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[ad_1] 8/3/1994: Justice Stephen Breyer takes oath. Justice Stephen BreyerThe post Today in Supreme Court History: August 3, 1994 appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] From the 36K-word decision in Laffery v. Pertl, by Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Maria Lazar, joined in part by Judges Lisa Neubauer and Mark Gundrum: Appellants and foster parents, Brian and Katie Lafferty appeal the circuit court’s order on cross-motions for summary judgment executed in favor of respondents Jeff Pertl and Julie Driscoll as well as the court’s decision and order denying the Laffertys’ motion for a protective order. The Laffertys have been seeking to exercise their state and federal constitutional rights for five years while the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) and Washington County Human…

[ad_1] Still from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. About 3,300 years ago, in the region around the Mediterranean, civilization collapsed. That’s what the archaeological record shows: the spectacular disappearance of a number of thriving cultures in Greece, Anatolia, and the Middle East. The Minoan palaces, with their astonishing frescoes of acrobats jumping over bulls, fell into ruins. Cyprus, at the crossroads of late Bronze Age culture, suffered a series of devastating attacks. Powerful Egypt was hobbled. Perhaps the most famous destruction, however, took place at the city of Troy, which was part of the Hittite empire that stretched across modern-day Turkey.…

[ad_1] The U.S. State Department apologized after showing a map of Africa at an international AIDS conference in Brazil that mislabeled every country it highlighted. The incorrect map, which appeared to have been created with AI tools, placed countries such as Ivory Coast, Mozambique, and Nigeria in the wrong locations. The State Department blamed a staff member for making last-minute changes to the presentation. The post Brickbat: Where in the World? appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] A New Jersey news outlet is asking a state appeals court to lift a judicial order censoring its coverage of an incident that led to a lockdown at New Brunswick High School on May 8. That extraordinary order, which New Jersey Superior Court Judge Thomas D. McCloskey issued on July 9, purports to bar New Brunswick Today and every other journalist in the United States from identifying the 16-year-old student who prompted the lockdown by bringing an airsoft pistol to school. It also prohibits them from sharing unexpurgated security camera video of the incident. In a brief filed last week…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – CC BY 2.0 It is a stew of inedible quality.  But eat it we are expected to do.  Consider the stomach-churning ingredients.  FIFA, an opaque organisation of mafia qualities that governs world football.  Add to the mix crawling-to-power President Gianni Infantino, a preposterous darling of authoritarian favour.  Mix in his cringeworthy, very public association with US President Donald Trump, peace prize and all.  And money. Money, money and some.  Will that contaminated mix set? Not happy with the loot secured from the just concluded Men’s World Cup, stained by criminally high-ticket sales and returns from the…

[ad_1] Francesca Hong’s friends: Over the weekend, Wisconsin candidate for governor (and democratic socialist) Francesca Hong campaigned with streamer Hasan Piker, who wants to force non-socialists out of the Democratic Party (a view he expressed while wearing a Mao Zedong outfit), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D–Minn.), who once accused Israel of having “hypnotized” the world. The August 11 primary will determine which Democrat challenges Republican Tom Tiffany in November. Hong, a 37-year-old chef and bartender (in AOC fashion), is the frontrunner. “When people want to fight for something together, when they see something they believe in, and they start to believe…

[ad_1] NA Law students around the country will be starting classes over the next few weeks. Back in 2018, I wrote a post offering advice to entering students, which I updated in 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, and last year. I tried to focus on points that I rarely, if ever, see made in other pieces of this type. I think my original suggestions remain relevant today. So I reprint my advice from earlier posts largely unaltered, with the addition of  incremental edits and updates: 1. Think carefully about what kind of law you want to practice. Law is a profession…

[ad_1] There was already a great deal of consternation among the rightwing due to the election of socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City and socialist Katie Miller as mayor of Seattle. The volume of warnings got higher after NYC Democrats gave primary victories to three socialist candidates this summer. But on closer inspection, it appears to be Much Ado about Nothing. The political platform and electoral strategy of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) represent a fundamental departure from the traditional economic and political consensus of the United States. Because DSA candidates frequently run within the Democratic…

[ad_1] Image by Casey Horner. The UK Green Party’s former leader Caroline Lucas recently nailed the Labor Party for “burying the most explosive report” of the year by UK military and intelligence sources. The concealed report warns “that the global collapse of ecosystems poses grave threats to the UK’s security and food supply within as little as five years.” (Source: As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues, The Nation, July 30, 2026) “The UK ‘has no future’ if it cannot ‘restore the natural world on which we rely for our food, water, and clean air,’ said Chris Hinchliff, who is…