John Yoo quoted by The Washington Post, July 31, 2017
“Hisense is a Chinese manufacturer of television screens, a competitor to Samsung or Sony or Vizio, which you might see at a Costco or a Best Buy,” John Yoo, law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, said on my radio show this month. “The thing is, Hisense is completely owned by a Chinese city, by a subdivision of the Chinese government.”
Ian Haney López writes for Alternet, July 27, 2017
We need a Democratic Party that fights for all of us, and recognizes that the biggest threat in our lives comes from concentrated wealth and runaway corporate power over the economy, government and our political parties. Yes, the Democratic Party must resolve to put its own house in order.
James Dempsey quoted by US News & World Report, July 26, 2017
“I think the business interests and the civil liberties interests have become almost inextricably intertwined,” says Dempsey. … “The Privacy Shield is a very complicated set of agreements,” he says, “but one of the assurances was that there was a robust oversight system in the U.S. for government access to data, including data on Europeans.”
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, July 26, 2017
The president clearly has the legal authority to fire Jeff Sessions, or for that matter any member of his Cabinet. But whether Sessions stays or goes is incidental to the much more important question: Will the president fire Mueller? It is Mueller, not Sessions, who is investigating whether Trump and top campaign officials broke the law.
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by ThinkProgress, July 26, 2017
At the time the Trump administration filed the petition, Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law expert and dean of Berkeley Law, told ThinkProgress via email that the petition was “truly extraordinary,” adding that such reviews are “rarely granted.”
Marjorie Shultz quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2017
“What it means to determine death is a scary thought for most people,” Shultz said. “We are going to have to move in that direction and revisit it, legally and collectively. We will continue to learn more about what is going on in the brain of people who are minimally conscious, or something in the twilight zone between unquestionably dead and unquestionably alive.”
David Schraub quoted by Ricochet.com, July 22, 2017
Schraub points out that contrary to some of the early reports, neither old nor new versions ban (nor could they, given the First Amendment) “support” for a boycott in the everyday sense of sympathizing with it or speaking out in its favor. Instead, both ban a list of actions taken to advance a boycott.
Andrew Bradt quoted by SF Gate, July 21, 2017
“This is a clearly an aggressive move by the city, but I think it has a strong position both as a matter of law and a matter of public relations,” said Andrew Bradt.
Catherine Crump, Kate Weisburd and Christina Koningisor write for The Sacramento Bee, July 20, 2017
Electronic monitoring may worsen the very problems that juvenile courts try to remedy. Rather than further rehabilitation, it often leads to jail for technical rule violations and traps young people in the system longer.
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, July 20, 2017
At a time when both liberals and conservatives are deeply frustrated with the federal government, it is wonderful to see the California Legislature succeed in taking important action to protect the environment.