READ! Although few legal minds devote journal space to analyzing oral argument, the Court is so closely divided on major cases that a perceptive listener can usually divine clues as to where the individual Justices may be leaning.
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Background of Fisher v. UT Civil Rights -- Affirmative Action
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Audio -- Oral Arguments of Fisher v. UT. Civil Rights -- Affirmative Action
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The U.S. government may soon owe more money to Japan than it owes to China. Here's what that means for the U.S., China, and the rest of the world.
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MUST READ! This week, the Supreme Court is to hear the case of Abigail Fisher, who said she was rejected by a university because she is white, drawing new attention to affirmative action’s constitutionality.
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This secession business is not simply a social media exercise. It takes blood, sweat and tears -- emphasis on the blood. Here are some facts and frequently believed misconceptions about Texas secession.
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Congress returns to Washington next week for a lame duck session to begin to tackle the threat of going over the "fiscal cliff." In the private sector, some business leaders are taking a more vocal stance on the debt crisis and have joined the...
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The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe explains the buzz word that everyone has been using to identify the financial changes looming at the end of the fiscal year.
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A guide to foreign policy and the 2012 U.S. presidential transition.
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JUDICIAL UNIT -- Chief Justice John Roberts addressed students at Rice University, touching on issues ranging from challenges to the Constitution to his favorite movie.
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Judiciary Unit -- Must read by 12/4. The Politics of Judicial Confirmations Judicial appointments wait months for confirmation Also, read about present-day senatorial courtesy in Texas.
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CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIT Also, daddies are forbidden to dance with daughters in Rhode Island and doggy-steroid doping becomes illegal in Tucson.
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In class, we discussed how interest groups seek to "lobby" the courts by filing amicus curiae briefs. Take a look at the ones filed in the Fisher v. UT case. I love the digital age b/c you one click provides you a pdf of a brief. See who lined up on either side of this case.
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The court's answer to that question could significantly restrict employer liability in racial and sexual harassment cases, or, in the view of some business organizations, it could result in frivolous litigation.
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JUDICIARY The Reagan appointee has been perhaps the most significant influence on law in the past three decades. But the start of the new term looks likely to mark the end of the Scalia Court and the beginning of the Roberts one.
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SCOTUS Scott Pelley interviews Justice John Paul Stevens upon his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court after 35 years.
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Be sure to summarize. Then, make sure you EXPLAIN your opinion about the editorial.
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A petition calling for Texas to secede from the United States, created on a White House website designed to foster citizen involvement, became a minor Internet sensation this week as it grew by thousands, then tens of thousands, of signatures...
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Last August, President Obama and Congress put the U.S. economy on course to go over a fiscal cliff. WSJ's David Wessel tells you everything you need to know about the cliff but were afraid to ask.
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Video on msnbc.com: A Meet the Press panel examines the expectations from the White House and Capitol Hill on agreeing on a deal to sidestep the fiscal cliff.
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