The Record

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Presidential Transition

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

News

• Justice Breyer presides over 97th Ames Moot Court Competition
• Pakistan's Chief Justice Receives Medal of Freedom
• State Department Legal Advisor: Obama faces tough choices on Guantanamo
• Profs: District of Columbia v. Heller is a "Second Amendment Revolution"
• Internet Expert: Online privacy has gone too far
• FedSoc panel wonders: can a free market self-police?

Opinion

• Gay marriage fight requires thick skin for a lasting victory

News

• Job cuts, deflation signal accelerating recession
• In competition, Harvard seeks to "green up" dorms
• Weld, Gergen, Dershowitz among those optimistic Obama can create a "more perfect union"

Etc.

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

Arts and Culture

• Film: Soulless Solace escapist, not stirring

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• Harvard endowment plunges 22% in four months
• Sunstein to serve as Obama's regulatory czar
• Ted Kennedy receives honorary degree
• Alums in the Administration: Caldera '87 and Malley '91
• Amidst global economic crisis, rule of law on the rise in China
• FBI General Counsel defends new guidelines
• Governor Patrick nominates HLS alum to SJC
• Is multiculturalism compatible with liberalism - or imperialism revisited?
• Power's Progress: Samantha Power rejoins Obama team, addresses human rights conference
• Sunstein explains the inner workings of the rumor mill
• Obama nominates Kagan for Solicitor General
• Larry Lessig to rejoin Harvard faculty

Opinion

• HLS must be transparent about its financial situation
• Obama administration must investigate Bush era conduct in the War on Terror
• Big Three automakers deserve bankruptcy, not bailouts
• Bring on the auto bailout: America needs time to reorganize

Etc.

• Cambridge2Cambridge: Is Americana better in England?