August 7 2006 Legal Blog Roundup You can always tell when summer is almost over. The back-to-school commercials come back on TV, and Hollywood releases the blockbusters that weren't good enough to come out in June or July. As summer winds down, it's time for a leisurely trip down to the old law blog swimming hole. (13 views)
Once More, Into the First Amendment Verily, verily, remarked the Preacher, of the bringing of First Amendment cases there shall be no end. The venerable Ecclesiastes thus provided a text for an important case now pending in the Supreme Court on a petition for review. (35 views)
The stark reality of why America is in Debt Forget everything you thought you knew about America's debt problems. It's not reckless spenders racking up a record $800 billion in balances on credit cards that's the problem. The problem is with average Americans just trying to make ends meet, according to a new study. (14 views)
American Bar Association (ABA) Reconsiders Proposal to Remove LSAT Requirement for Law School Admissions The American Bar Association (ABA) is retracting a controversial proposal to allow law schools to become entirely test-optional by 2025. Joseph West, the chair of the ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, announced during a council meeting on Friday that they would reconsider the elimination of a longstanding rule mandating the use of... (11 views)