Links of Interest, November 5-9, 2012
Elections and Judicial Performance
- Here’s a round-up of stories criticizing outcomes in the judicial retention elections: The Chicago Tribune, Suburban Cook County Clerk of the Court David Orr at the Huffington Post, the Sun-Times and the ABA Journal.
Rates of “yes” votes in Suburban Cook County were notably lower than those in the City of Chicago.
Criminal Justice
- The John A Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai’I has some great resources on health issues and prisons.
Social Justice
- New York Legal Assistance Group hosted a very informative webinar on assisting people with accessing disaster and housing aid in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
- An editorial in the New York Times looks at Good Samaritan Laws and whether there ought to be a duty to act imposed on ordinary people in times of disaster.
Here’s a discussion on Talk of the Nation from 1998 about whether we need Good Samaritan laws and a blogpost at Drugfree.org from last year on the topic.