Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

Gableman Complaint is Dismissed

Post author:Richard M. Esenberg
Post published:July 8, 2010
Post category:Constitutional Interpretation First Amendment Political Processes & Rhetoric Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Judicial Commission announced today that it is discontinuing prosecution of its complaint against Justice Michael Gableman. Quite apart from the merits of the complaint, this seems like the right thing to do given the deadlock on the Court and the particular positions taken by the Abrahamson and Prosser groups. As I explained here and here, there seems to be no way that further proceedings could be expected to break the impasse.

An interesting constitutional question was embedded within the writings of the Prosser and Abrahamson groups.

Emily Dickinson and the Move to Eckstein Hall

Post author:Melissa Love Koenig
Post published:July 8, 2010
Post category:Uncategorized

As we at the Law School carefully pack our law books for the move to Eckstein Hall, I am reminded of this poem by Emily Dickinson:

In a Library

A precious, mouldering pleasure ‘t is
To meet an antique book,
In just the dress his century wore;
A privilege, I think,

NBA Economics and the Next Collective Bargaining Agreement

Post author:Michael M. O'Hear
Post published:July 3, 2010
Post category:Legal Scholarship Sports & Law

The Lebron James feeding frenzy notwithstanding, these are troubled times for the National Basketball Association. The league is already losing hundreds of millions of dollars per year, and the continued sluggishness of the natonal economy does not bode well for an imminent turnaround in the league’s fortunes. Perhaps some Greek-style austerity measures are in order. The league’s collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union limits its flexibility, but the current CBA expires after next season, setting the stage for a potentially bitter confrontation over the division of a shrinking pie.

For anyone in need of a scorecard, Matt Parlow provides an engaging review of NBA economics and preview of the coming labor negotiations in a new paper on SSRN. Entitled “The NBA and the Great Recession: Implications for the Upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement Renegotiation,” the paper will be published in the DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems. The abstract appears after the jump.