O.k., sportsfans, here is this week’s round up for the blawgosphere:
The Ninth Circuit issued a controversial ruling this week holding that prisoners in the State of Washington have the right to vote . Roger Clegg offers his thoughts on the decision here .
Chief Justice Roberts, fiscal conservative .
A Georgia judge resigned from the bench ” after questions [were] raised about [certain] Facebook contacts [he engaged in]. ”
SCOTUS Blog has a list of cert. petitions that law geeks may want to keep an eye on.
Yes, Virginia, there are law firms that ” tweet .”
According to The Hill, ” Republicans see the courts as the last line of defense vs. Democrats’ agenda .”
And to no one’s surprise, former SCOTUS clerks are faring quite well in these troubled economic times .
The Church in the Age of Therapy
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Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot
On September 20, the Daily Mail ran a story with the provocative headline, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother…
The Faithful Joy of Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen
Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen seem to have had little in common. She favored rhinestones; he wore…