Monthly Archives: December 2010

Studying the cost of access to justice

The access to justice expert Richard Zorza has an idea for calculating the full cost of access to the courts for those who cannot secure counsel: The method of multiplying current average cost of counsel with number in need is … Continue reading

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Say hello to your new Title 51 of the U.S. Code

Congress has passed a bill creating a new Title 51 of the United States Code. Currently there are only 50 titles that collect most federal laws currently in effect. The new Title 51 relates to national and commercial space exploration. … Continue reading

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DREAM Act vote set for tomorrow

With the DREAM Act up for a vote in the Senate during a Saturday session tomorrow, I thought I’d highlight this segment from the PBS Newshour earlier this month. What jumped out at me was that Mark Krikorian argued that the … Continue reading

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More on healthcare reform lawsuits & a chart for visual learners

More commentary and analysis is coming in regarding Monday’s loss for the government in federal district court in Virginia in its effort to defend against a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of health care reform. But there are other lawsuits in … Continue reading

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Health Care Individual Mandate struck down in Virginia

For those keeping score at home, previously two federal district courts had upheld the healthcare reform law as constitutional. Today brought the first decision to strike down the bill’s mandate that everyone has to obtain health insurance. Judge Henry E. … Continue reading

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The Third Death of the Refugee Protection Act

No one can deny that as this Congress winds down, there is likely no chance for further action on the Refugee Protection Act of 2010. This bill, S. 3113, introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the chairman — for another … Continue reading

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