Morning Docket: 12.24.07
* Top legal stories of 2007. [CNN]
* Stop complaining, civil libertarians. Things could be much worse. [New York Times]
* A leadership vacuum at the Department of Justice. [Washington Post via How Appealing]
* And don’t look to recess appointments to address the problem. [Washington Post]
* A different kind of “pole tax,” which will divert five dollar bills from g-strings to g-coffers. But does it violate the First Amendment? [AP; TaxProf Blog]
* Union members: You’ve Got Mail. Oh wait, you don’t — at least not of the union-related kind. [New York Times]
* Adam Liptak asks whether a “Judicial Hellhole” is in the eye of the beholder. Also, a quote from Dickie Scruggs that maybe he wishes he could take back. [New York Times via WSJ Law Blog]
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Comments
First? Am I the only one working today?
yes! that sux. I'm @ home chillin!
Good point about the Hoover memo, Lat. I can't imagine what the world would be like if the United States suspended habeas corpus and summarily detained individuals based on a hunch...
Lat, the CNN article sucks. What novel or important legal issues arose out of the Anna Nicole Smith case? There's got to be a better list out there somewhere.
12:47 - which sux more, being stuck at work on Xmas Eve or being at home all alone with noting better to do than post to ATL?
Being unable to spell a five-letter word correctly is worse than both.
11:29, I'm at the office too. Sigh.
being stuck at work AND being a hater sux the worst!
Hey 1:09 - your mom sux more, at least she does for $2.
Lat, what the fuck? One lousy link-collection of a post? We're at work and so should you be: get to it!
Merry Christmas!
Had a pretty good year so far - hit my hours, worked on good projects, only one all-nighter. Then, on Christmas weekend, I get slammed with a colossal, bullshit project that I am severely unqualified to complete, DUE BEFORE NEW YEAR'S!
Now, my family is having dinner with friends, and I am left behind to familiarize myself on all kinds of strange securities. Fuck. This. Shit.
Fucking godless clients and their ridiculous demands. UGH.
I feel your pain, 8:37. Goddamn obscure securities shit.
"Sens. Larry E. Craig and Michael D. Crapo of Idaho, along with Sen. David Vitter (La.), cite..."
Dear. Senator Crapo, Do you really want to align yourself with Senators Craig and Vitter?