Barry Krisberg quoted in Daily Journal, September 26, 2013 (registration required)
“Once they get on the media it’s going to look pretty terrible,” said Barry Krisberg…. “Defending this behavior is a fool’s errand. They ought to fix it, and it’s fixable.” Krisberg said plaintiffs have a “very strong legal case” and will cite the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, two laws that will bolster their chances on the use of force claim.
Franklin Zimring quoted in Newsday, September 26, 2013
The problem for the new mayor and police commissioner, Zimring said, is that the phenomenally good results so far in 2013 set a high standard. If homicides increase in 2014, some may view it as a failure, he said. “If 240 homicides in almost nine months of New York experience becomes the new benchmark, I am not running for commissioner,” Zimring said.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, September 26, 2013
The sentencing of former Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo Xilai to life in prison on bribery charges over the weekend effectively brought to a close China’s biggest political crisis since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989. Bo’s exit is significant in that it leaves the neo-Maoist “New Left” without a star. But the trial was also noteworthy for the many questions it raised about the future of China’s much-scrutinized legal system.
David Gamage cited in TaxProfBlog, September 26, 2013
Well, the duo of Gamage and Shanske might be the Nate Silver(s) of tax controversy, as the Tenth Circuit held in the Brohl case that the reporting requirements constitute a tax for TIA purposes, and, therefore, the district court should not have reached the question of the constitutionality of the reporting requirements under the Commerce Clause.
Barry Krisberg quoted in Chicago Tribune, September 25, 2013
The experts also found that living conditions in the prisons’ confinement units were “often harsh and of substandard quality,” with rooms that smelled of trash and feces. Youths were required to wear orange jumpsuits with no undergarments, wrote Barry Krisberg.
Victoria Plaut cited in The Wall Street Journal, Real Time Economics, September 25, 2013
The fault lies with the media, say Sapna Cheryan, Victoria C. Plaut, Caitlin Handron and Lauren Hudson in a paper published by Sex Roles. The researchers asked nearly 300 students from Stanford University and the University of Washington to describe computer science students. Intelligent, technology-oriented, singularly focused on computers, socially awkward, interested in science fiction and video games and physically unattractive were among the most common responses.
Kenneth Bamberger quoted in jWeekly, September 19, 2013
“This tremendous gift will support the institute’s goals of reaching more students and faculty, offering more programming, and transitioning from a ‘startup’ to a permanent institution at U.C. Berkeley,” said Kenneth Bamberger…. “We are extremely grateful for the vision and support of the four foundations.”
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Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2013
Beijing has launched a multi-pronged offensive against online criticism of current policies and institutions that includes a propaganda campaign, arrests, and a duplicative new legal rule that attempts to justify the response and deter future online critiques. This call to battle is not new, but its codification in legal dress is disturbing and represents a magnified threat to online discussion and dissent in China.
Ethan Elkind quoted in The Molokai Dispatch, September 18, 2013
“Molokai is an absolutely perfect fit for electric vehicles,” said Ethan Elkind, an EV expert and climate policy associate…. Compared to the 1.4 million people that visit Hawaii each year, Elkind said Molokai attracts a specific kind of person likely to request an EV rental car. “[Tourists on Molokai] are more into eco-tourism than other islands would get,” said Elkind.
Eric Stover writes for Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2013
The Kenyan parliament’s recent vote to withdraw from the International Criminal Court could undermine the trials of Kenya’s president and deputy president. But even more alarming, the vote casts a shadow over the ICC’s global mandate to effectively prosecute those responsible for state-sponsored atrocities.