Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 21, 2008 by Lisa Guernsey
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i13/13a00103.htm
“A chief privacy officer,” Mr. Schwartz says, “can clear up these misunderstandings.”
Anne O’Connell Explains Intent of “Midnight Regulations”
NPR, News & Notes, Nov. 20, 2008 by Farai Chideya
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97260899
“I think every outgoing president—Republican or Democrat—wants to extend his administration’s reach, so in the final months we see an attempt at locking in controversial policy decisions. Even if some of these decisions can be undone, the effort that the new administration has to put into undoing them prevents the new administration from starting their own regulatory agendas.”
Stephen Barnett Interprets Judge’s Ruling on Prop 8 Challenge
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 20, 2008 by Bob Egelko
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/MNJC147QAJ.DTL&type=printable
“It’s always hard to read tea leaves, but I think Justice Kennard is saying that she thinks the constitutionality of Prop. 8 is so clear that it doesn’t warrant review,” said Stephen Barnett, a retired UC Berkeley Law professor and longtime observer of the court.
Goodwin Liu Says Court’s Refusal to Stay Prop 8 Does Not Foretell Final Decision
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20, 2008 by Maura Dolan and Jessica Garrison
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-prop8-supreme-court20-2008nov20,0,7007814.story
UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu said the court’s refusal to put Proposition 8 on hold pending a ruling did not suggest that the court would eventually uphold the measure. “A stay is an extraordinary measure,” he said.
Jesse Fried Notes Upside of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for Carmakers
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 20, 2008 by Kathleen Pender
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/BUVG147QK6.DTL&type=printable
“It’s a way to give companies a fresh start,” says Jesse Fried…. “Airlines have gone into bankruptcy to get out of all sorts of pension obligations, to eliminate debt or replace it with equity, to renegotiate aircraft leases. This process, even though it is very painful for many parties involved, allows more value to be preserved for all parties collectively than would be the case if the company failed outside of bankruptcy and was ripped apart by its creditors.”
Jacob Hacker Suggests Revisions to 401(k) Plans
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nov. 20, 2008 by Jeffrey Brown
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec08/retirement_11-20.html
“I think that would involve making sure that those plans were available more broadly … that these plans also provide some of the risk protections that were once provided by traditional defined-benefit plans, such as providing people with a promise of a relatively guaranteed benefit, providing them with a benefit that would allow them to avoid the risk of outliving their assets in retirement, and also protecting them against gross kinds of errors, like over-investing in the stock of your company or in a very badly diversified portfolio.”
Marjorie Shultz Calls for National Study on Tests to Supplement LSAT
The California Aggie, Nov. 19, 2008 by Pooja Kumar
http://www.californiaaggie.com/article/2002
“Some of tests were predictive in ways that we think would be valuable if confirmed on a national level,” said Shultz…. “You wouldn’t expect to substitute or remove the LSAT but we would hope—pending on national research—the testing process to include a wider range of tests used in a variety of ways.”
Oona Hathaway Questions Constitutionality of US-Iraq Security Pact
Reuters, Nov. 19, 2008 by Ross Colvin
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AI8OT20081119
Oona Hathaway … said it appeared the agreement would give the joint committee operational control over U.S. military operations. If so, that would be “unprecedented and extremely unusual,” she said. “The president can enter into agreements on his own but this agreement goes far beyond the president’s independent constitutional powers,” Hathaway said.
Christopher Edley Supports Legal Argument against Prop 8
San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 19, 2008 by Howard Mintz
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11024156
Some conservative legal scholars say the Supreme Court has “no lawful authority” to upend the voters on the subject. But a string of prominent law professors have sided with gay rights advocates, including Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe and Christopher Edley Jr., dean of Boalt Hall School of Law.
Christopher Hoofnagle Says Obama Team Must Respect Voters’ Privacy When Sharing Data
WIRED Blog Network, Nov. 17, 2008 by Sarah Lai Stirland
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/barack-obamas-p.html
“Remember that individuals consider their privacy as being invaded when the context of the information sharing is unexpected or uncomfortable, even when data is in the public domain, or when they have shared it voluntarily,” he says.