The People vs. Scooter Libby

Was the prosecution of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby Jr. purely political? Orin Kerr, a professor of law at George Washington University, finds this argument "seriously bizarre." In the wake of President Bush's decision yesterday to commute Libby's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case, Kerr fleshes out his point on the Volokh Conspiracy group blog.

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Teaching With Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart

Teaching with Twitter means students are more involved. And that can take classes in risky directions, writes Jeffrey R. Young in College 2.0.
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Hate Radio: Nazi Propaganda in the Arab World

Jeffrey Herf explores connections between Nazi radio broadcasts aimed at the Middle East and the intellectual trajectory of radical Islam.
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A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.