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Supreme Court nominee formed lasting bonds at Harvard

Edit The Oklahoman 28 Mar 2016
BOSTON (AP) — From his first days at Harvard, Merrick Garland's classmates pegged him as a star ... For Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to fill a vacancy on the U.S ... Rhodes Scholarships ... "He was not an ideological activist or outlier in any way," said Kate Stith-Cabranes, a law school classmate who is now a law professor at Yale ... "He really went as a line prosecutor — that's unheard of," Stith-Cabranes said ... ....

Merrick Garland's straight and narrow path to the Supreme Court

Edit Yahoo Daily News 28 Mar 2016
All Mr. Garland has done since his days as an undergraduate, they say, is follow a straight and narrow path that, combined with his compassion and tremendous legal intellect, was inevitably going to lead him to where he is now ... Recommended ... Cohen ... "He was not an ideological activist or outlier in any way," Kate Stith-Cabranes, a classmate at Harvard Law School who is now a law professor at Yale, told AP....

DA VANCE: HRA EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR STEALING FROM ELDERLY, INFIRM CLIENTS (The New York County District Attorney's Office)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016
(Source. The New York County District Attorney's Office). Eligibility Specialist Used Access to Clients' Information to Change EBT Cardholders' PINs and Steal Their Benefits. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R ... HRA Commissioner Steven Banks said ... DOI Commissioner Mark G. Peters said ... Wigdor, and Chief Investigator Walter Alexander. Investigative Analyst Samuel Burns assisted with the case, as did Investigative Analyst Benjamin Cabranes....

The Modern American University: An Insider’s View (Adelphi University)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Mar 2016
(Source. Adelphi University). by Robert A ... I. Introduction ... Cambridge faculties. In it, I discussed what I admire, what I abhor, and what I anticipate in American higher education ... II ... It Is an atmosphere In which there prevail 'the four essential freedoms of a university - to determine for itself on academic grounds who may teach, what may be taught, how it shall be taught, and who may be qualified to study.' ' (Cabranes.) ... Cabranes, Jose A....

Filling Scalia's seat is one thing - replacing him? That's another: Charlie Gerow

Edit Penn Live 21 Feb 2016
Let the president make a nomination. Likewise, let the Senate do its job. By Charlie Gerow. The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia has touched off a feverish political battle over who will fill his vacated seat. Republican strategist Charlie Gerow (PennLive file).   ... It wasn't long ago that New York Sen ... It doesn't need to be ... The same could be said for a judge like Jose Cabranes of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ... ....

Running List of Editorials, Letters and Statements in Support of H.R. 870, the Puerto Rico ...

Edit Public Technologies 18 Feb 2016
(Source. Pedro Pierluisi). H.R. 870 and S. 1774, the Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015, would empower the government of the U.S ... Here is the running list of editorials, letters and statements in support of the Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act ... Jose A. Cabranes, Judge, U.S ... Gretchen Sierra Zorita, CNN.com (U.S ... Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes (Advisor to Puerto Rico Government) , Governor of Arizona , Governor of Iowa ... (noodl....

Appeals court: Airports have wide latitude to kill birds

Edit The Oklahoman 27 Jan 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — The operator of New York City's airports has the legal right to kill migratory birds when necessary to protect planes, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it rejected a challenge from an animal advocacy group. The 2nd U.S ... Exceptions include bald eagles, golden eagles or endangered and threatened species. The appeals court recounted several "near-catastrophes" over the years at LaGuardia Airport and John F ... Cabranes ... ....

Appeals court allows bird killings near NYC airports

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Jan 2016
Writing for the appeals court, however, Circuit Judge José Cabranes said the Fish and Wildlife Service had authority to issue the permit and that the permit authorized using lethal force ... position of having to choose between violating federal law and deliberately ignoring serious threats to human safety," Cabranes wrote for a three-judge panel....

Appeals court rules in favor of 'Point Break' parody creator

Edit Business Insider 30 Oct 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — An author's irreverent stage tribute to the 1991 Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves action movie "Point Break" is entitled to copyright protection even though she did not seek permission from the filmmakers to create the parody, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 2nd U.S ... Cabranes wrote on behalf of a three-judge panel ... Keeling won that round but Hars appealed ... John's College in Annapolis, Maryland ... ....

The US supreme court: the only court where gun control victories matter

Edit The Guardian 20 Oct 2015
Given the supreme court’s reasoning, it was not difficult for Monday’s opinion, written by Judge José A Cabranes, to find the core provisions of the New York and Connecticut laws constitutional. The ban, as Judge Cabranes observed, does not eliminate the right to personal self-defense that was guaranteed by Heller....

‘Common use’ black rifles: Why 2nd Circuit ruling may not be so hot for antis

Edit The Examiner 20 Oct 2015
Yesterday’s ruling by the Second U.S ... Cabranes’ decision. “This much is clear,” Judge Cabranes wrote, “Americans own millions of the firearms that the challenged legislation prohibits ... “Common use” is a term used in the 2008 Heller ruling by the U.S ... Let the legal beagles sniff around that for a while ... Judge Cabranes included an inexplicable observation in his 57-page ruling that could be easily challenged with FBI crime data ... ....

U.S. appeals court upholds gun laws after Newtown massacre

Edit Tampa Bay Online 20 Oct 2015
NEW YORK — Gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut to ban possession of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were mostly upheld Monday by a federal appeals court decision that a gun group vowed to appeal. The 2nd U.S ... “When used, these weapons tend to result in more numerous wounds, more serious wounds, and more victims ... Cabranes ... ....

Federal court mostly upholds gun laws enacted after Sandy Hook Elementary shooting

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 20 Oct 2015
NEW YORK — Gun-control laws passed in New York and Connecticut to ban possession of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were mostly upheld on Monday by a federal appeals court. The 2nd U.S ... “When used, these weapons tend to result in more numerous wounds, more serious wounds, and more victims ... Cabranes ... “That may be so,” the 2nd Circuit said ... ....
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