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October 2008

Myths About Issue 6 and Indian Gaming

October 31, 2008

The passage of Issue 6 will not make it easier for Indian tribes to open casinos in Ohio. Tribes have significant hurdles to overcome in order to operate casinos in the state.  Opponents of Issue 6 are attempting to link it with Indian casinos, but the two issues are separate and distinct.  In order for [...]

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Today, National City; tomorrow–the world!

October 30, 2008

So, National City is being bought by PNC.  Putting aside the jokes about Pittsburgh (PNC's home) extending its football dominance over Cleveland, there are a number of interesting points floating around about the deal:

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Negative Liberties and Affirmative Duties under the Constitution

October 29, 2008

     In attempting to characterize Barack Obama as a "socialist," Senator McCain's campaign and some news reports have misrepresented Barack Obama's views on a fundamental question of constitutional law.  In a 2001 radio interview Barack Obama actually opposed the idea that the courts, acting pursuant to the Constitution, should be engaged in the "redistrubution of wealth."  In [...]

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Seminar: How Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Can Help Your Business and Exports

October 29, 2008

Akron Law with the cooperation of the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Cleveland, will present a half-day program on Monday, Nov. 10 from 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. describing how Northeast Ohio businesses and exporters can protect their patents, copyrights and trademarks in the United States and overseas markets.
The program will provide basic information on [...]

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Guantanamo Military Judge Throws Out Confession Obtained by Torture

October 29, 2008

     The Miami Herald reports that Col. Stephen Henley, a military judge at Guantanamo, has thrown out a confession that Afghan authorities obtained from Mohammed Jawad.  Jawad is charged with the commission of a war crime for allegedly having thrown a grenade and wounding American soldiers in an Afghan bazaar in 2002.  There was evidence [...]

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Why People Disagree About the Meaning of the Constitution: Tradition

October 28, 2008

     The fourth major type of legal argument is "tradition."  Our view of society and the proper relations among people is shaped by our upbringing and our experiences.  In all areas of law, tradition plays a major, if often silent and invisible, role.

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Akron Law to Host World War II Expert

October 24, 2008

Professor Herbert R. Reginbogin, from European University of Lefke, North Cyprus, will give a lecture titled “Holocaust Reparations: Global Justice or U.S. Imperialism?” on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 12:15 p.m. in Room 151 at Akron Law. Pizza and beverages will be provided.
Professor Reginbogin, a graduate of Whittier College and Berne University, is a World War II expert [...]

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Is it too soon to start thinking about Enron III?

October 23, 2008

I was having a discussion with a colleague the other day, and the topic of the future of regulation of the financial markets came up.  I stated that I was skeptical about whether we would have any truly effective regulatory oversight 5-10 years from now, despite all the loud talk from Washington that we will [...]

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Why People Disagree About the Meaning of the Constitution – Precedent

October 21, 2008

     So far we have looked to the text of the Constitution and to the intent of the framers to discover what the meaning of the Constitution is.  But there is another source of authority that we have to consider – the courts.  It has been said that the Constitution means what the Supreme Court [...]

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Akron Law to Sponsor The Fourteenth Amendment: The 140th Anniversary Symposium

October 20, 2008

Academic experts from across the country will gather at The University of Akron School of Law for The Fourteenth Amendment: The 140th Anniversary Symposium on Oct. 23 and 24 at The University of Akron School of Law.
The symposium will feature discussions on how the amendment came to be; how the early cases of the court [...]

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What is Voter Registration Fraud and Should We Care?

October 19, 2008

Presidential candidate John McCain said in last week's debate that ACORN, a group pushing to register over a million new voters this election cycle, "is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy."  Wow.  Very strong words.  But is [...]

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Does a religious group have the right to qualify for government funding despite discriminatory employment practices?

October 18, 2008

     Religious organizations discriminate on the basis of religion in their employment practices.  Christian churches employ ministers and priests, synagogues retain the services of rabbis, and mosques hire imams to perform religious duties.  In addition, for the most part, each individual sect hires clergy of the same sect to lead religious services – Methodists hire Methodists, Roman Catholics [...]

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