Tamara Tabo
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Death Penalty, Politics
Is Death By Firing Squad 'Cruel And Unusual'? Try Asking Someone Who's Been Given The Choice
After looking at the death penalty through the eyes of those facing it, alternatives to lethal injection, even the firing squad, might not look quite so objectionable. -
Education / Schools, Free Speech, Politics
Persecution For Unpopular Opinions Or Pedagogical Nightmare? Prof Kicks Student From Class For Doubting Rape Stats
Columnist Tamara Tabo takes a look at an interesting controversy rocking a prominent liberal-arts college. - Sponsored
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Jurisdiction, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Standing: The Cure For Cert Grantor's Remorse in King v. Burwell
Just because the plaintiffs’ standing to sue in King v. Burwell shouldn’t be an issue doesn’t mean it won’t be an issue, as Tamara Tabo explains.
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Legal Ethics, Technology
What Lawyers Must Learn From Dentists About The Unauthorized Practice Of Law
Alternative legal service providers, don’t say that Anthony Kennedy never did anything for you. -
Sex
Fifty Shades Of Legal Liability - Legal Risks Of Kinky Sex
The characters in Fifty Shades of Grey may be fictional, but the legal risks of kinky sex are not. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches
Does The ABA Care More About 'Access To Justice' Than It Cares About Members’ Access To Jobs?
The mere fact that the ABA needs to deliberate at all over the issue of LLLTs is a sharp reminder that the ABA is not fully committed to advancing the interests of new lawyers. -
Alan Dershowitz, Crime, Sex, Sex Scandals
Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyers Want To Seal Documents To Stop The Frolic With The Media
Should information relating to plea negotiations be kept confidential? -
Alan Dershowitz, Law Professors
Alan Dershowitz's Accuser Swears By Her Story Of Sexual Misconduct
The suspense builds as observers wait for either side to actually make good on their promises of proof. - Sponsored
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Alan Dershowitz, Law Professors
Alan Dershowitz's Recurring Nightmare: Accusations Of Involvement In Sex Scandal May Be Older Than You Thought
The saga of disbarred lawyer Scott Rothstein contains important context for the recent allegations against Alan Dershowitz. -
Alan Dershowitz, Law Professors, Sex Scandals
In Search Of Balance In Dershowitz v. Cassell
Retired judge Nancy Gertner takes issue with Tamara Tabo's recent column about Alan Dershowitz. -
Movies, Politics
Sony's Choice: Is Obama Engaged In Victim Shaming?
While President Obama was right about the consequences of heeding terrorist whims, he may have been wrong about whose responsibility it was to bear the burden of not heeding those whims. -
Death Penalty, Deaths, Health Care / Medicine, Politics, Suicide
If Oregon Can Give Death With Dignity, Why Can't Death Row?
The idealized version of euthanasia is comforting, but it might not measure up to reality. -
Barack Obama, Immigration, Politics
Legislation By Equivocation, Negotiation By Strangulation, And Other Dumb Ways To Handle Immigration
The President thinks that current immigration laws should be changed and Congress won’t change them. What to do?
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Bar Exams, Law Schools, LSAT
When Bar Scores Plummet, Who Will Examine The Examiners?
What caused bar exam pass rates to drop across the country? We don't know -- and we can't know.... -
Deaths, Health Care / Medicine, Politics, Suicide
Do Physician-Assisted Death Laws Deserve to Die With Dignity?
Even if an individual has a qualified right to determine what happens to her body, up to and including death, laws facilitating physician-assisted death (PAD) still might not be a good idea. -
Education / Schools, Minority Issues, Money, Politics, Public Interest
A High-Dollar Koch Habit: Should Defense Lawyers Accept Money From The Koch Brothers?
Why can't more organizations place the needs of the people they serve over partisan stubbornness? -
Gay, Gay Marriage, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Denies Cert, World Denies Uncertainty
Why are so many other observers acting as though the Court just handed the LGBT community a gift box of equal rights, neatly wrapped in denied cert petitions? -
5th Circuit, Abortion, Health Care / Medicine, Politics, Texas
Ebola And Abortion: Two Words No One Likes To Hear But Everyone Can Learn From
What do abortion and Ebola have in common? -
Department of Justice, Drugs, Eric Holder, Federal Government, Immigration, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
When The Confirmation Of The Next Attorney General Gets Political, Thank Eric Holder
The battle to confirm Eric Holder’s successor will be messy, according to conservative columnist Tamara Tabo. -
Constitutional Law, Politics, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Constitutional Ties That Bind Also Gag: The United Kingdom Keeps Scotland
Conservative columnist Tamara Tabo shares her views on the recent Scotland independence vote.