Friday News Roundup
Terry Schiavo's death yesterday has inspired a huge amount of news coverage and analysis. Some highlights: House Majority Leader Tom Delay's call for the impeachment of the federal judges involved in the case; a New York Times report on the potential legal ramifications of Schiavo's case, including state laws regarding "more restrictive end-of-life measures like preventing the withdrawal of a feeding tube without explicit written directions;" and Salon's piece examining the media furor over a national "debate" where most of the nation actually disagreed with a handful of protesters,
The U.S. soldier convicted of "assault with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter" for killing a wounded Iraqi has been dismissed from the Army without a prison sentence. Capt. Rogelio "Roger" Maynulet "argued the killing was "honorable" because he wanted to end the man's suffering."
Former national security advisor to President Bill Clinton Sandy Berger will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge for removing classified materials on anti-terror efforts from the National Archive, an episode he calls an "honest mistake."
Miami-Dade County elections supervisor Constance Kaplan has resigned "amid revelations of voting problems in six elections." Kaplan had been brought in from Chicago to fix problems in the county identified in the 2000 elections.
Sentencing Law and Policy Blog has a thorough roundup of sentencing news and decisions from the month of March.
Leiter Reports explores the "echo chamber effect" of the US News law school rankings: "namely, that the academic reputation rank of at least the top schools is basically gravitating towards the typical overall US News rank of the school--a rank that is, itself, based in large part on that reputation!"