NYT has the initial AP writeup of the orals.

For a more thorough account, check out Lyle Denniston's post on SCOTUSblog. Denniston is optimistic about a 5-3 vote for federal jurisdiction and against the military commissions, though at least one other observer thinks it'll turn out exactly the other way ( Read more... )

People who follow the Bush Administration's "War on Terror" probably know that the Supreme Court heard arguments today in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. At issue in the case is whether the military commissions at Guantánamo violate international law (specifically, the very Geneva Conventions they purport to enforce against detainees), as well as whether ( Read more... )

Thanks to degram, I engaged in a rare meme. I was cracking up, but maybe it was only funny to me...

( The iTunes Shuffle Meme. )

My favorite Iraqi blog, Baghdad Burning, has a beautiful tribute to the Askariya shrine, and some anecdotal indication of the current mood in Baghdad.All morning we've been hearing/watching both Shia and Sunni religious figures speak out against the explosions and emphasise that this is what is wanted by the enemies of Iraq- this is what they would ( Read more... )

In playing with my "Interests" list just now, I added "cultural heritage". Clicked on the link to see what communities I got.

One was a group for immigrants' descendants.
One was a group for white supremacists.

What?!?

Feel free to critique whatever I post. Freedom of speech wot wot. I may, of course, feel free as the editor to delete whatever I want. I have been generous to other points of view, however, provided they are articulate, provocative, and decently informed (simply poo-pooing material I choose to post does not make the cut ( Read more... )

My Cultural Property prof has a blog. It may have minor pretensions at being a Blawg, but it's a blog.

A fashion blog.I and all of the 1Ls who suffer through her Property class are giggling inside at how stereotypically well this fits her giddy, breathless demeanor ( Read more... )

Not all my extensions weathered the shift to Firefox 1.5 so well, so I've had to slowly reinstall them as updates come available. Without the Session Saver extension, I thought I'd lost these three great pieces I'd been meaning to read post for a while - only to find my last pre-switch session saved when I restored the extension:

1. Balkinization ( Read more... )

I just took a straw-poll self-audit. Sixteen of the last 27 posts (not counting this one) I could envision in a separate blawg-cum-political-commentary-blog ( Read more... )

NYT: Senate Reverses Rasul, Strips Federal Courts of Jurisdiction over Guantánamo SuitsAs an American who believes in his country's avowed ideals, I don't understand this. Don't even bother trying to explain; it's impossible ( Read more... )