Jen Moreno quoted by Vocativ, April 20, 2017
“The execution set by Arkansas has not been attempted by any state in recent history, if ever,” Jen Moreno, a staff attorney Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic, told Vocativ Wednesday. … The schedule puts extreme pressure on the execution team, which increases the chance of botched executions.”
Ty Alper writes for Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2017
Arkansas’ version of the three-drug protocol is particularly troubling because the state does not even plan to use an anesthetic as the first drug. Instead, its protocol calls for midazolam, a sedative that cannot, at any dosage, render a person unconscious and insensate to pain and suffering.
Steven Davidoff Solomon co-writes for The Atlantic, May 2017
What did Bielli think about selling the company? … He said that the benefits of being public outweighed the costs.. … The fact is … Bielli is probably right. Because so many investors are passive today, most CEOs can relax, even if their performance is mediocre. We drove away discouraged. The company had enormous potential. But realizing its value seemed impracticable.
Megan McCracken quoted by The Washington Post, April 15, 2017
“These secrecy statutes are extremely effective at preventing challenges to execution procedures,” said Megan McCracken, an attorney at the University of California at Berkeley Law School’s Death Penalty Clinic.
Alan Auerbach quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 15, 2017
Alan Auerbach … dismissed the $1,700 increase as “silly” and “outside the range” of economic projections of what the tax might do. … “It would encourage companies to make their products in America,” said Auerbach, who thinks it would also convince some Silicon Valley companies, such as Google and Apple, to stop basing operations in countries like Ireland, which have much lower corporate tax burdens.
John Yoo quoted by KQED News, April 14, 2017
But in the case challenging the administration’s crackdown on sanctuary cities, UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo thinks the government is well within its rights. “It’s not unconstitutional for the federal government to place conditions on the use of funds, or to cut off funds altogether,” he said.
Alexa Koenig and Eric Stover quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 14, 2017
“The front-line people who capture images of what’s happening, they tend to focus on the body or where the bomb hit — they don’t realize that’s actually the least helpful info for courts,” said Koenig. “What the courts need is the 360-degree pan shot of the surrounding area to place what happened in a particular location. Or they need information that might seem irrelevant, like the angle something came from, or a shot of a newspaper that establishes the date.”
“Alleged perpetrators are leaving more fingerprints in various places. They’re leaving fingerprints behind the cyber curtain, meaning, they’re going on email, they’re sending messages to their subordinates, they’re filming things,” said Eric Stover, faculty director of the Human Rights Center.
Anne Joseph O’Connell writes for Brookings, April 13, 2017
Although Democrats may smart in the short run, they will eventually appreciate its end. All of us, no matter partisan affiliation, may benefit if both parties then choose less conventional nominees.
Ethan Elkind interviewed by KQED-FM, April 11, 2017
“This is a crucial technology for reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, there’s no doubt about it. … If we cannot switch to cleaner fuels, we’re not going to be able to achieve our long-term goals. Fortunately, electric vehicles present a really viable, attractive option as a different fuel source for driving.”
Alexa Koenig quoted by Inquirer.net, April 11, 2017
Koenig’s warning rang clear in the Umbrian air: “Authoritarians do not rely on mass popular support. They rely on mass passiveness, [on] passivity.”