Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Supreme Court Heard Oral Arguments in HIV-Positive Pilot’s Privacy Case

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According to reports by   CNN  and NPR  the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case concerning the federal government and an ...

Supreme Court to Decide if Drug Reps Deserve Overtime

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A recent article in The Wall Street Journal discussed the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a case regarding whether pharmaceutical sales re...
Monday, November 28, 2011

TN Court of Appeals Affirms Hamilton County Trial Court's Denial of Motion to Suppress

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State of Tennessee v. Kenneth D. Gann On November 22nd, the TN Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court's decision to deny a m...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Georgia's Requirement of Proof of Mental Retardation Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Constitutional

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On November 22, 2011 the Eleventh Circuit held that Georgia’s requirement that criminal defendants prove their mental retardation beyond a r...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Supreme Court Must Answer “The Broccoli Question”

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With the recent decision by the Supreme Court to hear the challenge brought by states against President Obama’s national healthcare plan, th...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Health Care Battle Brings Calls for Recusal

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According to a recent report from United Press International , The U.S. Supreme Court, with it’s 5-4 conservative majority, may be poised to...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

U.S. Supreme Court to Examine Potential Prosecutorial Misconduct

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The United States Supreme Court heard a case recently dealing with the appeal of a death-row inmate from Louisiana. The Defendant, Juan Smit...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

TN Attorney General Opinion Nov. 15, 2011

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The following opinion and link to analysis below discusses administrative rules and the Tennessee Department of State. A question that only ...

Analysis of the Impact of Amendment to the Statutory Penalties for Crack Cocaine

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  The memorandum linked below estimates the impact on crack cocaine offenders currently incarcerated in the federal prison system of the Fai...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Officials hold secret meeting on Occupy Chattanooga

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The Tennessean reports Officials hold secret meeting on Occupy Chattanooga ."Hamilton County commissioners held a secret meeting with t...