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Mar 29

Cuomo Shows His True Colors

Posted 419 days ago by Yevgeny Shrago

The HLPR blog has repeatedly observed the fiscal wizardry of the newly elected class of Republican governors, commenting as they balanced the budget through a secret blend of tax cuts for the rich and spending cuts to vital social services.  At the very least, we expected as much from the Republican governors.  Unfortunately, this week marks a Democratic governor’s conversion to the fiscal dark side.  New York’s Andrew Cuomo has won his staring contest with the Democratic-controlled New York State Assembly and will bring the budget in before the March 31 deadline for the first time in five years.  However, this is one budget that may have been better late, or never.

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Mar 29

Professor Stuntz, In Memoriam: “A Wonderful Boss”

Posted 419 days ago by Jason Harrow

Bill Stuntz was renowned as a scholar and a teacher. Less well-known is that he was a wonderful — if unconventional — boss.

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Mar 28

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Inherited Characteristics and Criminal Justice: Part 1

Posted 420 days ago by Jessica Jackson

Epigenetics is defined as ”changes in the way that a gene works or functions, without altering the sequence of the genetic code, or DNA.”  I usually find this kind of natural science quite dry, but I was fascinated by a the PBS series called Ghost in Your Genes on the topic.

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Mar 28

Professor Stuntz, In Memoriam: “Amazing Friend”

Posted 420 days ago by HLPR blog editorial staff

It’s March 19, 2011, and I am on a bittersweet errand: to celebrate the life and mourn the passing of Professor William John Stuntz, or Bill to his friends. I deplane, check in to my hotel, and start getting dressed for the service.

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Mar 28

Facebook Bans in Prison: A Constitutional Issue?

Posted 420 days ago by Smita Ghosh

In February, a democratic legislator in South Carolina proposed HR 3527, which would make it a misdemeanor for a prisoner to use a social media network. HR 3527 would punish violators with a $500 fine and additional 30 days of jail time. Some critics smell a First Amendment violation, while others cite safety reasons for targeting potential hurtful communications from prisoners.

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Mar 28

Spring Break in the Sonoran Desert

Posted 420 days ago by HLPR blog editorial staff

No More Deaths is a humanitarian aid organization that fights to end migrant deaths along the Arizona/Mexico border. Last year, the inhospitable frontier claimed the lives of at least 253 migrants – people young and old, male and female, who died from fatigue, injury, dehydration, and hypothermia. And those were just the recovered bodies…

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Mar 25

An Orphan Nobody Should Love

Posted 423 days ago by Yevgeny Shrago

Having recently receiving a well-deserved promotion to the Second Circuit, Judge Denny Chin’s final case in a career full of high profile decisions at the Southern District of New York, could have ended in a settlement between plaintiffs Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, and defendant Google.

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Mar 25

Court Greenlights Challenge to Federal Wiretapping Statute

Posted 423 days ago by Anthony Kammer

Until this week, it was unclear whether U.S. citizens were able to contest the government’s warrantless wiretapping practices in the nation’s courts. On March 21, 2011, a unanimous panel of the Second Circuit cleared the way for a constitutional challenge to the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

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Mar 25

Professor Stuntz, In Memoriam: “Grace, Mercy, and Humility”

Posted 423 days ago by HLPR blog editorial staff

I was blessed to be in Professor Stuntz’s Criminal Justice reading group in spring 2010, his Federal Criminal Law course in fall 2010, and to write a paper under his supervision in 2010. I first met him at Park Street Church my 1L year and was amazed by his graciousness.

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Mar 25

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Professor Stuntz, In Memoriam: “The Paradox of Professor Stuntz”

Posted 423 days ago by HLPR blog editorial staff

Working as a research assistant to Professor Stuntz, I frequently witnessed two remarkably different sides of his personality.  The first was unfailingly charitable, funny, respectful, and encouraging.  The second was deeply critical and self-effacing.

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