Commentary
Turnouts Low? Hold a Lottery
– 11/03/98
Palestinian Case Skirts Free-Speech Protection
The case of Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee 97-1252, to be argued before the Supreme Court Nov. 4, reviews whether an individual deserves prompt judicial review when asserting a First Amendment defense in response to the government’s prosecution. Its not a high-profile case, but the principle at stake is constitutional bedrock, and the case requires the court to fulfill its critical, if not always popular, role in our tripartite democracy.
Authored by: Marta E. Nelson, in The National Law Journal
– 11/02/98
Lott’s Hispanic Quota
– 10/05/98
An Independent Counsel We Can Live Without
Atty. Gen. Janet Reno seems to be torn over a choice between two investigations into campaign finance abuses in the 1996 presidential elections.
– 09/15/98
Blaming the Judge
– 09/01/98
Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts: Private Interest in the Public Interest
An alarm has been set off among lawyers, in New York and across the nation, by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation, 1998 WL 309070 (U.S. 1998), concerning Texas’ Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Lawyers are wondering whether they should continue to place client funds in the pooled interest-bearing accounts established under such programs. The answer is: absolutely.
Authored by: Deborah Goldberg, in the New York Law Journal
– 07/15/98
Congress Fiddles While Parties Burn Campaign Finance Laws
While Democrats and Republicans on Capital Hill debate the merits of campaign finance reform, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party are busy at work in federal court seeking to undermine the last remaining vestiges of federal cam
– 06/29/98
Free TV Speech for Candidates
We own the airwaves. We, the public. Not GE, not Disney, not Westinghouse, and not Rupert Murdoch. But we lend them our airwaves for free, as trustees, in return for a pledge to serve the public interest.
– 06/08/98
State Should Respect Equal Justice
Is Governor Pataki committed to equal justice under law? Then why has he vetoed all general funding for civil legal services for the indigent?
Authored by: Deborah Goldberg, in the Times Union
– 06/05/98
Legal Pitfalls of Paycheck Protection
– 05/27/98