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Obama to make Kagan choice official
The SwampSolicitor General Elena Kagan speaks at a forum in Washington in January. (AP/Jose Luis Magana) by Christi Parsons and David G. Savage This morning, President Obama will name Solicitor General Elena Kagan to fill the opening on the U.S.......Tags: Local Government, Judges, Washington (U.S. state), Justice System, Republican Party
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Kagan: From lawyer to policymaker
The SwampElena Kagan in 1993, when she was a law professor at the University of Chicago. (AP/U. of Chicago.) by James Oliphant The White House during President Clinton's second term was a combustible, ambitious place. While to the public it......Tags: Lawyers, Democratic Party, Judges, Local Government, Justice System
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Chicago's black legal community meets to stem youth violence
Herschella Conyers is an attorney who, along with several judges, recently invited a bunch of people to the University of Chicago to talk about violence and the growing number of teens getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Typically, these...
Tags: Lawyers, Chicago Housing Authority, Judges, University of Chicago, Justice System
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State's Attorney's office regrets characterization of defendants as 'mutts'
Change of SubjectOn his Lisagor Award-winning Huffington Post blog, David Protess wrote yesterday about what he saw yesterday in a Cook County Courtroom. First, his summary of the case: Armando Serrano and Jose Montanez were convicted of a 1993 murder based primarily........ -
Torrance attorney Gavin Wasserman named to campaign watchdog panel
PolitiCalState Controller John Chiang appointed Torrance attorney Gavin Wasserman to serve on the panel that enforces campaign finance and conflict-of-interest laws, bypassing a more controversial figure also vying for the seat.... -
Santa Monica College's two-tier pricing gets scholarship donation
L.A. NOWSanta Monica College’s plan to offer some high-demand classes at a premium cost received a boost Thursday with the announcement of a $250,000 donation to support scholarships for students who qualify. The donors are businessman Daniel Greenberg... -
Food trucks unite!
Lincoln ParkI’m not going to lie, I’ve been really into lawyer shows lately. And not boring old Law & Order…I mean the ones with cute guys, like Suits (Hellooo Harvey Specter) and Drop Dead Diva (Umm Grayson Kent? Yes please.) So when I saw on... -
USC appoints interim Provost Elizabeth Garrett to permanent post
L.A. NOWUSC law professor Elizabeth Garrett was appointed Thursday to be provost of the university, the second in command position she has held on an interim basis for two months. As chief academic officer, she will oversee all academic departments,... -
Obama gets out of jury duty in Chicago
Top of the TicketThis is one of those What Were They Thinking stories. Apparently, a court in suburban Chicago sent a summons to Barack Obama, ordering him to appear for jury duty today in suburban Bridgeview. The notice arrived at his home in...... -
Warning: Hospitals may be hazardous to your health
Booster ShotsHow hazardous? A study published in Monday’s edition of Archives of Internal Medicine estimates that 48,000 people died in 2006 after developing sepsis or pneumonia during their hospital stays. Altogether, such infections forced patients to spend an... -
Obama's policy team loaded with all-stars
Washington BureauBarack Obama's presidential bid may have a well-cultivated insurgent feel, as the candidate both benefits and suffers politically from a relatively thin record of experience in Washington. But the swelling team of policy advisers who have joined his...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, National Security, Arts and Culture, Iraq, Elections
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FBI spied on Fox News reporter, accused him of crime
WASHINGTON — The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read a Fox News reporter's personal emails from two days in 2010 after arguing there was probable cause he had violated espionage laws by soliciting classified information from a government...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Police Investigations, Judges, Justice System, Criminals
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