http://www.orinkerr.com law, the legal academy, and the legal profession Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:40:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As regular readers know, I've given up this solo blog and returned to blogging regularly at the Volokh Conspiracy.  I plan to keep this site up for the archives, but at least for now I don't plan to do any blogging here. http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/11/06/this-blog-is-on-permanent-hiatus/ The next few weeks are going to be particularly busy for me, as I finish up a bunch of projects, start some new ones, and prepare to head out to Chicago for the fall (where I will be visiting at U of C). Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/13/august-solo-blog-hiatus/ The Ninth Circuit has been handing down a boatload of cases applying the Fourth Amendment to computers recently, and today handed down another important case. In United States v. Hill, the Ninth Circuit (Fisher, joined by Goodwin and Schroeder) created a new constitutional rule for the execution of computer searches.  It imposed as a ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/11/united-states-v-hill/ Brian Lamb of C-SPAN interviewed Chief Justice Roberts recently; you can see the interview here, followed by the Chief's remarks to the Ninth Circuit judicial conference. A few tidbits: * When asked to identfy particularly interesting parts of the Constitution, Roberts responded that he is probably most interested in constitutional structure ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/10/c-span-interviews-chief-justice-roberts/ This is a very long blog post in response to a troubling new Fourth Amendment decision handed down by the Ninth Circuit yesterday, United States v. Ziegler. It's a long post because the issues are both very important and very complicated, and the only way to show the problems with ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/09/ninth-circuit-mostly-eliminates-private-sector-workplace-privacy-rights-in-computers/ I've been working on my draft article Four Models of Fourth Amendment Protection today, and I need your help finding the right word for one of the models. First, a little bit of background. Part I of the article argues that there are four basic types of arguments that are ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/08/im-looking-for-a-word/ Facts: Conservative activist puts together a pamphlet alleging that a group of liberal professors at a particular university are "supporters of terrorism," and puts a copyrighted picture of one of the professors on the cover. The professor sues the activist for copyright infringement for the use of ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/08/interesting-fair-use-case/ From the Los Angeles Times: Oklahoma's Lethal Injections Called Fatally Flawed By Henry Weinstein, Times Staff Writer August 8, 2006 Death by lethal injection faces a significant challenge in federal court today in Oklahoma City, with doctors contending that the state's method creates an unnecessary risk that a condemned inmate will suffer excruciating pain, ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/08/interesting-choice-of-headline/ The Senate finally ratified the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention last Thursday. The convention was held up in the Senate for years, mostly because of unfounded fears that there must be something sneaky hidden inside it. In truth, ratification by the U.S. was entirely symbolic: the convention is ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/07/senate-ratifies-cybercrime-treaty/ Eric Muller points out a quite puzzling Sixth Circuit capital case involving a murder for hire, Getsy v. Mitchell.  I suspect that last week's opinion in the case won't be the last. Basic run-down of the case: A allegedly hires B, C, and D to kill V. C and D plead ... http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/08/06/getsy-v-mitchell/