September 7, 2007 1:11PM 

# Friday Legal Roundup 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Here’s a Friday Legal Roundup:

- North Carolina prosecutor Michael Nifong [goes to jail](http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3570855) for his misconduct in bringing reckless charges against Duke athletes. Cato will be hosting a [book forum](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=4024) on the case next Tuesday. Previous coverage [here](https://www.cato.org/2007/01/10/its-not-just-about-nifong-part-i/) and [here](https://www.cato.org/2007/01/16/its-not-just-about-nifong-part-ii/).
- A federal judge has ruled that “National Security Letters” are unconstitutional. Cato said so [here](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6654).
- The Federalist Society has an on-line discussion on the landmark Second Amendment lawsuit involving Cato’s Tom Palmer and Bob Levy [here](http://www.fed-soc.org/debates/dbtid.9/default.asp). To learn more, go [here](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/robertalevy_endingthedcgunban_20070719.mp3) and [here](https://www.cato.org/ccs/2nd-amendment.html).
- President Bush is expected to announce his choice for the position of Attorney General. The *[Legal Times](http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/index.jsp)* invited several D.C. lawyers, including myself, to offer advice to the next AG. Go here for my list of [Dos and Don’ts](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8687). If the *Legal Times* had not imposed word limits on my article, I could have said [a lot more](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=15&pid=1441309).

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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