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Justice Scalia, the Second Amendment, and Judicial Conservatives

Posted by minapurna on Friday February 19, 2016 @02:33PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/justice-scalia-the-second-amendment-and-judicial-conservatives

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Is There a Biological Purpose for Profanity?

Posted by minapurna on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @02:07PM
from the nymag.com dept.

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/12/there-a-biological-purpose-for-profanity.html

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DOJ Doubles Down on the FIFA Indictment

Posted by minapurna on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @02:05PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/links/4txz4s18d50uxu1mjpew457sf

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Unfollow

Posted by minapurna on Monday November 16, 2015 @01:01PM
from the newyorker.com dept.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/conversion-via-twitter-westboro-baptist-church-megan-phelps-roper?intcid=mod-most-popular

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Prosecutors and the Spiderman Principle

Posted by minapurna on Monday November 02, 2015 @08:29PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/links/asnjnjy8kjcazqm6mke3u9tbw

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People Want Fairness, Not Economic Equality

Posted by minapurna on Thursday October 22, 2015 @04:11PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/people-dont-actually-want-equality/411784/?single_page=true

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An Enduring Mystery of the ‘Gig Economy’: Why Are So Few People Self-Employed?

Posted by minapurna on Thursday October 22, 2015 @01:21PM
from the blogs.wsj.com dept.

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/10/22/an-enduring-mystery-of-the-gig-economy-why-are-so-few-people-self-employed/

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The Constitutional Catch-22 of Florida's Capital Sentencing Scheme

Posted by minapurna on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @11:51PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/the-constitutional-catch-22-of-floridas-capital-sentencing-scheme

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Collateral Incentives to Arrest

Posted by minapurna on Thursday October 08, 2015 @06:25PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/collateral-incentives-to-arrest

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Richard Glossip and the End of the Death Penalty

Posted by minapurna on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @02:25PM
from the newyorker.com dept.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/richard-glossip-and-the-end-of-the-death-penalty?intcid=mod-latest

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The Best Job Candidates Don't Always Have College Degrees

Posted by minapurna on Thursday September 24, 2015 @07:35PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/ernest-young-degree-recruitment-hiring-credentialism/406576/?single_page=true

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The Drug-Violence Myth

Posted by minapurna on Thursday September 24, 2015 @01:09PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/the-drug-violence-myth#924

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The Drug-Violence Myth

Posted by minapurna on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:02PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/the-drug-violence-myth

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Design Thinking and Mass Incarceration

Posted by minapurna on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @12:27AM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/design-thinking-and-mass-incarceration

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Texting the Government Your Location

Posted by minapurna on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @04:47PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/texting-the-government-your-location

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How California – the land of startups – is least friendly for small business

Posted by minapurna on Thursday August 20, 2015 @06:45PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@jonlieber/how-california-the-land-of-startups-is-least-friendly-for-small-business-4b45da2cbc07

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Does Plea Bargaining Add to Criminal Caseloads?

Posted by minapurna on Monday August 10, 2015 @01:41PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/does-plea-bargaining-add-to-criminal-court-caseloads

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Juries, Implicit Bias, and the Silencing of Criminal Defendants

Posted by minapurna on Friday August 07, 2015 @04:20PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/juries-implicit-bias-and-the-silencing-of-criminal-defendants

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Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’ on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:31PM (#10006691)

For an analysis of Judge Winmill's decision, see here: https://casetext.com/posts/idaho-ag-gag-law-found-unconstitu...

Re:Ask HN: What are some good online sources for longform reading? on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:08PM (#9978554)

The best thing I ever did to improve my intellectual diet was get a subscription to the New Yorker. Best longform content around.

The Supreme Court's Crucial Mistake About Sex Crime Statistics

Posted by minapurna on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:14PM
from the casetext.com dept.

https://casetext.com/posts/the-supreme-courts-crucial-mistake-about-sex-crime-statistics

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