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		<title>Findlaw Commentator: McCain proves judicial activism is a non-issue</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/findlaw-commentator-mccain-proves-judicial-activism-is-a-non-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/findlaw-commentator-mccain-proves-judicial-activism-is-a-non-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["There is an obvious reason why McCain could muster only scant evidence for his rant against liberal judicial activism: Liberal judicial activism, as McCain invokes the term, has been dying for a long time and is now pretty close to dead. The Supreme Court is decidedly conservative and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future."]]></description>
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		<title>President nominates Glen E. Conrad to 4th Circuit</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/president-nominates-glen-e-conrad-to-4th-circuit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/president-nominates-glen-e-conrad-to-4th-circuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conrad has been a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia since 2003. The How Appealing blog provides numerous links and details.
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		<title>Oregon threatens over statutes copyright?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/oregon-threatens-over-statutes-copyright/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/oregon-threatens-over-statutes-copyright/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Post has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy indicating that the state of Oregon is threatening some web vendors who have post the state statutes on their website.  Apparently, Oregon is trying to claim copyright. Post writes:
What burns me up is that the State of Oregon would choose to assert its rather fanciful copyright [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cornell Law offers U.S. Code RSS updates</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/cornell-law-offers-us-code-rss-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/cornell-law-offers-us-code-rss-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School is offering RSS subscriptions for updates to the United States Code.
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		<title>3 Michigan nominees face tough questions from U.S. senators despite deal with Bush administration.</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/3-michigan-nominees-face-tough-questions-from-us-senators-despite-deal-with-bush-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/3-michigan-nominees-face-tough-questions-from-us-senators-despite-deal-with-bush-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday closely questioned the qualifications, driving record and tax-payment history of a Michigan judge nominated to the federal court of appeals that hears cases for Michigan and other Midwestern states.]]></description>
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		<title>What McCain expects from federal judges</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/what-mccain-expects-from-federal-judges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/what-mccain-expects-from-federal-judges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The How Appealing Blog links to several articles discussing McCain&#8217;s recent statements on judicial nominees.  It includes a link to an article by Shannen W. Coffin on National Review titled: Trust But Verify: McCain on Judges.
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		<title>GOP senators question quick action on judicial nominee</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/gop-senators-question-quick-action-on-judicial-nominee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/gop-senators-question-quick-action-on-judicial-nominee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[enate Republicans on Wednesday questioned the speedy confirmation process for Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Helene White, who was chosen by President Bush last month as part of a compromise to address several judicial vacancies.]]></description>
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		<title>Scalia Explains Why He Gave In to ‘Public Spectacle’</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/scalia-explains-why-he-gave-in-to-%e2%80%98public-spectacle%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/scalia-explains-why-he-gave-in-to-%e2%80%98public-spectacle%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I've sort of come to the conclusion that the old common law tradition of judges not making public spectacles of themselves and hiding in the grass has just broken down. It's no use, I'm going to be a public spectacle whether I come out of the closet or not, beyond T-shirts and bobblehead dolls and whatnot."]]></description>
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		<title>Depression Among Lawyers: Chicken or Egg?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/depression-among-lawyers-chicken-or-egg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/depression-among-lawyers-chicken-or-egg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal Blog Watch reports: &#8220;Lawyer depression is one of those topics that seems to reappear on a regular basis here at Legal Blog Watch, and the latest sighting comes by way of an article this month in the California Bar Journal, &#8216;Depression Takes a Heavy Toll on Lawyers.&#8217;&#8221;
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		<title>A Spirited Practice: Combining Law With Religion Is Work &#8212; but Worth It</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/a-spirited-practice-combining-law-with-religion-is-work-but-worth-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/07/a-spirited-practice-combining-law-with-religion-is-work-but-worth-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And therein lies the challenge. Lawyers who integrate their belief system into their legal life say it's the most fulfilling way to practice. But they all agree it isn't easy . . . Fort Worth, Texas, litigator Thomas S. Brandon Jr. agrees. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to raise judicial salaries by 29% runs into trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/06/bill-to-raise-judicial-salaries-by-29-runs-into-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/06/bill-to-raise-judicial-salaries-by-29-runs-into-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One complication that has taken some wind out of the sails is the batch of last-minute amendments to the legislation tacked on by senators . . . ]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain&#8217;s Vision For The Federal Judiciary</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/06/john-mccains-vision-for-the-federal-judiciary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/06/john-mccains-vision-for-the-federal-judiciary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, In North Carolina, John McCain Outlined His Judicial Philosophy And Vision. The proper role of the judiciary has become one of the defining issues of this presidential election. It will fall to the next president to nominate hundreds of qualified men and women to the federal courts, and the impact of these choices will reach far into the future]]></description>
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		<title>McCain castigates Obama for voting against chief justice</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/06/mccain-castigates-obama-for-voting-against-chief-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/06/mccain-castigates-obama-for-voting-against-chief-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican John McCain castigated Democrat Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as Supreme Court chief justice in a speech about the kind of judges McCain would nominate.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Justice Ginsburg on Women in the Law&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/05/justice-ginsburg-on-women-in-the-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/05/justice-ginsburg-on-women-in-the-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The How Appealing blog points to this audio broadcast of Justice Ginsburg on C-Span&#8217;s &#8220;America and the Courts.&#8221;
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		<title>Law School Cancels ‘Sex Toys 101’ Seminar; Students Want Apology</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/01/law-school-cancels-%e2%80%98sex-toys-101%e2%80%99-seminar-students-want-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/01/law-school-cancels-%e2%80%98sex-toys-101%e2%80%99-seminar-students-want-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A notice of the event said "the lecture will provide tips and tricks as well as information about health, hygiene, satisfaction, and yes, the law, of sex toys."]]></description>
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		<title>The Senatorial Plot Thickens on Judges</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/the-senatorial-plot-thickens-on-judges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/the-senatorial-plot-thickens-on-judges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gerard Bradley has this post on the National Review Bench Memos blog on continued delay tactics by Senate Democrats to thwart judicial nominations despite public assurances to the contrary.
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		<title>Conservative St. Thomas law students back dean in Planned Parenthood flap</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/conservative-st-thomas-law-students-back-dean-in-planned-parenthood-flap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/conservative-st-thomas-law-students-back-dean-in-planned-parenthood-flap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservative law students are countering leftist students by backing the Dean's decision to disallow credit for volunteer service at Planned Parenthood. ]]></description>
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		<title>Unrest at University of Georgia Over Appearance by Clarence Thomas</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/unrest-at-university-of-georgia-over-appearance-by-clarence-thomas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/unrest-at-university-of-georgia-over-appearance-by-clarence-thomas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some faculty at the University of Georgia, Athens, are complaining about the selection of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as undergraduate commencement speaker in light of charges that the administration has been slow to respond to allegations of sexual harassment.]]></description>
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		<title>Tension Mounts Over U.S. Bench Vacancies</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/tension-mounts-over-us-bench-vacancies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/30/tension-mounts-over-us-bench-vacancies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the 28 nominees waiting approval by the Senate, 10 are appellate court nominees and 18 are trial court selections.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Courts Should Reject the Presumption of Severability in the Face of Intentionally Unconstitutional Legislation</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/29/why-courts-should-reject-the-presumption-of-severability-in-the-face-of-intentionally-unconstitutional-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/29/why-courts-should-reject-the-presumption-of-severability-in-the-face-of-intentionally-unconstitutional-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part III argues that courts should abandon the presumption of severability-- or should extend their use of the presumption of inseverability--in cases where the legislature clearly intended to pass an unconstitutional statute.]]></description>
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		<title>Severability as Judicial Lawmaking</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/29/severability-as-judicial-lawmaking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/29/severability-as-judicial-lawmaking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My argument proceeds as follows: Part I discusses the basics of the severability doctrine, examining its purpose and function and the reasons that courts should and do have the power to sever a statute's invalid parts and applications.]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice lashes out at GOP state senator on nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/29/pennsylvania-supreme-court-justice-lashes-out-at-gop-state-senator-on-nominations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille has toughened his criticism of Senate Republicans for not acting on four interim appointments to state appellate courts, and dismissed their arguments about diversity as "misplaced."
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		<title>Naming Rights Don’t Sell for $20M, So Ave Maria Scraps New Building Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/28/naming-rights-don%e2%80%99t-sell-for-20m-so-ave-maria-scraps-new-building-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/28/naming-rights-don%e2%80%99t-sell-for-20m-so-ave-maria-scraps-new-building-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ABA Journal reports that naming rights for a new law school building plan were unsuccessful so Ave Maria law school will re-locate to an older structure in Naples, Florida.
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		<title>Securing the Rule of Law Through Interpretive Pluralism: An Argument from Comparative Law</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/28/securing-the-rule-of-law-through-interpretive-pluralism-an-argument-from-comparative-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/28/securing-the-rule-of-law-through-interpretive-pluralism-an-argument-from-comparative-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Article will argue that total consolidation of legal interpretation in a single high court is a mistake in an age where judges themselves, throughout the world, believe less and less that law is science rather than politics. Omnipotent politicians are potentially lawless despots.]]></description>
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		<title>The ABA&#8217;s &#8216;Diversity&#8217; Diktat</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/28/the-abas-diversity-diktat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/28/the-abas-diversity-diktat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever wondered why colleges and universities seem to march in lockstep on controversial issues like affirmative action, here is one reason: Overly politicized accrediting agencies often demand it.]]></description>
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		<title>I’m Conservative, But Not Biased, Scalia Says</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/25/i%e2%80%99m-conservative-but-not-biased-scalia-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/25/i%e2%80%99m-conservative-but-not-biased-scalia-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is admittedly a conservative and a law-and-order guy. But he's not biased - 
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		<title>HLS Wins National Appellate Advocacy Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/24/hls-wins-national-appellate-advocacy-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/24/hls-wins-national-appellate-advocacy-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 5, 3Ls Phil Telfeyan and Elizabeth Barchas were crowned National Champions of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, which was held in Chicago.]]></description>
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		<title>SCOTUS petitions to watch includes RFRA and asylum for marriage case</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/24/scotus-petitions-to-watch-includes-rfra-and-asylum-for-marriage-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/24/scotus-petitions-to-watch-includes-rfra-and-asylum-for-marriage-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCOTUS Blog&#8217;s most recent list of petitions to watch for the May 8th conference of the Justices has been posted.  The list includes these two cases that may of particular interest to Alliance Alert readers:
Docket: 07-756
Case name: Yang v. Mukasey
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		<title>Which Undergrad Majors Do Best on the LSAT?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/which-undergrad-majors-do-best-on-the-lsat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/which-undergrad-majors-do-best-on-the-lsat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Leiter&#8217;s Law School Reports blog reports:
It isn&#8217;t, needless to say, the undergrads who study Political Science.  Here, courtesy of the Department of Philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is a ranking by the average LSAT score of students in each major that had at least 400 students taking the LSAT (the score is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treating Like Subdecisions Alike: The Scope of Stare Decisis as Applied to Judicial Methodology</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/treating-like-subdecisions-alike-the-scope-of-stare-decisis-as-applied-to-judicial-methodology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/treating-like-subdecisions-alike-the-scope-of-stare-decisis-as-applied-to-judicial-methodology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Note focuses on stare decisis with respect to subdecisions about statutory interpretation to shed light on the broader issue of the scope of stare decisis.]]></description>
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		<title>Springtime for Judges: Judges try to run out the clock on nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/springtime-for-judges-judges-try-to-run-out-the-clock-on-nominees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/springtime-for-judges-judges-try-to-run-out-the-clock-on-nominees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue now is whether Mr. McConnell will let Democrats get away with confirming their favored nominees instead of those whose nominations have been pending for years.]]></description>
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		<title>Florida: Butt out, Judicial Qualifications Commission tells high court</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/florida-butt-out-judicial-qualifications-commission-tells-high-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/23/florida-butt-out-judicial-qualifications-commission-tells-high-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No court, not even the state's highest court, can intervene in the affairs of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, attorneys for the JQC said in a sharply worded brief filed Friday with the Florida Supreme Court.]]></description>
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		<title>New Software Speeds Pro Bono Work</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/22/new-software-speeds-pro-bono-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/22/new-software-speeds-pro-bono-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark O&#8217;Brien reports in Legal Technology News on the development of a new web based software service designed to help law firms manage their pro bono.
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		<title>NY: Mining for metadata is unethical</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/ny-mining-for-metadata-is-unethical/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/ny-mining-for-metadata-is-unethical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining for metadata in documents received from opposing counsel is unethical, says a new ethics opinion from the New York County Lawyers' Association. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Politics of International Law Scholarship</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/the-politics-of-international-law-scholarship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/the-politics-of-international-law-scholarship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Bernstein has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy blog. It discusses the treacherous waters of international law scholarship for conservatives or anyone who dares take a position opposed to the establishment point of view.
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