David Carrillo quoted in CAFwd, July 18, 2016
“The law should be accessible. Anyone should be able to participate in political process,” Carrillo said. “We found lots of legal speak. We wrote things to improve them but not to change the substance of them.”
Stephanie Campos-Bui and Kate Weisburd quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), July 15, 2016
“On top of the harm to families, these fees often result in little or no financial gain to local jurisdictions,” said Stephanie Campos-Bui.
“This repeal is a victory for families and young people throughout Alameda County,” Weisburd said. “This punitive debt has no place in the juvenile system. It undermines family stability at a time when stability is needed most.”
Jonathan Simon quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), July 14, 2016
“We’re talking about parole consideration, not a guaranteed exit,” Simon said. “The amendment is not very specific about how the parole process will be carried out, but the nature of parole is a focus on the individual and their risk to public safety, and parole has the discretion to deny.”
Alexa Koenig, Eric Stover and Victor Peskin write for Foreign Affairs, July 13, 2016
In 2009, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for the Sudanese leader for crimes against humanity, including the killing of 300,000 people and the displacement of 2.5 million more in Darfur. A year later, the court added the charge of genocide. Since then, Bashir has made more than 75 trips to nearly 30 countries, including to seven states that are members of the ICC and are therefore legally obligated to arrest him.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, July 12, 2016
In the past, when questions came up about how a sale was run, the lawyers largely avoided the line of fire. The ExamWorks case, however, threatens to open up the floodgates, exposing lawyers to the same type of conflict liability and heat that investment bankers are under.
Ian Haney López quoted in VICE, July 12, 2016
“In the face of social change that has declared people of color are equally human with whites, that women are equally human with men and deserve the same rights of self-determination, that multiple religions and even non-religions ought to be respected,” he told VICE, “there are segments of the population who are driven to reclaim their prior superior position in unjust hierarchies.”
Daniel Farber writes for Daily Journal (registration required), July 11, 2016
The Obama administration’s most important effort to address climate change, the Clean Power Plan (CCP), comes before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this fall and will almost inevitably go from there to the Supreme Court.
Franklin Zimring quoted in Chicago Tribune, July 8, 2016
American police kill civilians at rates five times higher than police in Canada, 40 times higher than in Germany and 140 times higher than in England and Wales. Is that because we have so much more violent crime, including gun crime? Partly, says Zimring, but “the U.S. rate of killings by police is 10 times as great as the difference in homicides generally.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, July 8, 2016
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the City of Ann Arbor Employees’ Retirement System in Michigan, looks at Mr. Katzenberg’s ownership of DreamWorks, which has dual-class stock. … Mr. Katzenberg owns all of the Class B stock. Together with his Class A shares, he has 60 percent of the vote for DreamWorks despite owning only 11.5 percent of the total outstanding shares.
John Yoo interviewed by Newsmax TV, July 7, 2016
“I think it’s very strange that she wasn’t under oath and really, really strange that there was no transcript of the interview,” Yoo observed. “People higher up than those agents have to make the decision whether to prosecute Hillary and her aides. If they’re not present in the interview, how do they know what she said if there’s no written record of it?”