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Sunday, January 4, 2015

“Loretta Lynch questioned over secret deal depriving fraud victims of $40M; Probe of Obama attorney general nominee sought over secret deals for cooperators”: Jim McElhatton of The Washington Times has a lengthy article that begins, “More than a year before President Obama nominated federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be attorney general, a former federal judge quietly called on Congress to investigate her U.S. attorney’s office for trampling on victims’ rights.”

Posted at 11:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Under the influence: 800 years of the Magna Carta; It settled a dispute between the king and the one-percenters 800 years ago — and remains critically important today.” Brian Bethune has this essay online at Maclean’s.

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“British and Dutch researchers develop new form of lie-detector test; Polygraph replacement could be in use in police stations around the world within a decade”: The Guardian (UK) has this article. You can access the research paper at this link.

Posted at 11:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bring the Supreme Court into the 21st century by allowing cameras in the chamber”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge candidates’ free-speech rights at issue before the Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Michigan’s 2nd-longest-serving justice says goodbye”: David Eggert of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “Michael Cavanagh is retiring from the Michigan Supreme Court as the second-longest-serving justice in state history, one whose 32-year tenure led to his participation in just over 2,000 opinions in which the court typically set legal precedents.”

Posted at 5:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans in state governments plan juggernaut of conservative legislation”: Reid Wilson of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “Legislators in the 24 states where Republicans now hold total control plan to push a series of aggressive policy initiatives in the coming year aimed at limiting the power of the federal government and rekindling the culture wars.”

Posted at 10:56 AM by Howard Bashman