by Kent Scheidegger · Jan 7, 2020 11:01 am
The Suleimani matter is one of military and foreign policy, not criminal justice, so this is somewhat off-topic. Even so, the concept of deterrence is common to these areas. Lara Seligman has this interview in Foreign Policy with Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.) former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and former Director of Central Intelligence.
by Kent Scheidegger · Jan 3, 2020 1:53 pm
The Federalist Society’s 2020 Faculty Conference is today and tomorrow. A panel on Originalism and the Fourth Amendment is scheduled for 2:45-4:15 pm EST tomorrow.
by Kent Scheidegger · Jan 2, 2020 9:30 am
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts’ year-end report on the judiciary is available on the Supreme Court website. The main theme is the importance of civic education and combating disinformation, and that has been the subject of most of the commentary. Just as important, though, is the Chief’s comment on the importance of judges doing their main job correctly.
by Kent Scheidegger · Jan 1, 2020 12:00 am
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