Barack Obama
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Barack Obama, Disasters / Emergencies, Environment / Environmental Law, Politics
A BP Potpourri: Legal Links and Updates
Not many people are happy about the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — with the possible exceptions of (1) Elena Kagan, whose confirmation to the Supreme Court is all but guaranteed (since everyone’s too distracted to oppose her); (2) the lawyers who are getting work out of this disaster (as discussed […] -
Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Politics, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential
Liveblogging Obama's Elena Kagan Announcement
President Obama is set to announce Elena Kagan as his next Supreme Court nominee. I’m liveblogging the press conference. Check it out below. Kagan Announcement - Sponsored
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Barack Obama, Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, Gender, John Paul Stevens, Merrick Garland, Politics, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sidney Thomas, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Speculation: Could It Be Wood?Ten reasons Obama might appoint Diane Wood.
Now that President Obama has interviewed the four finalists for the U.S. Supreme Court seat he has to fill — Judge Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.), Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Judge Sidney Thomas (9th Cir.), and Judge Diane Wood (7th Cir) — the nominee could be announced any day now. Who will it be? We realize […]
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Barack Obama, Politics
Birthers, Are You Happy Now?
The state of Arizona — best known for being one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day — has just given birthers a minor victory. The WSJ Law Blog reports: The Arizona House approved a bill Wednesday that would require presidential candidates to show his or her birth certificate in order […] -
Barack Obama, Boalt Hall, John Roberts, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Let's Get Ready to Rumble
Televise this chief justice and this president on stage at the Kennedy Center for three hours talking about the role of government and the future of our polity. This historic clash of intellectual titans would be the most powerful civics lesson since the Federalist Papers, and we could sure use it. — Berkeley Law Dean […] -
Barack Obama, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Barack Obama: Yes, He Can -- Nominate Himself to the Supreme Court?
Justice Barack Hussein Obama? No, that’s not a joke. Professor Jeffrey Rosen makes a serious case for President Obama to become Justice Obama, in the Washington Post: Though Obama has struggled to find his footing in the White House, his education, temperament and experience make him ideally suited to lead the liberal wing of the […] -
Barack Obama, Politics, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Slammed at SOTU;Alito Mouths 'Not True' at the President
Barack Obama just finished up his first State of the Union address. Lots of interesting things: jobs, gays in the military, health reform capitulation c’mon we’re so close we’ve got to do something…. Oh, and nuclear power plants are back on the agenda. CHECK YOU RADIATION LEVELS. But the biggest legal news, at least from […] -
Barack Obama, Contests, Dreier, H. Rodgin Cohen, Harvey Miller, Layoffs, Reader Polls, Sonia Sotomayor
ATL Lawyer of the Year: The Nominees
Thanks to everyone who submitted possible nominees for our Lawyer of the Year award. We reviewed your 160+ comments and developed a slate of ten worthy candidates. Before we reveal them, we’ll talk about a few folks we passed over. A number of you suggested Mike Leach, the lawyer turned football coach who was recently […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Barack Obama, Ken Feinberg, Politics, Wall Street
Хороший день, Comrade Pay Czar. Не снимите нас
Friday was the last day for companies on the government dole to submit their pay plans to Kenneth Feinberg, our nation’s new Pay Czar. The new compensation commissar is as powerful as a mid-winter blizzard on the Eurasian Steppe. According to Law.com: The Obama administration’s “pay czar” is embarking on a review of proposed compensation […] -
Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Dreier, Eric Holder, Federal Judges, Guantanamo Bay, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Securities Law, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 02.24.09
* SCOTUS will look at the separation of church and state when they decide whether “a cross to honor fallen soldiers can stand in a national preserve in California.” [The Los Angeles Times] * Lawyers say Madoff must have had help with his Ponzi scheme. [Bloomberg] * Attorney General Eric Holder visited Guantanamo yesterday to […]
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Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Federal Government, Politics, White House Counsel
Musical Chairs: More Additions to the White House Legal Dream Team
Yes We Can…. Hire lots and lots of Supreme Court clerks? In prior posts (here and here), we reported on the impressive legal team that President Barack Obama has assembled to staff key positions in his administration. Like many of the Bush Administration lawyers they’re replacing, the Obama lawyers have impressive pedigrees: degrees from top […] -
Abortion, Barack Obama, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 1.23.09
* Governor Patterson has chosen Kirsten Gillibrand, a 42-year-old New York congresswoman, to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate. [Reuters] * On the 36th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade protestors gather for the annual March for Life on the National Mall. [The Los Angeles Times] * The Senate has confirmed six members of Obama’s cabinet […]
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Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Musical Chairs, Supreme Court Clerks, White House Counsel, Williams & Connolly
Musical Chairs: The Obama White House Counsel's Office(And ODAG picks, too.)
Last night we wrote about some of the top-notch talent that will be filling senior legal positions in the Obama Administration. These are big names, and you probably also read about them in big publications, like the Legal Times or the Wall Street Journal. ATL is willing to drill down deeper. We now bring you […]
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Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Elena Kagan, Federal Government, Intellectual Property, Kathleen Sullivan, Office of Legal Counsel, Politics, Securities and Exchange Commission, Solicitor General's Office
Legal Stars of the New Administration
New lawyers to lead the nation are sending in their résumés. Already, UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley has received a choice position as part of Obama’s transition advisory board. (I wonder if he’s accepting resumes from his students?) Here’s an interesting choice for Edley and the rest of the transition team that […] -
Barack Obama, Biglaw, Politics
Cleary Associate Fought for Lost Cause in PA
Am Law Daily highlights the work of James Clark, a fifth-year at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, who took a two-month unpaid leave to volunteer for the Obama campaign in Pennsylvania. Clark was a community organizer for three different townships in Bucks County, a county Hillary Clinton carried with over 60 percent of the vote. […] -
Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Professors, Politics, Samantha Power, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch (Bonus Edition): Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein Get Hitched
Back in May, we broke the news of the engagement of celebrity professors Cass Sunstein and Samantha Power. Both are Harvard-trained lawyers and high-profile advisers — current in Sunstein’s case, and former in Power’s case (see Monstergate) — to fellow HLS grad Barack Obama. In the fall, Professor Sunstein will be teaching law at Harvard, […] -
Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Samantha Power
Update: Cass Sunstein's 'Power' Resigns
We updated our original post from this morning about Samantha Power calling Hillary Clinton a “monster,” but it’s a big enough development to cover in a separate post. So here we go. Professor Power, rumored love interest of Cass Sunstein, resigned from the Obama campaign because of her tawdry remarks about Hillary Clinton in an […] -
Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Rudeness, Samantha Power, Screw-Ups
'Hillary Clinton's a monster.'
That statement was made by Samantha Power, a top foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama and new-ish love interest of Professor Cass Sunstein. Sunstein recently accepted a position at Harvard Law, leaving behind in Chicago his ex, philosopher Martha Nussbaum. Bossman David Lat posted all the gossip about the academic love triangle here. Power, pictured, […] -
Barack Obama, Non-Sequiturs, Travel / Vacation
Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.08
* Feddie really, really likes Dahlia Lithwick. [Southern Appeal] * Pretty smells may reduce stress in the workplace. We doubt it would work in law schools. [Neuromarketing] * What would Obama ice cream taste like? Slate.com readers go crazy naming a Ben and Jerry’s flavor after the political hero. [Slate] * The legality of laptop […] -
Barack Obama, Education / Schools, Gay, Hillary Clinton, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.07
* If you received Jesse Wegman’s invitation to join Shelfari, please accept his apologies. [NYO] * Yet another law professor who’s out of touch with the real world. [TaxProf Blog] * Going north of Westchester = Going south of the Mason-Dixon line? [QuizLaw] * Is Hillary a Commie? [Althouse] * Eh, who cares? She’s unstoppable! […]