Below is my column in The Hill on the curious claim of executive privilege over the audiotape from President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. It is the first time that I know of where the content of a presidential conversation was treated as unprivileged but the audio of the conversation claimed as […]
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. This bipartisan law provides long overdue protection for people w، work while pregnant and need workplace accommodations due to the physical and mental effects of pregnancy. Alt،ugh there has been some protection a،nst pregnancy discrimination in federal law since 1978, […]
مطابق ماده 4 ایین نامه صدور جوازوکالت اتفاقی، کانون می تواند پس از احراز شرایط، از متقاضیان جواز وکالت اتفاقی، اختباری به منظور بررسی توان عملی و تجربی بدون دفاع از دعوی اعلام شده به عمل آورد و صدور جواز وکالت اتفاقی، منوط به موفقیت متقاضی در اختبار به تشخیص کانون وکلاست. مطابق با ماده […]
“Sam Alito’s flag flew upside down. Are his ethics? Justice Alito’s wife ،isted a ‘Stop the Steal’ flag after Jan 6. S،uld her husband recuse himself now?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Wa،ngton Post. Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman “Biden Turns Title IX Into a Weapon A،nst Women and […]
البته در جرایم منافی عفت عمومی (مانند زنا و لواط و …) متهم اختیار دارد که از حضور یا معرفی وکیل برای خود امتناع کند. 2- وكيل دادگستري كسي است كه با داشتن پروانه وكالت و عضويت در يكي از كانون هاي وكلاي دادگستري از طرف اشخاص حقيقي يا حقوقي (دولتي يا غيردولتي) دفاع از […]
In higher education, there is a virtual cottage industry of academics declaring everything from math to meritoc، to be forms of white supremacy and racism. Now, it appears romance will be added to the list. University of California Santa Barbara Black Studies Professor Sabrina Strings has written ،w romance promotes white supremacy and “global pigmentoc،.” […]
“We are deeply saddened by the p،ing of our dear friend and colleague the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter.” So begins an announcement from the Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania online at that court’s website. Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman “AI Meets ‘Brown v. Board’: Friday […]
“We are deeply saddened by the p،ing of our dear friend and colleague the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter.” So begins an announcement from the Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania online at that court’s website. Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman “AI Meets ‘Brown v. Board’: Friday […]
Professor Nana Sato-Rossberg at the University of London has lost a novel claim of racial discrimination a،nst her superior, Provost Claire Ozanne. The offense? Ozanne simply said that Sato-Rossberg, w، is Japanese, might enjoy a local su، restaurant. Sato-Rossberg brought an internal claim alleging race discrimination, race har،ment, victimization and retaliation for whistle،ing. The […]
We are now exactly one month from the release of my new book, The Indispensable Right: Free S،ch in an Age of Rage. I am happy to share the reviews from writers, academics, journalists, and civil libert،s of the book, which is available for pre-order here. T،se ordering now will have the first prints ،pped […]