Jennifer Moreno quoted in U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 1, 2015
“Certainly it raises a lot of the same questions raised by the Lockett execution, which is whether this department is competent to carry out its own procedures,” said Jen Moreno. … “Minutes before the execution is supposed to start, that’s when they realize they don’t have the right drugs?”
Jennifer Moreno quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 1, 2015
Oklahoma’s protocols called for potassium chloride to be used in the scheduled execution of death row inmate Richard Glossip, but the state received potassium acetate instead. … “It’s never been used, and actually doctors and pharmacologists we’re talking to aren’t super familiar with it,” Moreno said. “It’s not a very common drug it seems.”
Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted in The Daily Californian, Sept. 3, 2015
“Incredibly important policy positions are often not filled,” O’Connell said. “I’m worried about the functioning of modern government, which relies heavily on administrative agencies to do its work.”
Megan McCracken cited on FoxNews.com, September 30, 2015
The judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order against the state, but the execution could still go forward Thursday evening if the order is vacated after the hearing, said Megan McCracken … an expert on challenges to lethal injections.
Claudia Polsky quoted in Law360, September 29, 2015
“The proposed regulations are incremental rather than radical, and aim to fix by scalpel what the Legislature has sometimes attempted to do by ax,” she said. “They strike a careful balance between preserving genuinely public-spirited private Prop 65 suits, and reducing the ability of the private bar to use the law as an ATM.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, September 29, 2015
A civil war has erupted among shareholders as pension funds and mutual funds fight over what constitutes good governance.
Alan Auerbach quoted in San Francisco Chronicle (registration required), September 28, 2015
The overall result of Trump’s plan, said Auerbach, “is sort of a bizarre hybrid between Obama’s plan and what Republicans want. It’s sort of Obama’s plan without the revenue.”
Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in Contra Costa Times, September 25, 2015
“From a parent standpoint, I understand … my child will be in a bigger classroom, they’ll drown in there, they won’t get the attention they need, all of those things come up,” Rosenbaum said. “If you don’t give any support to the teacher or a teacher’s aide, then it is a dump and pray situation, close your eyes and hope that this works.”
Elisabeth Semel interviewed by CNN.com, September 24, 2015
“I do not believe in prognostication,” she said in an interview. But she allowed that, “it is fair to say we may be approaching a crossroads based on signs from multiple sources,” including popular opinion, legislatures, policymakers and declining death sentences and executions.
Claudia Polsky quoted in Environment & Energy Daily, September 24, 2015
Failing to allow states to take faster action only harms consumers and companies, which must manage harmful products that have improperly entered the marketplace, Polsky said. Restricting states in this way “was like building a hospital without an emergency room.”