Oct
29
Kilowatt Ours, Pt. 2
October 29, 2007 | 3 Comments
Here’s a follow up to my Kilowatt Ours post from last week, and a response to the W&M Federalist Society’s recent post on the subject. Energy consumption in developing countries is definitely something that should cause warnings bells to go off in our heads. China’s coal consumption threatens to make us look like amateurs very [...]
Oct
23
Re Fwd Executive Privilege (TTYL)
October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Remember the blog post from June where we raised the question: Is Rove the most prolific emailer of all time? Well, we might finally get our reply.
Though the Bush administration has asserted executive privilege over the emails from aides and officials, U.S. magistrate judge urged a federal judge last week to order the White House [...]
Oct
21
Kilowatt Ours
October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
Filmmaker Jeff Barrie is trying to kick a habit. As part of this crusade, he recently attended a showing of his film, Kilowatt Ours at William & Mary. When the film ended, he stood up in the front of the theater, and introduced himself as an addict: “Hi, my name is Jeff, and I use [...]
Oct
19
Cartoon of the Week
October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
By Dwane Powell , The Raleigh News and Observer
From the Cartoonist Group.
Courtesy of Center for American Progress Action Fund (here)
Oct
17
“Green Collar” Jobs
October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I have to admit, I’m a big fan of Thomas L. Friedman. Yes, at times he can be a bit Biden-esque with his incredulity over the originality of his own ideas. And true, he has a penchant for trying to coin kitschy catch phrases. But Tom Friedman is a thinker, and more [...]
Oct
17
Chasing Freedom
October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Film Screening tonight (10/17/07) at 5:00pm!!!
Chasing Freedom (inspired by a true story) starring Juliette Lewis involves a corporate lawyer who is forced to represent pro bono a woman who has fled the Taliban in her asylum case. The film humanizes some of the difficult hurdles of the American legal system faced by immigrants and refugees, [...]
Oct
12
Guantanamo: Representing the Unseen
October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment
On October 10, students at William and Mary packed room 124 to hear Jeff Colman, a lawyer at Jenner & Block, speak about his experiences representing clients at Guantanamo Bay. January 11, 2007 was the five-year anniversary of the first man being placed in Guantanamo. Colman, a lawyer with 35 years of legal experience, [...]
Oct
10
Slavery, Globalization, and Orange Juice
October 10, 2007 | 2 Comments
Recently, I came across an article in The Week magazine excerpting a new book by John Bowe entitled Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the Global Economy. In this particular excerpt, Bowe, a journalist by trade, describes what amounts to modern-day slavery in the orange groves of Immokalee, Florida. [...]
Oct
8
Reminder: Guantanamo Event on Wed.
October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment
10/10/07 - 1pm, Jeffrey D. Colman, partner at Jenner & Block, will be speaking to W&M ACS about his experience representing several Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Oct
5
Response to John McGinnis’ “Pragmatic Defense of Originalism”
October 5, 2007 | 3 Comments
Professor John McGinnis gave his presentation at W&M yesterday titled “A Pragmatic Defense of Originalism.” He presents his theory in order to meet the criticisms of what he called “Living Constitutionalism.” In what follows I would like to explain why, with all respect to his efforts and all the other conservative legal scholars that keep [...]
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