Law - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/law/?source=rss&aim=law en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST Are you white enough? By Laura Miller Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/10/race_trial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/10/race_trial/index.html?source=rss From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary. The attorney next door holds views I detest By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss He denigrates gays and Muslims while I grit my teeth Unshackling female prisoners in labor By Abigail Kramer Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/28/pregnant_prisoners_restraints/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/28/pregnant_prisoners_restraints/index.html?source=rss New York becomes the fourth state to ban an inhumane practice Kiss my ass By Louis Bayard Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/12/eskridge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/12/eskridge/index.html?source=rss For years America has desperately tried to outlaw sodomy and other sex acts like fellatio and cunnilingus. What are we so scared of? Law, torture and Harry Potter By Andrew Leonard Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/20/law_and_harry_potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/20/law_and_harry_potter/index.html?source=rss This is not a joke: A flawed legal regime afflicts the Potter-verse. In my 20s and confused By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/05/what_to_do_next/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/05/what_to_do_next/index.html?source=rss Will doing what I'm good at make me happy? Do I really want to go to law school? By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/14/law_school/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/14/law_school/index.html?source=rss I've been working my whole life toward this moment ... and now I'm panicking! Can a kid own a house? By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/07/kids_owning_houses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/07/kids_owning_houses/index.html?source=rss How old do you have to be in the U.S. to buy property? I lost my inheritance on a "technicality" By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/01/legal_technicality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/01/legal_technicality/index.html?source=rss Due to an "error," the stepdaughter gets everything. Rockefeller Drug Laws: The end of an error By Abigail Kramer Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/06/rockefeller_laws/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/06/rockefeller_laws/index.html?source=rss New York finally overturns the egregious laws that left minor offenders like Elaine Bartlett in prison for 16 years. Is a marriage license just a piece of paper? By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/10/marriage_license/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/10/marriage_license/index.html?source=rss As a Universal Life Church minister, I could help my friend get a foreign work visa. Should I sign? I seem to be moving in with my boyfriend -- but why?! By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/25/boyfriend_with_kid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/25/boyfriend_with_kid/index.html?source=rss His 9-year-old has Tourette's and ADHD, and I'm still a student ... is this a good idea? I bailed on taking the bar exam at the last minute -- twice By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/21/procrastination/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/21/procrastination/index.html?source=rss I finally got through law school but I'm having a problem with procrastination. If I die, I want my friends to raise my children By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/16/guardianship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/16/guardianship/index.html?source=rss My parents are too old and my siblings are too mired in difficulties. But I'm hesitant to bring up the idea with friends. I'm a high-school dropout in law school and I feel like an impostor! By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/31/dropout_lawyer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/31/dropout_lawyer/index.html?source=rss Man, this is tough: How will I ever pass the bar? Scotland: It's still rape if she's drunk By Lynn Harris Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/19/scotland_rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/19/scotland_rape/index.html?source=rss Proposed legal reforms could bring the Land of Cakes "into the 21st century." Think you're anonymous? Watch out. By Catherine Price Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/09/autoadmit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/09/autoadmit/index.html?source=rss An update on the lawsuit filed by two female law students for online anonymous attacks about their looks, their smarts, and graphic comments about what the harassers would like to do to them. "The Nine" By Garrett Epps Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/13/toobin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/13/toobin/index.html?source=rss Jeffrey Toobin's new book peeks inside the sheltered world of the Supreme Court justices. Are the unpredictable personal dynamics among the justices more important than the agenda they brought with them? I let my friends stay with me and now they're evicting me! By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/10/evicted_by_friends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/10/evicted_by_friends/index.html?source=rss This couple is about to have a baby and there's no room for me -- but it's my place! My dad threatened to shoot us all and chop us into pieces By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/04/filicide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/04/filicide/index.html?source=rss I'm not sure how much filial devotion I owe my father, now that he's talking about buying a rifle. A fellow law student broke my nose and joked about it on Facebook By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/30/battered_law_student/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/30/battered_law_student/index.html?source=rss I am humiliated and outraged and don't know what to do. Judge: Wife-beating is normal in your culture By Carol Lloyd Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/22/sharia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/22/sharia/index.html?source=rss In a divorce case, a German court defers to a 7th-century religious text. My ex's grandmother left me some money -- should I share it with him? By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/13/inheritance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/13/inheritance/index.html?source=rss He treated me terribly and I'm still getting over it. And I'm not sure what she intended. Inside Bush's prosecutor purge By Mark Follman Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/28/attorneys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/28/attorneys/index.html?source=rss Why has the administration fired U.S. attorneys with sterling track records? To make room for its political loyalists, critics say, and exert its last shred of control. How can I sell my house with a buffed-out screamer dude next door? By Cary Tennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/21/noisy_neighbor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/21/noisy_neighbor/index.html?source=rss Not that there's anything wrong with being a screamer dude ... but I'd like to cash in on my property value.