A lot of people are upset about yesterday's Supreme Court decision in District Attorney's Office v. Osborne holding that there is no post-conviction constitutional right to potentially exculpatory DNA evidence. Not the Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Exclusive from Think Progress: Yoon takes on tyranny!
HT to an alert reader for this hilarious screw-up over at Yglesias's place (click for larger view): I'm sure Sam Yoon is indeed hoping that what he's doing represents "how regimes end," but I'm not sure that even he would go so far as to … [Read more...]
Governor expected to get the budget tomorrow. Ethics reform nowhere in sight. What to do?
Some gory details on new taxes: The conference budget contains a sales tax increase from 5 percent to 6.25 percent.... The conference budget also generates approximately $80 million from the removal of the alcohol sales tax exemption.... … [Read more...]
Sad news from the North Shore, and a modest action item
One problem that some arts organizations and other nonprofits face is that they can't get to the money in their endowment. Because of the market collapse, some endowments (particularly those created relatively recently) are now worth … [Read more...]
BMG PAC: we’re off and running!
Well, we've gone and done it. We've registered BMG PAC (formally known as "Blue Mass Group Political Action Committee") with the Mass. Office of Campaign and Political Finance. You can see our organizing document here … [Read more...]
OCPF study shows that big warchests mean big winners
Of the 200 legislative races, 71, or 35 percent, were contested by more than one candidate in either the primary or general election, five fewer than in 2006. Of the 71 contested races, nine featured winners in one-on-one races whose … [Read more...]
Open thread / SWEEP!!
I've got nothin' to say, but it's OK... … [Read more...]
Reporters to Sulzberger: “you’re a mensch.” Sulzberger replies: “un ir zayt ale putzn!”
Several Globe reporters tossed out a Hail Mary yesterday -- or maybe it was more of a Hail Zelda, given the unusual choice to write it partly (well, one word) in Yiddish. Anyway, it was a long shot. The whole thing is here. … [Read more...]
All heck breaks loose at the Globe
Good times on Morrissey Boulevard. The Boston Globe's largest union tonight narrowly rejected $10 million in wage and benefit cuts, and the paper's owner prepared to quickly impose a 23 percent pay cut on the union's members. Such a move by … [Read more...]
Elections have consequences: Special Supreme Court edition
Here's the new rule: Not every campaign contribution by a litigant or attorney creates a probability of bias that requires a judge's recusal, but this is an exceptional case. We conclude that there is a serious risk of actual bias - … [Read more...]
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