Supreme Court Clerks: At Above the Law, David Lat has posted an update on the new Supreme Court clerks for the October Term 2009, and a few new hires joining in October Term 2010. The post provides the names of each of the clerks, their law schools and graduation dates, as well as previous court experience. The post also notes that Justice Souter and Justice Thomas have yet to announce their choices. Lat speculates that Souter's silence could mean he is planning on stepping down.
Sex Offender Registries Incomplete: Corey Rayburn Young posted a report from the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice on Sex Crimes yesterday. The DOJ's report, published in December 2008, "found that the registries that make up the national sex offender registration system - the FBI's National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) and the state public sex offender registries accessed through OJP's National Sex Offender Public Registry Website (NSOPR) - are inaccurate and incomplete." The unfortunate result is that neither the public, nor law enforcement, can rely on these registries to identify sex offenders. Some states have not "entered records on approximately 22 percent of their registered sex offenders into NSOR and have not identified sex offenders who have failed to maintain a current registration." But Michael Doyle's December 2008 article found that "California leads the nation in registered sex offenders, with about 114,000. This is more than twice the number of sex offenders registered in Texas or Florida, and 10 times the number registered in North Carolina."
December 2008 California Law Review Available Online: The California Law Review, Vol. 96, Issue 6 (December 2008) was posted on Concurring Opinions yesterday. One article "Mourning Miranda" by Charles D. Weisselberg, discusses how the Supreme Court has "gutted Miranda's safeguards" in the four decades since Miranda was decided. Weisselberg is a Professor of Law at Berkeley's Boalt Hall.
Sex Offender Registries Incomplete: Corey Rayburn Young posted a report from the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice on Sex Crimes yesterday. The DOJ's report, published in December 2008, "found that the registries that make up the national sex offender registration system - the FBI's National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) and the state public sex offender registries accessed through OJP's National Sex Offender Public Registry Website (NSOPR) - are inaccurate and incomplete." The unfortunate result is that neither the public, nor law enforcement, can rely on these registries to identify sex offenders. Some states have not "entered records on approximately 22 percent of their registered sex offenders into NSOR and have not identified sex offenders who have failed to maintain a current registration." But Michael Doyle's December 2008 article found that "California leads the nation in registered sex offenders, with about 114,000. This is more than twice the number of sex offenders registered in Texas or Florida, and 10 times the number registered in North Carolina."
December 2008 California Law Review Available Online: The California Law Review, Vol. 96, Issue 6 (December 2008) was posted on Concurring Opinions yesterday. One article "Mourning Miranda" by Charles D. Weisselberg, discusses how the Supreme Court has "gutted Miranda's safeguards" in the four decades since Miranda was decided. Weisselberg is a Professor of Law at Berkeley's Boalt Hall.
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