The Record

Opinion Articles

In Memoriam, Professor David Westfall by Dan Burkhart in Opinion …	A Party with Everyday People: Progressive Senate Candidate from Ohio Encourages Students to Campaign for Social Justice by Angela Wu in Opinion …
God, I Am So Prestigious by Andrea Saenz in Opinion …	Samuel Alito: Oyez, Oyez, Oyez? by Jeff Jamison in Opinion In a rare winter term event, the newly formed Law Students Against Alito (LSAA) and the American Constitution Society (ACS) hosted a panel discussion on the "Alito Nomination and the Roberts Court." The panel, moderated by Professor Frank Michelman, featured Professors Cass Sunstein, Charles Fried and Tom Goldstein reflecting on the Supreme Court confirmation process, on judicial nominations generally, and on Judge Samuel Alito's nomination specifically.…
Amos's Sermon: Black HLS Standout's Election to Massachusetts Governorship Would Make History by Amos Jones in Opinion …	Review: Welcome to Hotel Hell - "No Exit" by Jean-Paul Sartre by Martha Jeong in Opinion …

Issue Summary

Presidential Transition

• Whom Will Obama Choose? Part II: HLS Candidates for the Cabinet
• Obama brings in more HLS-affiliated transition team members
• Klain '87 tapped as Biden's Chief of Staff
• Alums in the Administration: Genachowski, Lu advance

News

• Kennedy Receives Honorary Degree
• Profs: District of Columbia v. Heller is a "Second Amendment Revolution"
• State Department Legal Advisor: Obama faces tough choices on Guantanamo
• Internet Expert: Online privacy has gone too far
• Pakistan's Chief Justice Receives Medal of Freedom
• Weld, Gergen, Dershowitz among those optimistic Obama can create a "more perfect union"
• FedSoc panel wonders: can a free market self-police?
• Job cuts, deflation signal accelerating recession
• Justice Breyer presides over 97th Ames Moot Court Competition
• In competition, Harvard seeks to "green up" dorms

Opinion

• Gay marriage fight requires thick skin for a lasting victory

Etc.

• Harvard Law Record writer publishes book on South Africa's Kasrils Affair
• Fenno and the Forgotten Holiday

Arts and Culture

• Film: Soulless Solace escapist, not stirring