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American Needle v. NFL is out ….

yaay habeas corpus. Kennedy is the difference between a conservative — someone whose values I frequently dislike and disagree with, but who is in many ways a respectful person — and a proto-fascist. For the right-wingers who like to throw the term “fascism” around, the core concept of fascism is that the State takes precedence [...]

well — grokster is out. from the beginning: We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties. and from the end: There [...]

according to scotus blog, the court granted cert in grokster. [order 12/10] Opening briefs (and neutral and supporting amici) due Jan. 24. Opposition brief (and supporting briefs) due Feb. 28. Oral arguments in March.

I was sad to see how many different groups jumped in on the Grokster cert. petition (asking to grant cert). [EFF's Grokster page] Our amicus (telling the court to deny cert) looks pretty lonely in comparison. Our brief addresses what two of what I think are the four possible reasons to take the case. One [...]

supreme court granted cert on two 10-commandments posting cases [10/12] cite from cornell …. this makes me verrry nervous and the court also granted cert on a Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act case [10/12]