October 15, 2018
Law
Despite their philosophical differences, Supreme Court Justices Scalia and Ginsburg, both opera buffs, were reportedly great personal friends. So we shouldn’t be surprised, that Derrick Wang, who teaches both music and law, has written an opera about them, Scalia/Ginsburg. Can you imagine a libretto (the script) with a couple hundred legal and operatic footnotes? Can […]
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April 6, 2017
Congress
The US Senate changed their rules today, requiring only a simple majority to end debate over Supreme Court nominations. This so-called “nuclear option” reduced the votes required from 60 percent plus one to 50 percent plus one. The change was accompanied by much drama. It’s probably fair to assume that a similar change will come […]
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