Georgetown Law Weekly The Student Newspaper of Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. “Uninhibited, robust, and wide-open” VOLUME 43 TUESDAY, OCT. 17 TO MONDAY, OCT.23, 2006 NUMBER 6 SBA reports Wilson wins tough Leahy competition by Brian Corcoran, 1L on food Law Weekly On Thursday night, around forty students gathered to watch the fiery service give-and-take of the final round of the by Benjamin Rubinstein, 2L 37th Annual William E. Leahy Moot Law Weekly Court Competition. Run by the Barristers' Council, the competition was The Student Bar Association (SBA)'s open to all upper-class students at ad-hoc Food Committee has released a Georgetown Law. report in response to student comments Marquest Meeks, the Barristers' about the food service at the Law Center. Council Director for Appellate The report, a draft copy of which was Advocacy, introduced the advocates obtained by the Law Weekly, summarizes and the judges. This year, John Van student comments collected up until last Etten, 2L, Kendrick Wilson, 2L, Jake week and lays out suggestions for Snow, 3L, and Mike Mancini, 2L, were improvement. the four talented and lucky advocates The ad-hoc committee consists of who made it to the final round of the five current SBA members: Dane competition. Over eighty students Christiansen, 3L, Kristin Detwiler, 2L, signed up for the competition, but attri- photo by Brian Corcoran, 1L Jared Joyceschleimer, 3L, Lisa Keels, 3L, tion was high and the work intense. The judges did not go easy on the competitors Thursday night in Hart and Keavney Klein, 3E. Keels, the chair In the competition, students are of the committee, said "We wrote the given a closed packet of materials and The knotty case revolves around Massachusetts) and environmental report because we had heard that there are assigned to either the Petitioner's or the statutory interpretation of the Clean groups that asked the EPA to regulate were complaints about the food." the Respondent's side. They pore over Air Act (CAA). The CAA directs the greenhouse gases under this statute, Instead of just relying on what indi- the packet, which was a record-break- Administrator of the Environmental claiming that it lacked jurisdiction and vidual SBA members heard from friends ing 250 pages this year, and submit 12- Protection Agency to regulate motor would choose not to regulate for policy and constituents, they decided to form page appellate briefs. As they move up vehicle emissions of any "air pollutant" reasons in any case. the ad-hoc committee to systematically the ladder, they are evaluated on their which, "in his judgment, causes or con- At the Leahy Competition, the state evaluate student responses to the food written and oral advocacy. At the last tributes to, air pollution which may rea- of Massachusetts became the fictitious changes. The committee set up an email oral advocacy stage on Thursday, they sonably be anticipated to endanger "San Andreas State," but otherwise the address that was posted in the argued the Massachusetts EPA case public health or welfare." The EPA case was as complicated and serious as McDonough atrium lobby and went currently pending before the Supreme denied a 1999 petition brought by a Court. coalition of states (led by See MOOT COURT, page 3 See FOOD SERVICE, page 5 Protesters shut down Gallaudet Joint center by Jennifer Gaspar, 1L Law Weekly designation Police arrested more than 130 stu- dent protesters at Gallaudet announced University over the weekend, follow- ing over a week of heated demonstra- by Sarah Hale, 2L tions that culminated in a blockade of Law Weekly all main entrances to the campus and the cancellation of three days of class- Georgetown University Law es. The protestors, who include Center and the Johns Hopkins Gallaudet students as well as alumni, Bloomberg School of Public Health staff and faculty, oppose the appoint- collaborated in 2000 to form the ment of Jane K. Fernandes as the uni- Center for Law and the Public's versity's new president beginning Health. Earlier this fall the Center next year. was designated a World Health Students began occupying the Organization (WHO) and Pan main classroom building on October American Health Organization 5, reviving demands issued earlier (PAHO) Collaborating Center on this year that Fernandes decline the Public Health Law and Human appointment and that the university's Rights. The designation was formally Board of Trustees reopen the search announced and celebrated last week to replace outgoing president I. King photo courtesy of Associated Press on the Law Center's campus. Jordan. Student protests shut down Gallaudet University in Northeast last week The designation was bestowed All university operations have joined protesters in enforcing a block- ing students on Friday evening after on the Center in part because of the been halted since Wednesday, when ade of the entrances. Jordan ordered dedication that Georgetown Law and 40 members of the football team the police department to begin arrest- See GALLAUDET, page 5 See CENTER, page 5 Local Fire Engine SBA Candidate Auschwitz Report Entertains Children Statements Reviewed page 3 page 6 page 11 PAGE 2 GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY EEVVEENNTTSS TUESDAY, OCT. 17 TO MONDAY, OCT. 23, 2006 BriefsBriefsBriefsBrief Four Sudoku puzzles Fill in the grids so that every row, every column and every BriefsBriefs!BriefsBrief 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 with no repeats. Bar Review for Home Court! Prayer in Daily Life Retreat Come down to the Big Hunt on This semester's "Prayer -in-Daily- Thursday, Oct. 12, at 10 p.m., for a bar Life" Retreat will be held here at the review, with proceeds benefiting Law Center from November 5-10. Home Court and the Washington Brochures and applications forms can Legal Clinic for the Homeless. Buy a be obtained at the Campus Ministry wristband and get $3 drafts and $3 rail Office. It is an interreligious retreat drinks! Support a great cause, and and all are welcome to participate. A have a lot of fun! sliding scale for payment can be arranged. Please contact Sr. Dorinda at Ext. 9275 for details. *Deadline for applications is Sukkot with Prof. Chused Monday, Oct. 23. A last minute reminder of the Shabbat-Sukkot service and dinner this Friday evening at Professor Safety Awareness Class! Chused's home (3712 Ingomar Street, NW, Washington DC). This is a deli- Safety Awareness/Self Defense cious Law Center tradition - "The time Program. This informative class will of our joy." You'll be sorry if you miss address personal security, how to it!(If you need them, directions will be avoid problems, safety in transit and made available.) You can RSVP to sexual assault avoidance. A tactics Michael Goldman, [email protected] demonstration will follow. The pro- town.edu. gram will take place on Oct. 16, at 8:00 p.m. on Gewirz 12th floor OR Oct. 19, at 12:00 p.m. in McDonough Room 202. For more information, contact Virginia Elections Karen at [email protected]. Solution on page 12 The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy presents Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell. He Georgetown Massage Therapy will discuss the myriad issues facing Virginia and other states in the run-up Are your books so heavy that your EJF Silent Auction Break the Fast! to the November elections: emergency back is starting to hurt? If you feeling preparedness, the definition of mar- tired, rundown or maybe just a little Come one, come all! 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