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Commentary The Meaning of Gina Haspel as CIA Director Designate: Is This the Best the United States Can Do?
The Meaning of Gina Haspel as CIA Director Designate: Is This the Best the United States Can Do?
Patrick Sherry
March 17, 2018 12:40:13 pm

JUIRST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law discusses the potential implications of Gina Haspel as CIA Director Designate....I. Ah, if the Obama Administration had only followed my advice! November 15, 2016, after teaching...

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Commentary A Lost Opportunity to Reach a Consensus on Gerrymandering
A Lost Opportunity to Reach a Consensus on Gerrymandering
Patrick Sherry
February 13, 2018 01:26:20 pm

JUIRST Guest Columnist Bruce Ledewitz discusses the potential implications of courts taking a stand on gerrymandering....The unseemly haste of the recently elected Democratic Party majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has undermined the impact of a path breaking decision to...

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Commentary The Clash of Gun Rights and Federalism
The Clash of Gun Rights and Federalism
Patrick Sherry
December 18, 2017 04:16:17 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law discusses policy and constitutional concerns about the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would expand the right to carry concealed guns outside one's home state...For years, liberals...

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Commentary Mueller, Manafort and Attorney-Client Privilege
Mueller, Manafort and Attorney-Client Privilege
Patrick Sherry
November 16, 2017 04:53:15 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Krauss of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School discusses the "crime fraud exception" to attorney-client privilege and how it applies to the recent situation with Paul Manafort and Robert Mueller...The attorney-client privilege is a...

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Titanic sinking precipitated multiple lawsuits

The Titanic sank early in the morning of April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Of 2228 passengers and crewmembers aboard, only 705 survived. The sinking gave rise to a variety of lawsuits against the White Star Line, the Titanic's owners.

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