News Archive
2005/07
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- Op-ed by Professor Minow: High stakes for legal issues
- The following op-ed by Professor Martha Minow appeared in The Boston Globe on July 21, 2005: Now we know whom President Bush wants to take Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the United States Supreme Court. We also know the legal and social issues in the balance. But we don't know, yet, whether the Senate can cut through partisan politics to make its "advice and consent" a constructive process for us all. [Fri, 29 Jul 2005]
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- Harvard Law grad John Roberts nominated to fill Supreme Court vacancy
- President Bush has nominated Harvard Law graduate John G. Roberts Jr., a federal appeals court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created earlier this month when Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement. Roberts graduated from Harvard Law School in 1979 and from Harvard College in 1976. [Tue, 19 Jul 2005]
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- Op-ed by Prof. Stuntz: the Court's effect on criminal law
- From The New Republic (July 19, 2005) -- Supreme Court appointments are like "Law and Order" episodes: The cast of characters changes, but the dialogue always sounds the same. Whoever the nominees are, the script for the inevitable confirmation battles has already been written. Abortion, church and state, more abortion, gay rights, and still more abortion--interest groups and senators are setting the table, and that's the menu. [Tue, 19 Jul 2005]
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- Program at HLS challenges wrongful convictions
- From the Summer 2005 Harvard Law Bulletin: Brandon Moon was a 25-year-old college student at the University of Texas at El Paso in 1988 when he was convicted of rape and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Last December, after 16 years behind bars, he was released following conclusive DNA testing that proved his innocence.... [Fri, 15 Jul 2005]
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- New Thinking About Crime and Punishment: Changes in Sentencing Guidelines
- From the Summer 2005 Harvard Law Bulletin: On Jan. 12, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the strict and sometimes unforgiving sentencing guidelines that have tied the hands of federal judges for nearly 20 years would no longer bind them. [Wed, 13 Jul 2005]
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- On the Bookshelves: the prolific career of Alan Dershowitz
- From the Summer 2005 Harvard Law Bulletin: Ask Professor Alan M. Dershowitz to rank his favorite professional activities, and his response is unequivocal. "I love the actual act of teaching, being in the classroom, the most," he said. "But a close second is sitting home alone with my white legal pad and pen, all by myself, and just writing, writing, writing." [Mon, 11 Jul 2005]
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- Ask the Professor: Can Dissent Take the Form of Official Action?
- The Summer 2005 Harvard Law Bulletin sat down with Professor Heather Gerken to ask: can dissent take the form of official action? From gay marriage to jury nullification--sometimes, says Gerken, the minority rules. [Thu, 07 Jul 2005]
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- Petition from HLS class helps push case to Supreme Court
- The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear the case Whitman v. Department of Transportation in which the petition for certiorari prepared by a class at Harvard Law School. The winter 2005 Supreme Court Litigation class, taught by instructors Amy Howe and Thomas Goldstein, researched and wrote the petition. [Wed, 06 Jul 2005]