Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing: Afternoon–Day 1

Notes from this afternoon’s session of Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings.

San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose both rank in the top ten on the most congested highways list. With the looming BART strike, things could get a lot worse.

Who doesn’t love a dance party for a birthday? The U.S. Park Police seem to think that Thomas Jefferson might not have been “down” with “getting funky” on his birthday. But does that mean that dancers should be arrested?

The Associated Press reports that highway deaths are continuing to fall in 2009, and haven’t been seen at such low levels since 1961.

Law school is the same price whether or not you get a job after it’s over. And if you get a job, the loan payments are the same, no matter what your salary is. At least they used to be. Now, Income Based Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness plans promise to make sure that everyone can get out of debt.

A Berkeley Assemblywoman wants Amazon.com and other online retailers to collect sales tax from customers. Amazon says it’s unconstitutional. Online shoppers are upset that they have to pay sales tax. Controversy ensues!

I had the great privilege of interviewing Stephanie Jim this week about the Berkeley Family Festival and Bike Rodeo that happened two weekends ago. Stephanie works as an Injury Prevention Program Intern with the City of Berkeley, and she co-organized this year’s event with the program’s director, Amy Ranger. After writing about my own bike […]

The economy is shrinking and law firms are shrinking right along with it, meaning fewer jobs for new law school grads. So what’s a 3L to do?

Instant reporting of auto accidents is the new big thing–there’s applications for BlackBerry phones, iPhones, and now insurance companies are developing their own applications. Who will become the market leader?