On March 10, 2010, Professor James Sample published his article, Roberts: Corporate $peech Good, Presidential Speech "Very Troubling," in The Huffington Post. The article has been linked and cited to on electionlawblog run by Rick Hasen at Loyola Law School, Howard Bashman's website How Appealing, and scotusblog.

Roberts: Corporate $peech Good, Presidential Speech "Very Troubling"
by James Sample
March 10, 2010

EXCERPT:

The numbers reflect what the public already knows. The political world prior to Citizens United was hardly lacking the corporate perspective. Do corporations have rights? Of course. But they are also creatures of the state, which is why Dahlia Lithwick aptly described Citizens United as the Supreme Court's "Pinnochio Project." Corporations don't go to jail; don't face execution; don't vote; do have eternal life; and are different from regular citizens in all sorts of meaningful ways, particularly when it comes to matters of political process. Perhaps, in light of the ongoing census, in the new civics paradigm, Delaware should have more congressional seats than California?

Professor Monroe H. Freedman was quoted in the following LA Times article.

A silly smear on the Justice Department
Editorial
March 8, 2010

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This is a manufactured and silly "scandal." Providing legal representation even for the guilty is in the finest traditions of this country's legal system. And it's not at all uncommon for Justice Department lawyers to have worked in areas that overlap with what they do in government service. As legal ethicist Monroe Freedman has noted, it's no more improper for lawyers who represented detainees to join the Justice Department than it was for Thurgood Marshall, the legendary civil rights litigator and future Supreme Court justice, to serve President Lyndon B. Johnson as solicitor general. (Under ethics rules, Obama's appointees may not participate in particular matters involving previous clients.)

On Thursday, March 11, Hofstra Law students will venture down to Panama to work with disadvantaged communities to develop and implement legal empowerment strategies alongside Panamanian legal professionals. The Hofstra students will be spending time in both the urban and rural regions. In Panama City, the students will focus on business licensing. In Cocle, students will learn organic and fair trade certification procedures and organize community workshops on alternative dispute resolution.

Law Brigades is one of Hofstra Law’s newest student organizations. Vivienne Nguyen is the current president and founder of Law Brigades at Hofstra Law and Professor Serge Martinez advises the organization.

SUPPORT
The Hofstra students are excited to be furthering the public interest spirit of the law school and are currently fundraising for this trip and for the sustainability of the program for future Hofstra law students. Any support would be greatly appreciated.

The following students are on this year’s Law Brigades team going to Panama:

1. Michael An (1L)
2. Matthew Berger (1L)
3. Nataliya Binshteyn (2L)
4. Gina Choe (1L)
5. Amanda Cully (2L)
6. Tyson Erdmann (2L)
7. David Greenberg (2L)
8. Elizabeth Lopez (2L)
9. Vivienne Nguyen (2L)
10. Nicholas Ruberto (2L)
11. Maayan Vodovis (1L)

For the third successive year, Hofstra Law Dean Nora V. Demleitner has been named among Long Island's Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business by the Long Island Business News.

The awards gala will take place on Thursday, May 20, 2010 from 6-10 p.m. at the Crest Hollow Country Club. As a third-time honoree, Dean Demleitner will be inducted by Long Island Business News into its Hall of Fame.

Professor Barbara J. Stark presented a paper, "At Last? Ratification of the Economic Covenant as a Self-Executing Treaty," at a Symposium on the Obama Administration and Human Rights at the University of Iowa College of Law on March 5th.