outubro 2024

Three-Year Bachelor's Degrees Could Become the Standard—If Accreditors Allow It

Three-Year Bachelor’s Degrees Could Become the Standard—If Accreditors Allow It

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Last week, Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in Rhode Island announced the launch of the nation’s first in-person, three-year bachelor’s degree programs. While other institutions already offer three-year bachelor’s degrees, these programs are either exclusively online or require 120 credit hours. JWU students will be able to complete a degree in computer science, criminal justice, graphic design, and hospitality management within 90 to 96 credit hours.  The launch of JWU’s program follows a recent wave of support for […]

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"We Need Not Apply Newton's First Law of Motion to Legal Precfedent"

“We Need Not Apply Newton’s First Law of Motion to Legal Precfedent”

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An interesting turn of phrase from Tuesday’s concurrence by Judge Michael Catlett, joined by Judge James Morse Jr., in Hintzen-Gaines v. Adelson. The specific issue the two judges (who actually formed the majority of the three-judge panel, but wrote this in a concurrence): [W]hen properly raised, this court should set things right in this area of law by making clear that only common law rules apply when a private-figure plaintiff brings a defamation claim based on speech addressing […]

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I guess we’ll see if it’s just a ‘conspiracy theory’ when the results come in next week… 😉

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So there it is. No need to stay up until the early hours of the morning. Your puppet masters have already chosen. Kamala is going to be the new President and in 2028 they will choose another one (probably swinging back to a Republican candidate just to give everyone the illusion that there is ‘choice’ in Western politics) 😇 submitted by /u/Kyle_Rittenhouse_69 [link] [comments]

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Election Policy Roundup

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Walter Olson Number four in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy:  The Dispatch invited writers to share our worries about a new Trump or Harris administration. I did both, concentrating in both instances on elections and governance. Also for The Dispatch, I wrote a piece explaining why there’s no plausible parallel between Elon Musk’s cash outlay to prospective registered voters and Mark Zuckerberg’s 2020 election philanthropy. How prepared are the states to handle election […]

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The Open Fields Doctrine and the Text of the Fourth Amendment

The Open Fields Doctrine and the Text of the Fourth Amendment

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This essay in the print edition of Reason argues that courts should overturn the “open fields” doctrine of the Fourth Amendment: In a decision issued at the dawn of Prohibition, the Supreme Court quietly gutted a freedom guaranteed in the Bill of Rights: the protection against unwarranted search and seizure. The 100th anniversary of that decision is a perfect time to kill the open fields doctrine. In 1919, revenue agents spotted Charlie Hester selling a quart of moonshine […]

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