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Oh well, back from vacation. Lot’s to catch up on. Here is an interesting article: Anthony E. Giardino, COMBAT VETERANS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND THE DEATH PENALTY: ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 2955 (2009).

The blog Opinio Juris is one of many frustrated with the type and quality of comments on blogs. So, here’s what they are doing about it. New Comment Voting Feature at Opinio Juris by Roger Alford Readers will note that today Opinio Juris has incorporated a new comment feature that allows our readers to help…

Kenneth Anderson, The Role of the United States Military Lawyer in Projecting a Vision of the Laws of War, 2 Chi. J. Int. L. 445 (Fall 2003). Kenneth Anderson, Professor of Law, Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University.

NMCCA today issued an important published opinion setting aside a finding of guilty to distribution of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2). United States v. Craig, __ M.J. ___, No. NMCCA 200800716 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. May 28, 2009). CAAFLog, 28 May 2009. AFCCA today issued a fascinating published opinion, which I’ve posted here.…

Prof. Corey Yung has a very interesting post, one of several more to come, about how to measure judicial activism. As best I can tell it relates to the panel, rather than individual appellate judges. But non-the-less, it’s an interesting way to look at how activist a court may be. So, appellate judges are more…

Clients usually ask me if they should write their congressperson. My answer is invariably no – unless you are their son or daughter, or unless you give them thousands of dollars in campaign funds every year. For those who insist I always tell them to be careful what to say because that could come back…

David Kocieniewski, Lawyer’s Ways Spelled Murder, U.S. Is Charging, NY Times, 20 May 2009. He spent a decade as a top prosecutor, trying murder cases in New Jersey, drug cases in federal court and a wide range of offenses in the military justice system. He went on to become one of the state’s most prominent…

Last week saw the exoneration of the 132nd person from death row since 1973. Paul House, who was on death row for 22 years and was scheduled for a new hearing, was exonerated after a DNA test proved he was not the perpetrator of the murder he was convicted of in 1986. Daniel Wade Moore…

May 8, 2009 JOBS for JAGS Seminar Presented by the Pentagon and DC Chapters of the FBA, the Federal Career Service and Young Lawyers Divisions of the FBA, and the Judge Advocates Association Location: Army and Navy Club, Washington, DC This full-day event is designed for junior and senior military attorneys transitioning from active duty…

Here’s a NY Times opinion piece with various positions on the current don’t ask, don’t tell policy.