The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, December 7, 2010 by Stanley Lubman
http://on.wsj.com/gsKrxV
China, the world’s largest polluter, has been adopting laws to control and reduce pollution since 1979, and there are frequent reports in the press emphasizing efforts to control pollution. But regardless of how many new environmental laws are adopted, enforcement remains a critical problem.
California Watch, December 7, 2010 by Louis Freedberg
http://bit.ly/erW1AT
“A long history of research confirms that, all else being equal, contact with the criminal justice system reduces one’s employment opportunities,” the report states. Conversely, “employment of people recently released from incarceration is a proven strategy to reduce recidivism, achieve cost savings, reduce victimization and promote public safety.”
ClimateWire, December 7, 2010 by Dina Fine Maron
http://www.eenews.net (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2010\News Clips for article)
“The 2nd Circuit took a pretty broad view, more or less saying until EPA is doing exactly what the plaintiffs are seeking to have done here, it doesn’t displace. My guess is the Supreme Court won’t agree with that; that they’ll think there is a broader displacement here, and if the Clean Air Act covers greenhouse gases, that might be enough.”
La Opinion, December 6, 2010 by Claudia Nunez
http://bit.ly/hd7Ei1
“Unfortunately, politics plays an important role in the decision of some prosecutors to seek the death penalty,” said Ty Alper.
Monterey County Herald, December 5, 2010 by Steven Thomma
http://midwestdemocracyproject.org/articles/obamas-use-of-presidential-power-a-work-in-progress/
“It’s a careful balancing act for presidents. They have this authority, but they can’t overreach,” said Ann O’Leary, a lecturer at the University of California-Berkeley School of Law. “Presidents want to make sure they have the legal authority, but also that they don’t anger Congress.”
The Oklahoman, December 4, 2010 by Ty Alper
http://newsok.com/oklahomas-lethal-injection-process-not-fit-for-animals/article/3520375
The Humane Society of the United States also condemns the use of paralyzing drugs in animal euthanasia. The foreword to its training manual states that it is the “moral and ethical duty” of its members to end the practice…. Yet a paralytic drug is used to execute people in Oklahoma, and all but two other death penalty states.
-The Bay Citizen, December 3, 2010 by Aaron Glantz
http://www.baycitizen.org/proposition-8/story/prop-8-could-be-decided-technicality/
“It’s a critical issue,” [Hollinger] said. “It’s about whether we have a live court case or just a controversy.”
-KPCC-FM, December 6, 2010 Host Madeleine Brand
http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2010/12/06/prop-8-on-trial/
“The court will have to decide whether the proponents or advocates who are maintaining Proposition 8 are able to bring this appeal in the federal courts. The reason that’s an issue is that the public officials—the governor and the attorney general—have agreed with the decision of the trial court…. that Proposition 8 violates the federal Constitution.”
New Vision, December 2, 2010 by Henry Mukasa
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/739949
Vinck noted that the 2011 election, the first peaceful polls in a space of 20 years, “will be essential for increasing the legitimacy of the state in the eyes of these communities.”
On reparations, the report notes that most respondents (97%) said the war victims should be compensated. Of these, 49% said the payment should be done often because they are poor, 24% said it should be a form of recognition of their suffering and 19% said such reward would help them forget the suffering of the war.
The Sacramento Bee, December 2, 2010 by Jessica Glenn Hallstrom
http://bit.ly/ew8Ctu
“Current access to paid time off for health and caregiving comes nowhere near to meeting the demand for it. During volatile economic times, many families simply can’t afford to take unpaid time off even for the most pressing and important health and family events,” explained Ann O’Leary.
Gillian Lester, Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and a contributor to the report said, “Addressing the lack of access to paid time off through national social insurance makes good economic sense…. More people need to take time off to care for themselves or a loved one, but few are able to afford the time away from work. This is exactly the kind of problem that social insurance was designed to address.”
KALW News, November 30, 2010 by Rina Palta
http://bit.ly/dXB00q
“I think the heart of this case is the argument that the extraordinary overcrowding in the California system, which is probably more crowded than any state system in the United States, basically prevents the ability of the state to comply with court orders and the consent decree. No matter how much money is spent, no matter how many people are hired. Short of rebuilding the entire prison system from scratch, which is impossible, crowding is the key here.”