Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted in ABA Journal, November 1, 2013
But there are many drags other than pure politics, O’Connell says. For example, government has grown so large that the White House Office of Presidential Personnel sometimes is swamped and doesn’t move fast enough. And turnover is high: Top-level people, such as Cabinet members, leave after about three years, and their assistants or undersecretaries average two years, O’Connell says.
Michael Kiparsky quoted and Jayni Hein cited in California Lawyer, November, 2013
Kiparsky says there would have to be a huge increase in fracking before it registers as a significant part of the state’s overall water use. “That said, all water is local,” he adds. “The impacts on local water sources could be an issue. We just don’t know at this point.”
A recent article he coauthored with Berkeley Law colleague Jayni Foley Hein states: “Fracturing ‘flowback’ … and ‘produced water’ (all waste-water that emerges from the well after production begins) contain potentially harmful chemicals, some of which are known carcinogens. Produced water is also highly saline and potentially harmful to humans, aquatic life, and ecosystems.”
Franklin Zimring quoted in Portland Tribune, October 31, 2013
Police can’t anticipate an argument to be there to stop the escalation, so for years, Zimring says, he believed police could only react once a homicide was committed. But studies show that those escalating arguments are not completely random. “It keeps happening, the same night and close to the liquor store, in hot spots or open-air drug markets,” Zimring says. “It has extremely predictable geography.”
Stavros Gadinis quoted in The New York Times, October 30, 2013
“Realistically, for the Justice Department, the civil cases are a Plan B,” said Stavros Gadinis, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, law school who focuses on financial regulation.
Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 29, 2013
“He said he’s going to reconsider California sentencing at some point. I see no sign of it,” said Barry Krisberg.
Jill Adams quoted in The Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2013
Jill Adams … said the high court’s decision on whether to hear the case will “send a very loud message about the future of similar state restrictions.”
Christopher Hoofnagle quoted in San Jose Mercury News, October 29, 2013
Chris Hoofnagle … predicted the new methods will give consumers “less privacy, because they will have less control.”
Barry Krisberg quoted in Mission and State, October 28, 2013
Krisberg said, “Gang injunctions penalize associations similar to Jim Crow or apartheid laws. They are virtually always targeted at black and brown youth. The potential to engage in racial profiling is huge.” When asked why injunctions haven’t been challenged more successfully, Krisberg added, “Community groups rarely have the financial resources to really challenge these atrocities. I have urged progressive legislators to ban them statewide.”
Megan McCracken quoted in National Public Radio, October 26, 2013
Megan McCracken studies lethal injection drugs for the Death Penalty Clinic…. “If the first drug does not in fact deeply anesthetize the prisoner,” she says, “then he or she could be conscious and aware of being both paralyzed and able to experience pain and the experience of cardiac arrest.”
Roxanna Altholz quoted in McClatchy DC, October 25, 2013
“I found the Rios Montt trials and legal proceedings to be Kafkaesque almost,” said Roxanna Altholz…. “There are all kinds of factors that are confusing…. It’s not just that the system is arcane, it’s that it’s configured to support impunity.”