Order Issued in New Jersey / Delaware LNG Dispute
Posted by admin on Jan 30, 2006
The United States Supreme Court has issued an order
appointing a Special Master to investigate the dispute between New
Jersey and Delaware. This dispute involves the ability of Delaware to
prohibit New Jersey from allowing the construction of Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) facility on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. Unlike
most states that split control of the waterways that divide them,
Delaware’s boundary extends up to the low-tide mark on the shore of New
Jersey. Read about the centuries old dispute regarding the New Jersey
and Delaware border here.
Book Review: No Place to Hide
Posted by admin on Jan 20, 2006
Book Review: No Place to Hide by Robert O’Harrow, Jr. This book, which deals with surveillance by the private sector, is available on the “new book shelf” in the Wilmington Campus library. A review is available on Proquest [External link to the Proquest database. Access is limited to current Widener students, staff and faculty.]
U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Hearing to Begin
Posted by admin on Jan 5, 2006
The United States Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary will begin the
nomination hearing of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to the Supreme Court on
Monday, January 9th, 2006. Visit the committee’s website
for information on
the hearings. The committee’s website also contains the public version
of the questionnaire Judge Alito completed for the committee. [Note:
Page 11 of this document lists a talk Judge Alito gave at Widener Law
School's Harrisburg campus in the early 1990s on Federal Sentencing.]
The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal
Judiciary has rated Judge Alito “Well Qualified” for the position of
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. That is the committee’s highest
rating. Visit the ABA website for more information on how those ratings are decided.