Los Angeles Times, Oct. 22, 2008 by David G. Savage
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/scotus/la-na-scotus23-2008oct23,0,3452838.story
UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu described the decision as “utterly lacking in any legal principle” and added that the court was “remarkably unashamed to say so explicitly.” Its opinion noted that the ruling was “limited to the present circumstances.”
Associated Press, Oct. 21, 2008 by Dina Cappiello
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_endangered_species
“It would seem very difficult for them in four days to respond to so many thoughtful comments in an effective way,” said Eric Biber…. Along with other law professors across the country, Biber sent in 70 pages of comment.”
The Daily Review, Oct. 20, 2008 by Eric Kurhi
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_10770148?source=email
Steve Rosenbaum, a lawyer for Disability Rights California, commended the district for working closely with them and taking a broad view of the problem. “It’s good news—rather than take a narrow approach and fix the minimum, they wanted to take a global look at access problems throughout the district,” Rosenbaum said.
San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 20, 2008 by Bob Egelko
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/20/MNES13IOES.DTL&type=printable
UC Berkeley’s Liu said judicial selection might have a tough time competing for a new president’s attention in a period of war abroad and economic convulsions at home. “I don’t think Obama himself would have enough bandwidth to make this a signature issue,” Liu said. “But it’s a good vice presidential project, and who better (for the task) than Joe Biden?”
San Jose Mercury News, Oct. 18, 2008 by Sean Webby
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10755739?source%253Dmost_viewed.20F88DA3D7D369F5BB70F372987EAE1F.html
Franklin Zimring, law professor at the University of California-Berkeley, notes police have wide discretion in whether to narrowly use the law, such as when they spot people passed out in the roadway; or to freely use it when they see people whose conduct—harassing passers-by by shouting and cursing, for example—is inviting trouble. Though in recent years the trend is to use the law less strictly, Zimring said, neither approach is inherently right or wrong.
Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 17, 2008 by Mary Ann Mason
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/10/2008101701c.htm
“Women who do pursue careers in academic science pay a high price for playing the game. Nationally, “married with children” is the academic-success formula for men, but the opposite is true for women, for whom there is a serious “baby gap.” Among scientists who achieved tenure, 72 percent of the men are married with children as opposed to only 50 percent of women. Is that gender equity?”
USA Today, Oct. 15, by Sheryl McCarthy
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/10/the-nations-cha.html
“Whether you’re talking about financing Social Security or about the basic social cohesion of the country, if our racial trends cause a continuation of our inequality trends, we’ll be in very deep trouble,” says Christopher Edley, the dean of the Boalt Hall Law School at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Miami Herald, Oct. 14, by Renee Schoof
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081014/sc_mcclatchy/3072395
“The rules are overbroad, rushed and possibly illegal,” Biber said. “Given the timing of the proposed changes, it’s clearly an effort by the administration to weaken the regulations before President Bush leaves office.”
The Washington Post, Oct. 12, by Nancy Trejos
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101100177.html
“Right now, we’re really seeing the risks come home, and people are recognizing the extent to which their retirement savings are on the line when the stock market goes down drastically.”
ProPublica, Oct. 10, by Paul Keil
http://www.propublica.org/article/former-aig-exec-at-center-of-meltdown-got-paid-millions-for-little-work-101/#When:17:35:01Z
Such compensation arrangements are common for departing executives, says Jesse Fried, a professor at the UC Berkeley Law School. Fried noted that such agreements usually don’t actually require that the execs do any work, and frequently the executives don’t.