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ImmigrationProf Blog
Top 10 U.S. Immigration News Stories of 2009
A new year is coming and it seems like a good time to think back on 2009. Here is my list of the top 10 U.S. immigration news stories for 2009: 1. Comprehensive…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Distinct headlines report on 50th execution in United States in 2009
Main December 4, 2009Distinct headlines report on 50th execution in United States in 2009Texas completed late yesterday the 50th execution in the US in 2009, and this morning's news headlines…
Media Law Prof Blog
Court Officer Blocks Reporters From Leaving Vegas Courtroom After Murray Hearing
The AP reports that a court officer temporarily prevented reporters from leaving the courtroom after they were attempting to leave a hearing involving Dr. Conrad Murray, the late Michael Jackson's…
The Right Coast
My enthusiam for Curb Your Enthusiasm has been curbed Tom Smith
Pretty obnoxious. It's still the anti-Semitism of the intellectuals, and even the not very intellectual, I see. And no, I never was a Curb Your Enthusiasm fan. And no, he's…
The Right Coast
The Nobel-Hollywood Complex Implodes Tom Smith
Nonetheless, Tom Shales was there again to offer solace: "One of the many sad things," he lamented, was that now Letterman would be "lumped in with other sexually misbehaving celebrities,…
Media Law Prof Blog
A New Business Model For YouTube Clips
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em seems to be the motto of some media who are now allowing YouTube to sell advertising along with those popular clips that pop…
Media Law Prof Blog
Reaction To Glenn Beck’s Obama Comment
From the Huffington Post: more major advertisers seem upset with Glenn Beck's Obama/racist comment and are increasingly insisting that their ads not air during his time slot.
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Review of “Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage”
Tuned In (Time Magazine): The Morning After: Eight Is Too Much, by James Poniewozik:This is not something a good TV critic likes to admit, but I made liberal use of…
The Right Coast
Some insight into the NYT Tom Smith
Frank Rich is apparently a really influential guy at the NY Times and in the island city generally. What an appalling thought. I can't remember ever have ready anything by…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Open to the public: U.S. Supreme Court should allow broadcast of oral arguments”
Main July 7, 2009"Open to the public: U.S. Supreme Court should allow broadcast of oral arguments" The title of this post is the headline of this editorial from my local…