National Review, January 29, 2009 by Alan Reynolds
http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=YzVhZmI5MDAxMDEyZGIzMWVlZTUzZWU1ZDY2ZjExNTQ=
Alan Auerbach of the University of California at Berkeley surveyed that topic in 2002, concluding that there is “little evidence these effects [of fiscal policy] have provided a significant contribution to economic stabilization, if in fact they have worked in the right direction at all.”
San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2009 by C.W.Nevius
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/29/BA8615IU2U.DTL&type=printable
“This is not a case where we say, OK, is the new chief going to buy into this or not?” said David Onek, a new appointee to the Police Commission. “We want someone who has experience in implementing these kinds of changes…. I think we need to look at a five-year term for the chief. If he serves at the will of the mayor, he will figure he will be removed as soon as the major leaves.”
The Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2009 by John Yoo
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123318955345726797.html#
While these actions will certainly please his base—gone are the cries of an “imperial presidency”—they will also seriously handicap our intelligence agencies from preventing future terrorist attacks. In issuing these executive orders, Mr. Obama is returning America to the failed law enforcement approach to fighting terrorism that prevailed before Sept. 11, 2001.
Daily Journal, January 29, 2009 by Charles Halpern
http://www.dailyjournal.com (requires registration; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for article)
Rarely have qualities of heart or empathy been articulated as criteria for the selection of judges. It is not surprising that Obama would commit himself to this new criterion. He is a man who has identified “cultivating empathy” as one of the important values in his life.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 27, 2009, by Mary Ann Mason
http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/01/2009012701c.htm
Unless the old academic culture—which discourages family formation at all levels but is particularly unfriendly to graduate-student parenthood—radically changes, we are in danger of losing many of our best and brightest minds to other professions. There has been some movement to accommodate new faculty parents, but by then it is already too late to capture many disaffected graduate students who have already found careers elsewhere.
The Daily Californian, January 27, 2009 by Leslie Toy
http://www.dailycal.org/printable.php?id=104062
“I just noticed in talking to faculty how much of a shared excitement there was about the upcoming Obama administration,” Kutz said. He has invited scholars from all departments to submit their own ideas without restricting them to their official areas of expertise. “I hope that it will be an opportunity for more Berkeley faculty to voice and attract the ideas that they have.”
San Jose Mercury News, January 26, 2009 by Ken Bamberger and Andrew Guzman
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_11557900
If their bottom line is affected, companies will check to see how their toys, medicines, pet food and other products are made and whether they are safe. American importers and sellers have no trouble fine-tuning their products to the precise demands of the American consumer. There is no reason to think they are any less able to make sure that the products won’t injure us or our children.
San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2009 by Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Christopher Kutz, Jacob S. Hacker, Larry Karp, Jinhua Zhao
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/25/INT315F820.DTL&type=printable
-Chris Hoofnagle Recommends Public Reporting of Identity Thefts
Despite its incidence and severity, consumers have few tools to avoid identity theft. A light touch regulatory approach could spark a revolution in the prevention of fraud if banks and other credit-granting institutions were required to publicly report the number of identity theft incidents, the forms of identity theft and the amount of loss suffered or avoided.
-Chris Kutz Wants Executives to be Liable for Company Losses
So let’s require firms that want to pay in stock options to include a liability component as well, so that executives share both in the upside and downside risks. Liability would force managers to account for the risks they take with other people’s money.
-Jacob Hacker Prescribes Health Care Reforms
In acting now on health care, we’ll be keeping Americans healthy, reducing the financial risks of health care, and encouraging good health-industry jobs. We’ll also be tackling the leading long-term threat to the federal budget: runaway health costs.
San Francisco Chronicle, January 23, 2009 by Oona Hathaway and Bruce Ackerman
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/opinionshop/detail?&entry_id=35025
President Obama should fill the legal vacuum Bush has left behind. He should submit the agreement to Congress for its consent. This would allow a broad majority of Republicans and Democrats to give bipartisan support to our troops, and place our military operations on a firm constitutional foundation.
The Sacramento Bee, January 23, 2009 by Dan Walters
http://www.sacbee.com/walters/story/1567010.html
“Everything ought to be on the table,” Boalt School of Law Dean Christopher Edley added, also suggesting taxes on carbon dioxide emissions as a topic to explore.