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Let's play guess the state?

Posted on September 30, 2008
A judge from which state was just reprimanded, but not suspended, for "directing profanity-laced invective at lawyers and litigants on multiple occasions"?'>That's right. What did you expect? The disciplinary body decided against suspending the judge because he always prefaces his tirades with the phrase, "No disrespect...

Justice Thomas Fails to Inspire

Posted on September 29, 2008
A brief followup to a recent post about the Supreme Court and college football, Justice Thomas visited the University of Georgia football team after practice last week. What impact did Justice Thomas' pep talk have? Well, the highly touted Bulldogs lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide (w00t, Brandeis)...

Dick Move Du Jour

Posted on September 26, 2008
Hat tip to The Fix over at the Washington Post.OK check out this screenshot of a Wall Street Journal webpage.Now look at this more detailed image.Note the date and time?! Earth the McCain campaign, you can't claim to win a motherfu#$&*! debate before it even takes place...

Greatest. Case. Name. Ever.

Posted on September 25, 2008
On several different ocassions, I have noted some of the funniest case names ever. I thought I had reached the limits of awesomeness with some of these other entries. I was WRONG. Mea culpa! This is the greatest case name ever:United States v. 11 1/4 Dozen Packages of Articles Labeled in Part Mrs...

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President Bartlett Meets Obama

Posted on September 25, 2008
Anyone who knows me has had put up with my endless fawning for NBC's The West Wing. So I was very excited to see that Maureen Dowd had outsourced her New York Times column to the creator of the West Wing, Aaron Sorkin.You absolutely must read this dialogue Sorkin created between Jed Bartlett and Barack Obama...

Lawyer of the day

Posted on September 20, 2008
Stick around for the last story in this video clip. It is dictaworthy.

Justice Alito and Socrates

Posted on September 18, 2008
Tuesday night I personally witnessed Justice Alito overturn a death sentence for the first time in his career. Too bad the defendant has been dead for almost 2,500 years and it was a moot court.The Shakespeare Theatre Company put on a moot court to appeal the death sentence of the Greek philosopher Socrates...

Great links

Posted on September 16, 2008
Sorry that I have not been posting as frequently. I am in the midst of changing jobs, and I hope to be more focused on blogging again soon.One of my favorite blawgs is over at the Wall Street Journal. Their Law Blog often gives me some good material for me to mouth off about...

Oral Argument in the 7th Circuit? More like Oral Masscre!

Posted on September 12, 2008
Here is an example of how appellate court judges do in fact come down from the hills after the battle has raged and do shoot the wounded. In this case, the Seventh Circuit should be shooting the wounded (or, at least the counsel for petitioner).The case is Illinois Bell v...

Like Abbott and Costello, except nerdier

Posted on September 10, 2008
An instant message exchange today between myself and Mr. Justice Brandeis:Brandeis: In my free speech seminar, someone yesterday spoke of James Dobson in an approving manner - I spit away the taste of his name.Harlan: Lol. That's the downfall of free speech - stupid and false speech is still free...

You Just Got BarackRoll'd!

Posted on September 09, 2008
I don't usually bloviate on partisan politics on this blog (though I do bloviate about other topics). But I had to share this YouTube sensation with you. Enjoy!Hat tip to my coworker (and Quiz Law) for pointing me in this direction.

Virginia to Student Voters: Lose Your Scholarships

Posted on September 08, 2008
Okay, so it ain't "Drop Dead." But the county registrar in the county where Virginia Tech trains the next generation of dog-fighting quarterbacks recently announced that students who register to vote at their college address (specifically, a dormitory) are subject to sanctions...

Headline of the day

Posted on September 04, 2008
"Gunshot victim sues to get back prosthetic leg." (Actually an even more hilarious version of this headline belongs to How Appealing who quipped: "All your prosthetic leg are belong to us.")According the Scottsbluff (Nebraska) Star-Herald, Val McCabe has a real suckass week...

Are you ready for some football?

Posted on September 04, 2008
Here's a public service announcement: the regular season of the NFL starts tonight, when my Redskins will lose in an embarrassing fashion to the New York Giants.But mainly I was just looking for an excuse to post this picture. A most grateful hattip to the good folks over at Quiz Law.

Move over Footnote 4

Posted on September 02, 2008
(Grateful H/T to Legal Antics)Meet Footnote 27 of the case Clancy v. King handed down by the Maryland Court of Appeals.If a significant motive for Clancy exercising his contractual right to withdraw his name from the Op-Center series was to decrease the profitability of the series, thereby denying his JRLP partner and ex-wife revenue, because he desired to spite or punish King for or as a consequence of their divorce, it reasonably could be maintained that he acted in bad faith towards both the Op-Center Joint Venture and JRLP...

Who says one vote can't make a difference?

Posted on August 28, 2008
Tennessee Official Wins Election With Only One Vote, Her Ownby Associated PressSNEEDVILLE, Tenn. ? Angela Tuttle has won an election, but she won?t have to spend a lot of time thanking the people who voted for her.Tuttle was running for constable of Hancock County, Tennessee, as a write-in candidate...

Who likes short shorts?

Posted on August 25, 2008
Apparently not a judge in Lancaster, Kentucky. Judge Janet Booth of the Garratt District Court jailed 28-year-old Kristie Arnold for wearing inappropriate clothing...for the third time! Arnold is awaiting trial on charges of harassment, criminal trespass, and leaving the scene of an accident...

Biden Delivers First Speech of the Campaign

Posted on August 24, 2008
Text of the Introduction of Joseph Biden as the Democratic Presidential Nominee's Pick for Vice-President. Location: Democratic Rally in Springfield, IllinoisObama: "Americans want meaningful change. They need hope. I know that hope is audacious. And you know that I know that hope is audacious...

Quick Thought for Harlan and Holmes (and the other four of you)

Posted on August 20, 2008
So I'm taking a seminar this semester on free speech, and I've picked out my paper topic. I'll be writing on Perry v. Sinderman, 408 U.S. 593 (1972). The case held that a college professor's dismissal could not be upheld on summary judgment on his lack of a contractual or tenure right to employment when he claimed that his dismissal was due to public criticism of the administration...

Major Civil Rights Anniversary

Posted on August 09, 2008
Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the nation's first successful drug store sit-ins in Wichita, Kansas.But really, I was just looking for an excuse to post this picture.Aww. The kitty is soo cute!

Quote of the day

Posted on August 06, 2008
Guess who said the following:"If we had no sexual harassment we would have no children."No it's not Clarence Thomas...or Bob Packwood...or Bill Clinton...or Mark Foley.The answer is a Russian judge in sexual harassment ruling.And that isn't the shocking part...

Disclaimer of the Day

Posted on August 05, 2008
For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure, check out Writ Large, the new blog by the Chicago Tribune's Jim Oliphant.In his most recent post, Oliphant recounts watching PBS with his young daughter when he came across a curious public service announcement...

Why I freacking love Keith Olbermann

Posted on July 31, 2008
The whole video is funny, but the joke of the day begins at the 1:45 mark.

Dumbest Free Exercise Claim Ever!

Posted on July 30, 2008
Hat tip to Howard Friedman, who writes the excellent Religion Clause blog.A divorced dad has refused to pay his child support through his state's Central Child Support Receipting Unit. He would rather pay the money directly to his wife because this processing unit violates his First Amendment free exercise rights...

ZeitGeist

Posted on July 28, 2008
For those of you who have never seen the funniest video blog on the Web, let me introduce you to ZeitGeist. The blogger, Willie Geist, is a sidekick on the MSNBC's Morning Joe (and yes, he is Bill Geist's son). Today Willie tackles two good law-ish stories...

Best Performing Arts Center Ever!

Posted on July 28, 2008
I need to get my ass to Iowa. Why might you ask? To get me some culture.You see, Iowa has a pretty strong indecent exposure law that was designed to make strip clubs illegal. But there's a loophole. Nude dancing is allowed at arts centers, theaters, museums, etc...

Losing Makes Ya Crazy

Posted on July 25, 2008
At least, that's the only explanation I can think of for Stephen Calabresi's latest in the Chicago Tribune.Seriously, I have neither the time nor the energy to make this shit up. Obama's too young to be President, based on some bullshit stretching of "living Constitution" interpretation...

Lawsuit of the Day (apparently all the news is NOT fit to print)

Posted on July 24, 2008
America is the most litigious country in the world. But sometimes, a frivolous lawsuit is still very valuable because of the point it gets across. Here's a story from the NPR show On the Media:BROOKE GLADSTONE: News organizations, editors and bloggers all are dealing with the financial difficulties newspapers face, but what about readers? What recourse have they if they're upset with a paper?s efforts to downsize? They could write a letter, cancel their subscription, or even ?sue? That?s the line of attack chosen by a newspaper reader in Durham, North Carolina...

Call me old fashioned...

Posted on May 14, 2008
...but if you are a multi-million dollar corporation (and therefore subject to Sarbanes-Oxley) you might want to hire an expert, not a dummy.From the product description on Amazon:Whether you?re a CEO or a file clerk, it?s important to understand Sarbanes-Oxley, the post-Enron legislation aimed at keeping corporations honest and ethical...

I'll have the Reuben with a side of intercourse, please

Posted on May 14, 2008
Breaking news! A Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled that sex is not an accessory use of a restaurant. Who says being an appellate judge isn't any fun?In MAJ Entertainment Inc. v. the City of Philadelphia, the panel consisting of President Judge Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter and Judges Ren�e Cohn Jubelirer, Robert Simpson and Doris A...

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