Morning Docket: 03.31.08
* Media mogul smackdown: Barry Diller (pictured) prevails over his former mentor, John Malone, in Delaware Chancery Court. [New York Times; Wall Street Journal (subscription) via WSJ Law Blog]
* HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, under DOJ investigation, calls it quits. [AP]
* Questions raised about 9/11 lawyer Peter Napoli, of fen-phen fame (or infamy). [New York Times]
* A round-up of Monday morning action at the Supreme Court. [SCOTUSblog]
* A look back at the inception of the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping: Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson wouldn’t sign off on the requests, so they had to be rerouted to AG Ashcroft. [New York Times]
* A preview of the “fleeting expletives” case, by Julie Hilden. [FindLaw via How Appealing]
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An open letter to Liberal America-Haters,
Please stop whining about "wiretapping." If you didn't do anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about. Further, please tell me where in the constitution it says that the government needs a warrant to listen to your phone calls. They didn't even HAVE phones when the Constitution was written. This is just another example of how god-less liberals forget that the world is a place full of freedom hating evildoers who wish us harm. I thank god every day for the USA and freedom (and my BIGLAW job) and am not about to give it up in the name of "privacy."
Amen.
How about some investigative reporting about the legality of the federal reserve as the fourth branch of government? If that doesn't earn you a wiretap...
an nyu alum won the taiwan presidential election on saturday. no shout-out for that?!
12:44 - No.
(CLS is #4 again. Woo-hoo!)
Perhaps you meant PAUL Napoli?
an nyu alum (ok, it's an llm, but still counts) is elected president of a major country and that doesn't get any mention here. oh, but legal wedding watch... that deserves its own post. nice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/world/asia/24taiwan.html?ex=1207022400&en=c14d5a70d2f07455&ei=5070&emc=eta1
"ok, it's an llm, but still counts"
Not really. LLMs from U.S. law schools are very common among leaders of foreign countries. They treat American law schools like "finishing schools" for their political leaders.
What the NYTimes fails to mention is that Paul Napoli's father- also a lawyer- went to jail for defrauding clients. Years ago.