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McCain backed by conservative law profs

By A. James Memmott   |   February 4, 2008 at 2:43pm   |   0 Comments

It’s about the court, it would seem.

Sen. John McCain is doing well with many voters. However, some conservatives insist they wouldn’t vote for him should he get the Republican presidential nomination.

Bradbury nomination is torturous

By A. James Memmott   |   January 26, 2008 at 10:07am   |   0 Comments

In the film, Groundhog Day, the TV weatherman played by Bill Murray wakes up to the same day again and again.

In a Washington version of the film, the White House keeps nominating Steven G. Bradbury to run the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.

Robert Levy finances D.C. gun suit

By A. James Memmott   |   November 26, 2007 at 7:22am   |   2 Comments

Robert A. Levy doesn’t own a gun, but he is at the heart of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court agreed to hear last week.

Levy, a millionaire and lawyer with lots of Washington connections, used his money to finance a challenge to the District of Columbia statute that prohibits the ownership of handguns.

The 31-year-old statute also places restricts on the possession of other firearms, including a requirement that the guns in homes be unloaded.

The Federalist Society litmus test

By A. James Memmott   |   November 20, 2007 at 4:02pm   |   0 Comments

Membership in the Federalist Society, a group for conservative or libertarian law students and lawyers, has recently helped open doors to jobs in the federal government, especially the judiciary.

But given the Democratic Congress and other factors, Federalist Society membership, or even past Federalist Society membership, may not be the plus it was.

At least that’s what Rachel K. Paulose has alleged.


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