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Update on the Belfast Project Appeal
The First Circuit has now consolidated the two pending appeals in the Belfast project case: Moloney & McIntyre’s appeal from the denial of their motion for leave to intervene in Boston College’s motion to quash, and their appeal from the dismissal of their complaint against the Attorney General. In a follow-on order setting the schedule,……
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Moloney & McIntyre Appeal Again
Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre have appealed from Judge Young’s decision dismissing their complaint against the government. The First Circuit has indicated that the appeal is to be consolidated, if possible, with the Moloney and McIntyre appeal from the judge’s earlier decision denying their motion for leave to intervene in Boston College’s motion to quash.……
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Reply to Chris Bray
Thanks to Chris Bray for the thoughtful post on the Belfast Project case. I want to respond with some thoughts about the law of evidence and the law of civil disobedience that Chris’s comments have prompted. Why It Might Make Sense To Reject An “Oral Historian’s Privilege” I’ve said before that I think the question……
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Scarce Solutions
Ed. Note: I’m pleased to publish this guest post from esteemed blogger Chris Bray, an historian at UCLA, who has been covering the Belfast Project case on his own blog from a perspective favorable to Moloney & McIntyre. Chris is not a lawyer and does not really opine on the legal questions, and he clearly……
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What’s Next In The Belfast Project Case?
While we wait for the hearing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, it seems clear that the field of battle is going to shift from the courts here in Boston to Washington. McIntyre and Moloney have been lobbying on the issue, and they have garnered some support from Senator John Kerry.……