Is That Legal?IsThatLegal?Berkeley's New Hire! Muller Scoops Leiter!- April 30, 2008 In looking over Boalt Hall's faculty web page just now, I noticed a new hire that had not even made it onto Brian Leiter's page: Not only that, but I found a picture of the professor getting started on his summer writing project:http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/berkeleys_new_h.html "American Inquisition" Hits Youtube!- April 26, 2008 Back in December I did a 12-hour interview on public radio in Seattle about my book American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II. I had entirely forgotten that the interviewer had a videocamera running until this video happened to pop up on youtube: It's a pretty good talk, I think, though I confess that my attention is mostly drawn to the facts that (a) the chair was very low, (b) I have more of a Philadelphia accent than I thought I did (you hear it...http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/american_inquis_11.html Lights On, Nobody Home at the National Archives- April 25, 2008 I'm going to be working on a research project this summer that will require me to zero in on records of the Department of Justice, especially its Enemy Alien section, during a 10-month period from late 1941 to late 1942. This is highly specialized research that focuses on voluminous records catalogued in highly idiosyncratic ways. Finding aids and research guides are sparse. To do the work effectively, a researcher absolutely needs to consult with an archivist who lives and works with the...http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/lights_on_nobod.html Vanishing.- April 23, 2008 I've been appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Development here at UNC Law School. So my blogging, which has been increasingly sporadic, will be ... even more sporadic. Sorry!http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/vanishing.html Deportation, Ioannina, 1943.- April 16, 2008 A friend pointed me to this small collection of photographs of the deportation by the Nazis of the Jews of Ioaninna, Greece, on March 25, 1943, to Auschwitz-Birkenau. I have seen many moving photos of the deportation of Jews, including photos of the deportation from Würzburg of a group that included my great-uncle Leopold and his wife Irene in April of 1942. But I don't think I've ever seen one as wrenching as this: And this one is pretty tough too -- especially the child on the...http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/deportation_ioa.html How Times Have Changed!- April 16, 2008 Which very prominent lawyer penned this endorsement of Michael Dukakis for the Democratic nomination in 1988, praising him for, among many other things, his repudiation of Al Gore's "militaristic foreign policy" (answer below the fold)UNLIKE any other candidate, the voters know what to expect if they elect Gov. Michael S. Dukakis as their next president. Dukakis is the only Democrat in the race who has a proven track record of success, and he has also demonstrated the personal qualities of...http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/how_times_have.html John Yoo, Karl Bendetsen, Firing, and Hiring- April 16, 2008 Some are mooting the idea of stripping John C. Yoo of his tenure at Boalt Hall, but I recoil in horror from the notion. I say this not out of any admiration for the legal advice he rendered while in the Office of Legal Counsel, nor because of any personal connection to him. (I met him only once, before his OLC days, when he was on the Federalist Society's law school speaker's circuit.) I say it because firing academics to punish them for their views is abhorrent. I suppose I might think...http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/john_yoo_karl_b.html Glimpses.- April 14, 2008 Somebody just pointed me to these excellent high-resolution photographs of scenes from the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II. I especially like the photos of the wall postings.http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/04/glimpses.html |