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Words of the year

Posted on January 02, 2008
Leave it to uppity English professors to come up with a list of the most useless words of 2007. Academics at Lake Superior State University compile an annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness...

Wait, you mean Brandeis is asking for YOUR help?

Posted on January 01, 2008
Yes. I know you want to strut like a rooster, but wait until you actually read the rest of this to do so. Wait, wait - okay, strut if you want.Done? All right, moving right along.I've been fired up by a decision issued last week by the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board, the court that decides disputes between workers acting collectively and employers)...

Ten Most Retarded Administration Legal Arguments of 2007

Posted on December 31, 2007
It wouldn't be New Year's without a Top Ten List of Something from 2007. Dahlia Lithwick provides a really interesting and (unfortunately) hilarious list of the biggest whoppers the Bush Administration has passed off as a legal argument this past year...

Best Motion for Continuance Ever!

Posted on December 27, 2007
Thanks to the good folks at Above the Law for breaking this story. Sorry you have to rotate the image and zoom in. But it is worth the effort. Your browser does not support embedded PDF files.

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Best 9th Circuit Decision Ever!

Posted on December 21, 2007
Alternate title to this post: "They may take our lives, but they'll never take...OUR BEER!!"Thanks to Quiz Law and Reason Magazine for bringing this landmark civil rights case to my attention.An employee of TransUnion, one of the three major credit rating agencies, pleaded guilty to fixing people's bad credit reports in exchange for bribes...

Ft. Sumnter...again!

Posted on December 21, 2007
I can think of no better way to celebrate the peace and goodwill of the holiday season than secession. No, you have not been transported back to 1861. This is 2007, and the United States just got a little smaller.The Lakota Indians (yes, the tribe that produced Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse) have withdrawn from every treaty they have made with the United States government...

Justice Scalia's worst nightmare

Posted on December 17, 2007
I always love it when important legal issues are discussed in very bizarre cases. A swingers club run on the weekends in a home outside of Dallas is causing a controversy over the reach of local government's police power. The club is so popular that it is apparently pretty loud and the streets around the house become crowded...

Tea Time

Posted on December 17, 2007
Happy Birthday to the Boston Tea Party! It was on this day 234 years ago that Boston Harbor became very tasty, when the Sons of Liberty destroyed 300 crates of tea from the East India Company.In a brilliant stunt yesterday, supporters of libertarian Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul staged a reenactment of the Tea Party yesterday...

Happy Birthday to Heart of Atlanta Motel!

Posted on December 14, 2007
Thanks to Today in Legal History for providing such good material. On this day 43 years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in the case Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States.The case was brought to the Supreme Court by attorney and notorious segregationist Moreton Rolleston who refused to let African Americans stay at his motel...

Retarded state courts: equity.

Posted on December 13, 2007
Our favorite thing to do here at the dicta is call state governments "retarded," because let's face it: state governments are frequently retarded. The legislature of Alabama has actually entertained a bill to repeal the laws of gravity. California experienced that marvelous phenomenon of a political party telling its supporters to vote against recalling an unpopular governor AND to vote for a replacement for that governor...

Picture of the day!

Posted on December 12, 2007
Here's President Bush with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Look very closely. At the dashboard. Wow. I thought Bush quit drinking. Maybe it belongs to Merkel (I would definitely need some alcohol to get through a meeting with our country's Jackass-In-Chief).

Embracing my inner nerd

Posted on December 11, 2007
One of the reasons I love the month of December is that it is the time when all the good movies are released. I urge you to go see The Great Debaters, which will be out on Christmas Day. The film, which Denzel Washington directs and stars in, chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a debate coach at a small HBC who trains his students to become elite debaters...

Retarded state legislation: Pennsylvania edition

Posted on December 10, 2007
Justice Brandeis once called state legislatures "laboratories of democracy." Well occasionally a good laboratory can produce a Frankenstein's monster. Check out this special holiday edition from Pennsylvania (with a few additions suggested):HOUSE RESOLUTIONNo...

So raise your glasses up me boys and drink a hearty cheer!

Posted on December 05, 2007
On this day, 74 years ago, the 21st Amendment was ratified, officially ending Prohibition. Thus, I hope you will all celebrate Repeal Day today with a tasty beverage of your choice. But before you crack open a cold one, let's review the history surrounding this august occasion...

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