Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 30, 2015
In the current political atmosphere, courage to speak out for change faces heightened threat, and the party-state’s treatment of Pu serves as a tough reminder that its authority cannot be challenged by critical speech.
Melissa Murray interviewed by KPCC-FM, Dec. 30, 2015
Melissa Murray said the cases represent a collision of legal rights. She said the courts have recognized both freedom of speech and the right to an abortion as protected freedoms under the Constitution, so “the question here isn’t does one prevail over the other, but how do you accommodate both of them?”
Elisabeth Semel interviewed by Daily Journal (registration required), Dec. 30, 2015
“It is entirely in keeping with the precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court,” Semel said. In recent cases reviewing the use of a causal nexus rule in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a “nexus requirement prevents a sentencer from giving meaningful consideration to constitutionally relevant mitigation,” Semel said.
Kim Thuy Seelinger interviewed by The Guardian, Dec. 22, 2015
“This case is quite extraordinary in that not only do we have allegations of sexual violence committed by the defendant’s subordinates, but we also have allegations of rape and sexual torture committed by Habré personally. This is really rare,” said Kim Thuy Seelinger.
Melissa Murray interviewed by C-SPAN, Dec. 21, 2015
“Not all of the rights in the Constitution are actually enumerated in the Constitution’s text. … There are other kinds of rights that might be divined later through judicial interpretation, and the 9th amendment sort of speaks to that. The three-judge panel talked about the 9th amendment being a source of rights like this one: the right to have an abortion.”
Franklin Zimring quoted in Beyond Chron, Dec. 14, 2015
Zimring wrote in response to the Woods shooting, “There was never any attack with a knife that killed an officer unless he was alone with his attacker, and there was never a fatal attack when the officer and the attacker were any distance apart. Based on these statistics, the death risk to the officers in the Woods encounter was zero.”
Ian Haney López interviewed by The Washington Post, Dec. 11, 2015
“These sorts of terms make Trump seem as if he’s this exceptional unique outlier, that he’s doing something that nobody else has done,” said Haney-López. “Clearly, in some ways he’s different from other politicians, but in his strategic decision to pursue support, to mobilize support by appealing to people’s racial fears, he’s well within the tradition that has been established in the Republican Party since roughly 1963.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Dec. 9, 2015
Yahoo remains stuck in the deal cycle, putting off what looks like an inevitable sale for another year. Still, a year gives its chief executive, Marissa Mayer, another chance to increase a price tag on the once-great Internet company.
Franklin Zimring writes for San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2015
There are a lot of kitchen knives in England and Wales (population 56 million), yet the police have shot to death only one citizen from 2012 through 2014. If it is unnecessary to kill in Manchester or Liverpool, then why is it necessary to shoot in the Bayview?
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Dec. 8, 2015
As an asset class and with the right fund, private equity is nigh unbeatable, well worth the fees paid.