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05/17/2012

Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow Delivers Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture

The Roger Williams Law community was honored and, frankly, dazzled by the Thurgood Marshall Lecture recently delivered by Martha Minow, the 12th Dean of Harvard Law School, who not only served as a...

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February 27, 2012

Bogus in New York Times Magazine

From the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: A new feature called the "One-Page Magazine", comprised of very short items, including one-sentence book reviews, noted the following: "Buckley, by Carl T. Bogus: How liberals should write about conservatives." For the full NEW YORK TIMES review of Professor Bogus's book, click here.

Tags: biography, bogus, buckley, conservative, law school, liberal, professor, Roger, Williams
February 13, 2012

Sack on Supreme Court GPS Decision

From RHODE ISLAND LAWYERS WEEKLY: "GPS ruling breaks new ground on privacy rights" by Albert Turco and Kimberly Atkins February 9th, 2012: After punting on the issue in the past, the U.S. Supreme Court has again waded into the choppy waters of privacy protection in the digital age in a case involving the warrantless use of a GPS device on a suspect’s car. But while still not ruling on the privacy issue directly, this time five justices gave a strong indication that individuals’ privacy...

Tags: 4th amendment, alito, decision, fourth amendment, GPS, GPS device, jones, professor, Roger Williams, RWU, sack, search, sotomayor, supreme court, u.s. v. jones
February 08, 2012

C-SPAN/Book TV: Bogus on Buckley

C-SPAN2/Book TV Presents: "Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism" by Carl Bogus. Future Airings Saturday, February 11th at 7pm (ET) Sunday, February 12th at 6am (ET) Sunday, February 12th at 4:30pm (ET) About the Program Carl Bogus, law professor at Roger Williams University, recalls the personal and professional life of political commentator, William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008). Mr. Buckley was the...

Tags: american conservatism, bogus, book, buckley, conservative, law, professor, Roger Williams
January 24, 2012

Margulies on Rumsfeld Lawsuits

From the ABA Journal: "Unknown Knowns: Torture Suits Against Rumsfeld May Revive a 40-Year-Old Liability Case" by Leslie A. Gordon Feb 1, 2012 - Asked in 2002 whether there was any evidence that Iraq had supplied terrorists with weapons of mass destruction, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously opined: “As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are...

Tags: bivens, bush, doe, law school, lawsuit, margulies, peter, professor, Roger Williams, rumsfeld, RWU Law, supreme court, vance

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