updated Mon. January 28, 2019
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ValueWalk
April 11, 2018
... Department of Defense [DoD] regulation providing that only the Secretary of Defense can order a nuclear strike would prevent a president from taking such an action over the Secretary's objections, suggests public interest law professor John Banzhaf who has been involved in two special prosecutor legalÃÂ ...
GW Hatchet
April 9, 2018
Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf said he found the decision to stop accepting the GRE this year to conduct a self-study to be “strange.” Although a self-study would be part of the Law School's reaccreditation process, Banzhaf said he didn't think the number of students submitting the GRE wouldÃÂ ...
RealClearPolitics
April 4, 2018
Sirica had an answer to that, too. He would appoint the new special counsel, acting on his authority as chief judge. He rebuffed an intervention by public-interest lawyer John F. Banzhaf III seeking to reverse Cox's firing, and made a bold affirmation of his judicial power: "If the court [meaning Sirica] decides itÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 23, 2018
“Given the prestige and influence of California's highest court, and the growing number of violent incidents occurring on campuses, this ruling is likely to spread very quickly, just like Tarasoff,” predicts public interest law professor John Banzhaf, referring to the famous California case which, in imposing aÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 22, 2018
The dramatic clash on CNN between former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, and his former law student, author, and legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin may have occurred in large part because they seem to be debating somewhat different issues, and not disagreeing with each other on a specificÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 21, 2018
But public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who helped get the first such smoking ban in 2006 when Calabasas, CA, restricted all outdoor smoking to a small number of designated smoking areas (about the size of a parking space), says outdoor smoking bans are clearly nothing new, with thousandsÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 20, 2018
Now that the attacks on the criminal investigation involving him have intensified to the point where President Donald Trump is criticizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller by name, there is speculation that Trump will try to remove Mueller in order to halt the investigation. Virtually all experts have said thatÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 15, 2018
By Federal Bureau of Investigation [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons So Mueller may have to obtain an indictment against Trump, and include the details of Trump's alleged wrongdoing in the text of the indictment, for this information to become public, says public interest law professor John BanzhafÃÂ ...
Law & Crime
March 15, 2018
Many politicians and pundits are opining that the public may never know the truth about possible wrongdoings by now-President Donald Trump until they read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, but most don't realize how unlikely the public release of any such report is. Mueller is bound by currentÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 15, 2018
... realistic that they are favored over female prostitutes by many males visiting conventional brothels, now are coming to the U.S. where they might be bought outright or used by the hour at cyber brothels, since their use is apparently limited in only one state, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf,ÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 14, 2018
... of the complications and problems with lethal injections - including the scarcity resulting from public pressure on drug companies - and which would permit condemned prisoners to have the same "death with dignity" already granted the elderly in six states, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
March 13, 2018
... by President Trump's attorneys not to air a controversial interview already taped if they file, as threatened, a law suit based upon a non-disclosure agreement signed by pornographic movie star Stormy Daniels, the woman who claims she had sex with the president, suggests public interest John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
March 13, 2018
... just renewed his earlier controversial call to arm teachers, but there are many steps school boards, schools, and individual teachers can take now without waiting for Trump's just announced Federal Commission on School Safety, or on Congress to act, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
Broadcasting & Cable
March 13, 2018
Geroge Washington University law professor John Banzhaf said there is high-profile precedent for such an injunction threat against CBS's 60 Minutes. He cited the time CBS's initial decision not to air an interview with former tobacco exec and high-profile whistle-blower Jeffery Wigand given aÃÂ ...
Broadcasting & Cable
March 12, 2018
Geroge Washington University law professor John Banzhaf said there is high-profile precedent for such an injunction threat against CBS's 60 Minutes. He cited the time CBS's initial decision not to air an interview with former tobacco exec and high-profile whistle-blower Jeffery Wigand given aÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
March 8, 2018
Reportedly these events - which often trigger disdain in the majority of white Americans who do not have college degrees - were cited to sow discord. and may have helped persuade an overwhelming majority of white working class voters to vote for Trump, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
March 7, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2018 – WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2018 – The law suit filed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions against the state of California, for three immigration-related statutes which are allegedly unconstitutional, may have a fatal flaw, suggests public interest law professor John BanzhafÃÂ ...
Norwalk Reflector
March 6, 2018
Although much criticized, the statement by Benjamin Brafman, Harvey Weinstein's lawyer — that agreeing to have sex on the casting couch in order to get a position in a film does not constitute rape — is correct as a matter of law, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, a champion of women'sÃÂ ...
Norwalk Reflector
March 5, 2018
Although much criticized, the statement by Benjamin Brafman, Harvey Weinstein's lawyer — that agreeing to have sex on the casting couch in order to get a position in a film does not constitute rape — is correct as a matter of law, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, a champion of women'sÃÂ ...
GW Hatchet
March 5, 2018
Wild said law professor John Banzhaf inspired her when she was a student because he involved students in the cases he was working on at the time. When Wild was a student, Banzhaf filed the lawsuit that resulted in a ban on smoking on airplanes and often used it as an example in class before he wonÃÂ ...
Yahoo News
March 3, 2018
Inspection tags hang from the barrel of rifles on the exhibition floor ahead of the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., on Thursday, April 9, 2015. Top Republican contenders for their party's 2016 presidential nominationÃÂ ...
TIME
March 3, 2018
But John Banzhaf, who teaches at George Washington University Law School, says the Supreme Court would probably allow a law that lets police respond to a student's threatening social-media posts by seizing his weapons until a hearing could take place. “A narrowly tailored 'take the guns first' lawÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 26, 2018
“What's more, said George Washington University law professor John Banzhaf, it could work even if the weapon is mace and not a gun. John Banzhaf is a public interest law professor known for his victories regarding smoking, obesity, discrimination, safety, and environmental protection. 'While most wouldÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
February 25, 2018
George Washington University public interest law professor John Banzhaf said those states provide a model of a system like Trump has called for. He has suggested that teachers who already have a concealed carry weapon permits be allowed to voluntarily carry their guns in school or arm themselves withÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 23, 2018
It's not just President Trump, some conservative allies in CPAC, and the NRA who want some teachers armed, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who is being quoted in favor of allowing teachers who are already licensed to carry concealed weapons to do so in schools, but to use only bulletsÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 23, 2018
It's not just President Trump, some conservative allies in CPAC, and the NRA who want some teachers armed, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who is being quoted in favor of allowing teachers who are already licensed to carry concealed weapons to do so in schools, but to use only bulletsÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 20, 2018
... but rather that it hit the college hard in the pocketbook, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf. As a result of the wide-spread negative and derogatory publicity it received, the college experienced a 20% decline in admissions, resulting in a $2.3 million shortfall. Such sharp declines in admissionsÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 19, 2018
... policy of racial banishment excluding whites from the campus for a day, and where faculty not only didn't support his academic freedom, but argued that the school should violate its own policies and not discipline the students for clear violations of its rules," says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
February 19, 2018
... policy of racial banishment excluding whites from the campus for a day, and where faculty not only didn't support his academic freedom, but argued that the school should violate its own policies and not discipline the students for clear violations of its rules," says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
MENAFN.COM
February 10, 2018
WASHINGTON - Feb. 9, 2018 - -- George Washington University [GWU] has agreed to more than double the amount freshmen students without kitchens receive on their dining plan, and to make corresponding increases for other students who were also reported to be starving on the existing plan.
ValueWalk
December 31, 1999
A new Pew Research Center poll shows that both male and female workers believe that the #MeToo movement is interfering with male-female relationships in the workplace, and this is likely to hurt professional women far more than men, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who has won overÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
December 31, 1999
Reportedly these events - which often trigger disdain in the majority of white Americans who do not have college degrees - were cited to sow discord. and may have helped persuade an overwhelming majority of white working class voters to vote for Trump, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
December 31, 1999
Many commentators have suggested that Monday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, not to review a district court decision preventing the administration from ending the DACA program, means a long delay as that initial decision is first reviewed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and then review ofÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
December 31, 1999
... a tooth of drivers who have multiple drunk driving [DUI] convictions, and which monitors alcohol and transmits the information in real time to a nearby cell phone, can soon replace the awkward, expensive, and easy-to-defeat devices often ordered to be installed in their cars, says Professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
February 17, 2018
But a confusing legal doctrine related to duty is likely to protect the agency and the government from any monetary liability in the courts, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who has won many successful law suits, and teaches the subject at his law school. It seems all too obvious that the FBI'sÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 14, 2018
Court Enjoins DACA Shutdown, Although Within Trump's Power To Prevail. February 13, 2018 9:10 pm by JOHN F. BANZHAF. Lawyers Provided Wrong Justifications; Easily Corrected, But Probably Will Not Be. A federal judge has just issued an order preventing the administration for dismantling the DACA program, evenÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 9, 2018
Even more astonishing, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who teaches at GWU and helped publicize the report, the University tries to convince students that the meal plan provides adequate nutrition by providing “sample meals” for students on the plan. But a simple analysis shows that evenÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 8, 2018
... and the answer – as well as boosting the economy – may lie in an ethnic studies discipline called “White Working Class Studies,” argues public interest law professor John Banzhaf. Increasing our understanding about white working class Americans, a movement originally begun just after the presidentialÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
February 5, 2018
Even more astonishing, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf who teaches at GWU, the University tries to convince students that the meal plan provides adequate nutrition by providing “sample meals” for students on the plan. But a simple analysis shows that even these sample meals selected byÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
January 29, 2018
... neither of which amounted to a criminal or civil wrong, nor even to sexual assault or harassment, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf. Seattle said it was “concerned about potential student, faculty, or staff reaction” in replacing it with a work by a lesser-known artist who happens to be female.
ValueWalk
January 24, 2018
... the use of electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) – provides even more proof of the need to accelerate the already rapidly growing bans on vaping in workplaces and public places, just as the smoking of conventional tobacco cigarettes is already banned, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
January 18, 2018
Although many have expressed concern about the growing number of jurisdictions imposing taxes on sugary soft drinks in a effort to improve public health and reduce skyrocketing health care costs – e.g., $10 sugary soft drink tax on $15.99 case in Seattle – there is a simple and well tested alternativeÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
January 17, 2018
... a happening almost certain to occur. Actually, the true immediate cause was his clearly foreseeable mistake in choosing from a confusing and poorly designed drop-down menu on a computer screen; a design and system which made such a happening almost inevitable, notes Professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
December 18, 2017
What's The Reason Behind Amtrak Train Crash? December 18, 2017 1:54 pm by JOHN F. BANZHAF. Railroad Could Have Installed Inexpensive GPS-Based Speed Control System. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 18, 2017): Speed may well have been a factor in the just-reported Amtrak train crash near Seattle, with oneÃÂ ...
The College Fix
August 7, 2017
As the sale and use of lifelike sex robots that allow people to simulate rape continues to gain steam, one famed law professor is sounding the alarm. John Banzhaf, a well-known activist professor of public interest law at George Washington University Law School, says experts disagree on theÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
December 31, 1999
President Donald Trump is only the latest of many – feminists, other women, and men – arguing that some kind of due process should apply before a person is fired, or suffers other kinds of losses, based upon allegations of sexual misconduct. In some situations these arguments are clearly correct as aÃÂ ...
MENAFN.COM
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON - Feb. 9, 2018 - -- George Washington University [GWU] has agreed to more than double the amount freshmen students without kitchens receive on their dining plan, and to make corresponding increases for other students who were also reported to be starving on the existing plan.
ValueWalk
December 31, 1999
... complex, and appear to be playing a major role in the shutdown gripping Washington, at least some of the problem may lie in – or at least be exacerbated by – the use of politically correct words which have been weaponized in part to mislead the public, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
ValueWalk
December 31, 1999
Since it involves nothing more than extending the time for students to take such exams, and the extension applies equally to male and female students alike, it is hard to see how it could reasonably be characterized as “sexist,” says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who nevertheless suggests thatÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
November 28, 2017
By JOHN F. BANZHAF on November 28, 2017 2:14 pm in Geopolitics ... from taking over as head of the agency, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
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