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Equality in the Restroom

Posted on April 13, 2009
From the NYT: Potty parity does not always mean that there will be the same number of toilets for women and men. Parity is measured by wait times. Studies show that women take about twice as long as men in...

Michigan Law Review's Annual Book Review Issue

Posted on April 13, 2009
I've been surprised that there hasn't been more commentary on the Michigan Law Review's most recent book review issue. It's short--just over 200 pages. Quite a change from the early 1990s, when the issue ran to more than 800 pages....

Hobby Lobby

Posted on April 12, 2009
Hobby Lobby is a privately held chain of retail stores with a wide range of product departments, including crafts, picture framing, fashion fabrics, and home accents. The company operates over 400 stores in 33 states. Beginning in 1997, Hobby Lobby...

Victory for Unmarried Couples in Colorado

Posted on April 11, 2009
From the Denver Post: Gov. Bill Ritter on Thursday signed into law a bill making it easier for unmarried people ? including gay couples ? to share benefits and jointly plan their estates. The signing, which Ritter did without fanfare...

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Hamdan: Coming Soon To A Theater Near You

Posted on April 10, 2009
Most readers are familiar, to some extent, with Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a case that addressed whether military tribunals established by the Bush administration had the authority to try detainees being held at Guantanamo. A few months ago, Jonathan Mahler published...

The Incredible Shrinking Ph.D.

Posted on April 10, 2009
Thanks to Dan and the Lounge for inviting back to the conversation. Here in South Carolina we've experienced some of the brunt of the economic downturn, and as some of you may be aware, our Governor was the last in...

What It Costs

Posted on April 10, 2009
Have you ever gotten tired of academia and wondered what it cost to re-train as a stuntman? Or wondered what it would cost to hire someone to take over the housework? Or maybe you are contemplating retirement and want to...

The Obscenity of Tofu

Posted on April 09, 2009
Assume this is your vanity plate. What message are you trying to convey? Maybe you should get your mind out of the gutter! Story here.

Finalists for University of Montana Law Dean

Posted on April 09, 2009
Thanks to a pointer from a friend of the lounge, I learn that there are five finalists for the University of Montana's law dean search. They are Greg Murphy, Elizabeth Reilly, Irma Russell, Jack Bogdanski, and Loren Prescott. And in...

New Lateral Move Updates

Posted on April 08, 2009
Are here.

Another New Law School In California? Led By Another Former College Debate Star?

Posted on April 08, 2009
Indio, California - a city of 50,000 located in the California desert - may have its own law school as early as 2011. According to news reports, John Dolan, an Indio attorney, is working to open the California Desert College...

Have You Ordered Your Free Credit Report Recently?

Posted on April 08, 2009
Remember, each year you're entitled to one free credit report from each of the three reporting agencies - Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. Don't be foolish: request one of them every four months! You can order them here. And while you're...

Anti Gay Marriage TV Ad: The Gathering Storm

Posted on April 08, 2009
An ad sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage. Any thoughts?

Justice Jackson's Fixed Star is Moveable at Eastern Michigan University

Posted on April 08, 2009
In West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Justice Robert Jackson famously declared that "[i]f there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in...

Crime and Punishment: Christianity in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

Posted on April 08, 2009
The 39 Steps. Rear Window. The Man Who Knew Too Much. North By Northwest. Suspicion. Dial M For Murder. Lifeboat. To Catch A Thief. These are just a few of the films directed by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock....

An Unusual History of Hyde Park From The 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Posted on April 07, 2009
I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, in South Shore, but spent a ton of time in nearby Hyde Park. I went shopping with my mom at the old Hyde Park Co-op (1933-2008). Visited the old Powell's Books...

Drexel Loses Its President

Posted on April 07, 2009
Drexel University President, Constantine (Taki) Papadakis died on Sunday. He was 63. Papadakis had been president of Drexel for 13 years. During that time, he built Drexel into a comprehensive research University by (among other things) adding a medical school...

Kudos to North Carolina ... and South Texas!

Posted on April 07, 2009
Congrats to lounge co-host Al Brophy and other Carolina fans, whose Tarheels routed the Michigan State Spartans last night to capture their fifth NCAA men?s basketball championship (and the second for coach Roy Williams). Impressive. Impressive indeed! But a big...

Do US News Rankings Hurt Poorer Families?

Posted on April 06, 2009
Andy Kroll has a very good piece arguing that average families must spend increasingly impossible percentages of their household income if they want to send their kids to college: Simply to ensure that a child attends a four-year public university,...

Auto Tag Reciprocity And The 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Posted on April 06, 2009
I love archives and one of the most amazing things about this digital era is the radically improved accessibility of many archival collections. I was procrastinating a bit Friday and this evening, looking at the Prelinger Film Archives and the...

Newsweek Ranks Top Synagogues And Rabbis. Seriously.

Posted on April 06, 2009
It's good to know that everything can be ranked. The top 50 "most influential" rabbis are here. The top 25 "most vibrant" synagogues are here. Losers will surely lick their wounds and gear up for next year. I'm waiting for...

America's Cup Litigation: Golden Gate Yacht Club Prevails

Posted on April 06, 2009
Last August I posted a comment concerning the NY Appellate Division's ruling in this litigation. That intermediate appeals court ruled that the Spanish challenger, a hastily organized yacht club that had never conducted a regatta on an ocean course, was...

Damages

Posted on April 06, 2009
The FX drama, ?Damages,? wrapped up its second season last week. The series stars actress Glenn Close as litigator Patty Hewes, a lawyer revered by some, reviled by many. Last year the series was built around her class action lawsuit...

Brian Leiter's Poll on Academic Presses

Posted on April 06, 2009
Brian Leiter's recent poll about views on academic presses that publish in law is finished. While I'm usually (in fact up to this poll, always) suspicious of internet polls, this one is useful for a couple of reasons. First, hey,...

NYU Grad School Erroneously Admits 489 Students

Posted on April 05, 2009
From the point of view of public relations and customer satisfaction, it was a nighmare scenario. On Wednesday, NYU's Robert Wagner School of Public Service erroneously admitted almost 500 students that were supposed to be rejected. The applicants received an...

Final Exam (Ripped From The Headlines)

Posted on April 05, 2009
It's that time of the semester when law professors start thinking about final exams. If you teach con law, criminal law, or immigration law, today's Houston Chronicle has a topic that may be worthy of an essay question. The Harris...

American Gothic

Posted on April 05, 2009
Most of us are familiar with American Gothic (pictured), painted by Grant Wood. Wood was born in Iowa. Nick Anderson is an editorial cartoonist with the Houston Chronicle. In today's newspaper he offers a slightly altered version of the famous...

Conference: In Flagrante Delicto: Film on Trial, May 7-8, NYC

Posted on April 03, 2009
To be held at Cardozo, NY, NY. May 7-8, 2009 Some of the panels include: Theory, Film, Law Image, Evidence, Law Philosophy, Film, and Law Law, Film, High and Popular Culture For a copy of the program, click here.

Iowa Supreme Court Unanimously Supports Gay Marriage Right

Posted on April 03, 2009
In case you haven't heard, the Iowa Supreme Court held 7-0 this morning that the Iowa state constitution requires that the state allow both straight and gay couples to marry. The decision in Varnum v. Brien is here. Absorb that...

Sexting: Or Why I'm Grateful To Be Out of High School

Posted on April 03, 2009
Tough to be a girl kid these days. Its been reported that three teen-age girls in Pennsylvania narrowly avoided prosecution this week when a TRO was issued against the prosecutor who threatened to pursue child pornography charges against them. The...

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