john a. powell cited in The Post News Group, June 4, 2012
A national voice on race and ethnicity and a civil-liberties scholar, john a. powell, has been selected to lead UC Berkeley’s Haas Diversity Research Center…. He joined the faculty of the UC Berkeley School of Law and departments of Ethnic and African American Studies. Powell, who graduated from Berkeley Law in 1973 and chooses to use lower-case letters for his name, comes from Ohio State University.
Barry Krisberg writes for Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2012
We need the political will to pursue these proven measures and to counter fear-based rhetoric. The stakes are huge: a world-class system of higher education that ensures opportunities for all youth and is the key to recharging the California economy, providing for the compassionate care of our most vulnerable families, and maintaining our system of laws and justice.
Robert Cooter quoted in The National Law Journal, June 4, 2012
In what some scholars consider the most important approach to understanding federalism and the Constitution in recent years, collective-action federalism is the brainchild of Neil Siegel of Duke Law School and Robert Cooter of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. … “In order to get people to consider an economic analysis of constitutional law, you have to get their attention. I think the title has proved effective in enabling people to see what we were about.”
Aarti Kohli Warren Institute report cited in North County Times, June 1, 2012
According to a report released last year by UC Berkeley’s law school and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, 93 percent of immigrants arrested under Secure Communities were Latinos. But Latinos make up 75 percent of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.
John Yoo quoted in The Atlantic, June 1, 2012
“My understanding is that [Escalante] sometimes serves as this kind of temp or substitute judge, a state court trial judge,” said Yoo…. “Obviously the government can say if you’re a Republican and you’re running for office, you can’t put down you’re a Democrat,” Yoo continued. “Or you can’t put down some fictional title, like you’re Quartu from some foreign planet… But I don’t see why the government has any case to restrict [Escalante] about his description of himself.”
Christopher Edley quoted in California Bar Journal, June 2012
UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr., whose colleague Marjorie Shultz is one of three academics on the task force, said the practical skills issue has been debated for at least the 30 years he’s been in academia. “It’s not a new concern but it’s arguably gotten worse because of changes in the law firm market with pressure on the way associates bill,” he said.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2012
In theory, CCP members who commit crimes will be turned over to the procuracy or police and the courts for criminal prosecution after initially being punished internally by the party’s own Commissions for Discipline Inspection. In practice, this happens in only a small minority of cases, and Party officials have the final say over the courts’ dispositions of those cases—a stark illustration of the Party’s influence over the criminal justice system.
Steven Weissman quoted in Daily Journal, May 29, 2012 (registration required)
Ecototality may have its work cut out for it in the lawsuit, said Steven Weissman. “The courts have over time given tremendous deference to the PUC about the way it resolves cases that involve ratepayer funds.”
Steven Weissman interviewed by KCBS-TV, ConsumerWatch, May 29, 2012
“It’s a dramatic increase in the amount of renewable power being provided to customers,” said Steven Weissman. He said nothing’s for sure in the energy markets, but believes over time, Marin Clean Energy’s rates should be comparable to P.G. and E’s. “I don’t think you’re going to have a significantly different bill,” Weissman told ConsumerWatch.
John Yoo writes for Ricochet, May 24, 2012
Experienced judges bring a particular viewpoint to the job, one that lawyers will generally applaud since they all come from the same culture and have the same training and professional values. But it may not be the best view (or at least one that should be exclusive) on a Court that is becoming increasingly embroiled in political issues.