http://exparte.powerblogs.com/ Ex Parte: The official weblog of the Harvard Federalist Society en-us 2007-03-12T14:03+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1143619853.shtml We're on spring break this week, but the recent controversy about alleged racism & sexism in this year's production of the HLS Parody is beginning to receive some national attention,... Dan Alban 2006-03-29T08:03+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1140718104.shtml George Will has an interesting column about how a Pew Research Survey has found that conservatives are happier than liberals, with consistent results of Republicans being happier than Democrats... Dan Alban 2006-02-23T18:02+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1140632859.shtml The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously upheld the right of a small religious group, O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal, to use a hallucinogenic tea as part of their religious... Dan Alban 2006-02-22T18:02+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1140419216.shtml I stumbled across this article today in a solicitation to subscribe to The Independent Review. Unfortunately the full article is not available online, so the summary below is all... Dan Alban 2006-02-20T07:02+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1139866376.shtml The Denver Post has an article on similar union practices in Colorado, entitled Irony marches with union sign carriers.... Dan Alban 2006-02-13T21:02+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1139589691.shtml This hilarious Detroit News article reveals that unions have been hiring the homeless - at minimum wage and without health care benefits - to picket at non-union job sites. Oh,... Dan Alban 2006-02-10T16:02+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1139380509.shtml Radley Balko had a good, if too short, op-ed on police militarization in the Washington Post on Sunday.... Dan Alban 2006-02-08T06:02+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1138921274.shtml The New York Times discusses the different atmosphere of the Roberts Court.... Christine Niles 2006-02-02T23:02+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1138322220.shtml From Senator Byrd's floor statement explaining why he will vote to confirm Judge Alito:... Christine Niles 2006-01-27T00:01+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1137615200.shtml In this remarkably brief opinion, Justice O'Connor, writing for a 9-0 Court, upholds the New Hampshire parental notification law, with the caveat that the statute may not be used to... Christine Niles 2006-01-18T20:01+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1137360819.shtml ... Christine Niles 2006-01-15T21:01+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1137349407.shtml I am impressed.... Christine Niles 2006-01-15T18:01+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1137102809.shtml The only Democrat on the Judiciary Committee who remained on the floor to listen to the testimony of each of the Third Circuit judges for Judge Alito was Dianne Feinstein. Sen.... Christine Niles 2006-01-12T21:01+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1134364550.shtml More police abuse fun:... Dan Alban 2005-12-12T05:12+00:00 http://exparte.powerblogs.com/posts/1134152382.shtml Radley Balko at The Agitator, an outstanding blog, has a fascinating, but terrible, story about Cory Maye, a black man who sits on death row after being convicted of... Dan Alban 2005-12-09T18:12+00:00