Radio Bilingüe, June 24, host Samuel Orozco
http://www.radiobilingue.org/la_080623_en.htm
Top civil rights expert Ana Henderson comments on issues of access to the ballot box and the growing use of Spanish in the current political campaign season.
Victoria Ortiz Marries Her Same-Sex Love, Legally
UC Berkeley News, June 23, by Wendy Edelstein
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/23_wed.shtml
“The sense of commitment and permanence was only enhanced.… Because this time it is really legal, it did feel different.”
Joan Hollinger Explains Ramifications of Medical Rights Case
Washington Post, June 19, by Ashley Surdin
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802913_pf.html
Unlike instances in which doctors refuse to perform abortions, this case is unusual in that doctors are seemingly denying services to a select group of patients, said Joan Hollinger…. “The case raises a whole series of questions about the basis for which people can be denied medical treatment, particularly the extent to which gays or lesbians could be denied access to reproductive technology.”
Jesse Choper Expects Challenge to Historic Gay Marriage Decision
The Desert Sun, June 17, by Nicole C. Brambila
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/NEWS01/806170315/-1/NEWSFRONT
“It’s a big deal.… Eventually, and I think sooner than later, I think a case is going to reach the U.S. Supreme Court and that will be the big bell rung, one way or the other.”
John Yoo Criticizes Supreme Court’s Boumediene Decision on Detainees
Wall Street Journal, June 17, by John Yoo
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121366596327979497.html
“From the celebrations on most U.S. editorial pages, one might think that the Court had stopped a dictator from trampling civil liberties. Boumediene did anything but. The 5-4 ruling is judicial imperialism of the highest order.”
Henry Hecht Notes Significance of Depositions
Livenote.com Web site
www.livenote.com
“More than 98 percent of all federal civil cases are resolved without a trial. Therefore, a deposition may wind up being the real ‘trial’ in the case.”
Robert Barr Honored With Scholarship
San Francisco Daily Journal, June 16, by Jill Redhage
http://www.dailyjournal.com [Registration required]
UC Berkeley School of Law has created a scholarship to honor Robert Barr, a patent lawyer and the executive director of the school’s Center for Law and Technology.
Jesse Choper Predicts Gay Marriage Boom Before Referendum
ABC World News, June 15, by Laura Marquez
http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=gay%20marriage&from=0&to=9&type=video
“You have nothing to lose, and you have something that can be gained. So I would expect that we have a very substantial marriage business here in California over the next several months.”
Christopher Hoofnagle Explains ISP’s Move to Target Online Users for Ads
NPR, All Things Considered, June 12, by Cyrus Farivar
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91436209
At its core, Charter [Communications’] initiative is about money, says Chris Hoofnagle, a privacy law expert. “ISPs have to find a way to become profitable,” says Hoofnagle. “And they need to find ways to generate revenue on top of merely connecting people to the Internet.”
Jesse Choper Responds to Senator Leahy’s Criticism of Supreme Court
UPI, June 11
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/11/Leahy_criticizes_Supreme_Court_rulings/UPI-61461213231898/
Professor Jesse Choper said there is “some basis” for Leahy’s remarks. Since U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor retired in 2005 and Samuel Alito was appointed, there has been a tendency on the court to be more “conservative” in their rulings, Choper said. Whether it’s for good or ill that the high court has been ruling on the side of businesses is “in the eye of the beholder,” he said.