Criminal Law

In a week?

Posted on October 29, 2008
The mind boggles at what is going to happen next Tuesday.... The polls suggest "yes," but what do polls mean in an age off electronic voting?... But am I paranoid enough?Honestly Obama's 30 minutes of prime time tonight bothers me.

Missouri voter on NPR: ?Rosa s?

Posted on October 28, 2008
Missouri voter on NPR: “Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked so Obama could run. Obama is running so our children can fly.”

On train downtown for ?intervi?

Posted on October 28, 2008
On train downtown for “interview” w/legal temp agency. Forgot sunglasses & book & ipod dead. Bad omens.

Wondering why so much badness ?

Posted on October 24, 2008
Wondering why so much badness is suddenly associated w/the name “Todd.” First Todd Palin, now Ashley Todd: http://tinyurl.com/6q5zqs Ick.

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Magic 8-Ball Says: Are you freaking insane!?

Posted on October 24, 2008
One of the “benefits” of being a member of the ABA (I’m pretty sure my membership has expired, but whatever) is their weekly email of legal news headlines. Today’s email brought great news about the legal job market. For example, Jenner & Block asked 10 partners to leave, a PR firm is advising law [...

Things: 1) Chicago really is a?

Posted on October 23, 2008
Things: 1) Chicago really is a great biking city. 2) I am not a good biker. 3) Self-sealing bike tubes promise more than they deliver.

My reward for my vacation?

Posted on October 22, 2008
Not that I have sick time anyway, since I was roundly chastised the first and only time I took a day off sick, and have been forced to work through stomach flu and other ailments that even a minimum wage worker would be allowed to go home for. @ Gee, I wish I could find [...

E. McPan, Shiksa at law

Posted on October 22, 2008
After hearing (in great detail) about Yiddish words and stuff, I finally said, "Look, I may be a shiksa, but I'm not a total moron." @.

Sentimental First Year

Posted on October 22, 2008
Whatever lies ahead, I consider my first year as a lawyer to have been a great one and I am thankful that I have been lucky enough to have the experiences I have had. @.

One Person On Your Side

Posted on October 20, 2008
Golden Gate University Law School Professor Peter Keane is featured on today’s edition of This I Believe on NPR. The good professor was the chief assistant public defender in San Francisco for 20 years and he believes that “everyone, no matter what they have done, deserves to have one person on their side...

The Audacity of Barack Obama

Posted on October 20, 2008
He thinks liberals can get beyond the old debate by finally winning it. @.

Rethinking Legal Fees for Lean Times

Posted on October 20, 2008
800 in-house lawyers said they spent 50 percent more last year on large outside law firms than in 2002. They said the hourly rates they paid jumped 70 percent between 1996 and 2005. @.

The next President of the United States is funny

Posted on October 19, 2008
Barack Obama won the best roast, maybe be a wider margin. Along with roasting his opponent, he took the opportunity to roast himself mercilessly, and politics aside, this is a funny speech. @.

The Supreme Court and the Election: What?s at Stake

Posted on October 19, 2008
Here are some of the most important rulings that would be threatened by a McCain Court. @.

Lowering the bar on probable cause

Posted on October 16, 2008
Earlier this week Justice Roberts took pains to call attention to the fact that he wants to reduce the level of evidence and suspicion necessary for cops to stop a suspected drug buyer. The SCOTUS denied certiorari in Pennsylvania v. Dunlap (see the last paragraph of that article), in which the Commonwealth of PA appealed [...

Moving. In the snow. And it is?

Posted on October 10, 2008
Moving. In the snow. And it is very not fun. :-(

Elizabeth Janeway: ?If one wan?

Posted on October 07, 2008
Elizabeth Janeway: “If one wants to change things one must make a fuss & catch the attention of the world.”

Worrying that I?m forgetting h?

Posted on October 02, 2008
Worrying that I’m forgetting how 2live w/o putting every phone call & personal contact into a db I can query later 2remind me what I’ve done

Wondering if today?s look real?

Posted on September 30, 2008
Wondering if today’s look really is “saturday night fever.” Are the 70s back that much?

Skeletor can?t help himself. H?

Posted on September 26, 2008
Skeletor can’t help himself. He keeps talking like Obama is a child, which only makes him look curmudgeonly. Yes, ia am partisan.

Skeletor is getting a little P?

Posted on September 26, 2008
Skeletor is getting a little PO’d. Idea: screw the bank bailout. Put $700 billion into alt energy & socialized healthcare. New jobs galore!

Obama is taking the fight stra?

Posted on September 26, 2008
Obama is taking the fight straight to JM on his tax cuts for the wealthy. Sweetness. Skeletor responds w/a whine taxcuts r good!!!!

CNN?s ?audience reaction? thi?

Posted on September 26, 2008
CNN’s “audience reaction” thingy is not helpful. JM believes in workers & the u.s. Wow! No shit!? That’s original, dude!

McCain has already said he?ll ?

Posted on September 26, 2008
McCain has already said he’ll vote for any bailout that will pass. He travels on the anything-that-will-get-me-elected express.

Watching the debate. On looks ?

Posted on September 26, 2008
Watching the debate. On looks alone, Obama wins. McCain looks like he’s constipated, in pain. He’s trying to sound wise. He sounds old.

Chicago is America?s Most Stressful City!

Posted on September 24, 2008
Chicago's rising unemployment rate, expensive gas, high population density and relatively poor air quality create a perfect storm of stress, according to measures we used to calculate the country's anxiety hot spots. @.

RTB: It just gets better!

Posted on September 16, 2008
The best two things about the second episode of "Raising the Bar": The Elliot Smith soundtrack at the end.The fact that Jerry appears to be using a Mac (an iMac?) at the end of the show.Oh, and of course it's great that Jerry appears to be broken up w/the prosecutor...

?Reason in several words or le?

Posted on September 15, 2008
“Reason in several words or less, please, for the box after REASON.” — AFR “interviewer” to Orin just before he is kidnapped, IJ p. 599

Wishing I could just cry. I kn?

Posted on September 14, 2008
Wishing I could just cry. I know it’s hard to understand why I might be so sad, just as it’s almost impossible to understand why he did it.

Great sadness: DFW eliminated his own map!?

Posted on September 14, 2008
I just learned that David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, died Friday, apparently by his own hand.

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