Richard Shugrue

Virginia Ratifying ERA Doesn’t Mean Much

Published by admin on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 12:00am

If you had been cheering after Virginia ratified the Equal Rights Amendment last week, forget it!

Virginia was the last state needed to reach the magic number required (3/4 of them) to enact an amendment to the Constitution. But when the ERA was sent to the states in 1972, Congress gave them 10 years to ratify (they didn’t quite make it), and then another three (still no luck).

Some Hope of Relief For Law School Grads

Published by admin on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 12:00am

There’s a glimmer of hope for law grads with huge student debt seeking relief from bankruptcy courts.

While the test for when that rare species of relief for student loans may be discharged (the Eighth Circuit uses a “totality of circumstances” measure), a new decision from the chief judge of Manhattan’s bankruptcy court took one heckuva load from the shoulders of a non-practicing man.

Can Public Aid Benefit Private Schools?

Published by admin on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 12:00am

May a state, consistent with the U.S. Constitution, provide financial support to private and parochial schools?

Urban Camping Bans Can’t Hold Up in Court

Published by admin on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 12:00am

Many cities – such as Denver – want the Supreme Court to act quickly to put a damper on urban camping.

Just a week ago, a Colorado state court nixed Denver’s outlawing of people camping in public. The court joined a number of tribunals in holding that people couldn’t be prohibited from camping in public when there was no reasonable alternative.

Clinton Had Twice the Trouble of Trump

Published by admin on Thu, 12/19/2019 - 12:00am

Whatever you think about President Donald Trump’s troubles leading to impeachment this week (with a trial still to come), former President Bill Clinton’s troubles were at least twice as long!

ALEC Meetings Being Challenged in Court

Published by admin on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 12:00am

Last week, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) met at a resort in Scottsdale and a group of left-leaning Arizonans filed suit against the state lawmakers in attendance, claiming that their being there violated the Open Meetings Act.

A ‘Thank You’ Note to United Air Lines

Published by admin on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 12:00am

This is not an ad, but a “thank you” note to United Air Lines for demonstrating grace under pressure during the Thanksgiving weather crunch which fouled up travel plans for millions of Americans.

For us, UAL transformed calamity into joy as we flew from Prescott’s tiny airport to Denver and then back to Arizona on the day after the holiday.

Faculty Should Have Had Input on NU Presidency

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Mon, 12/02/2019 - 12:00am

What kind of president will the University of Nebraska get in Admiral Ted Carter?

Will he be a great academic leader who inspires teachers in every discipline across the huge diversity which NU has become?

Watergate Was No Quick Affair

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Fri, 11/22/2019 - 12:00am

Overheard in a coffee shop this week: “I wish this Trump impeachment thing was as fast and clean as they did with Nixon!”

This from a guy old enough to have been through the months and months of turmoil surrounding the aftermath of the Watergate burglary on June 17, 1972.

Koch Family Supports Higher Ed Everywhere

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Fri, 11/15/2019 - 12:00am

Who cares if the Koch family foundations give cash to your favorite college or university?

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