Non-Sequiturs: 03.25.08
* An account of Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s Supreme Court argument. Depressing detail: he rented his morning coat. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times]
* Conservative legal celebrity deathmatch: U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement v. Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz. [Concurring Opinions]
* Nationwide Layoff Watch: Merrill Lynch. [Dealbreaker]
* The Obamas release their tax returns, revealing Biglaw-esque income. Do they give enough to charity? [TaxProf Blog via Instapundit]
* We linked to this site, a helpful resource to aspiring law clerks, around the time of its launch. But now it’s been redesigned, with a pantsuit-clad hottie at the top of the page. So feel free to visit again. [SoYouWantToBeALawClerk]
* An ATL PSA: please help a newly blind tax law professor. [TaxProf Blog]
* If you’re here in D.C. and looking for something to do this Friday night, March 28, here’s an idea. It’s a fun event, and it’s for a good cause. Hope to see you there! [AEF - APABA]
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How do you know it's a pantsuit? I can't tell. And she's not that hot.
I concur with the pantsuit questions. I prefer to think she's wearing a skirt.
But she is definitely lawyer-hot, and pretty hot for a "normal" person as well.
Obama is saving all his money for when he eliminates the SS tax cap. He knows something all the charity people don't.
How can he honestly justify that he was paying off all those student loans for so long when they were making so much money.
Does anyone have a ballpark on how much student loan debt they actually had? Between the two of them, I would imagine their debt couldn't be all that high. I think they would have qualified for a scholarship or two.
Oh yeah Lat, I'll see you at the AEF - APABA dinner -- and I'll pound on yo punk ass, biotch!
Until 2005, their family income was not that high - and they had two kids, a house, college savings, etc.
Charity is a personal thing, and doesn't Michelle work in public service?
All those tax returns tell me is that I need to write a book. It beats being an associate.
ahhh, writing a book. what every non-writer mistakenly thinks is the path to easy money.
Seriously. Income in the 250k range with a family is nothing to write home about in a high COL area like Chicago. Makes sense he wouldn't have been giving much. And once the dough started rolling in in 2005, the Obamas were more than generous.
I actually own a morning coat. LAME that the AG doesn't even bother to borrow one, but gets some cheap polyester crap from Mr. Tuxedo or something.
I bet he screwed it up and didn't even have the striped pants. Or did something equally awful like have button cuffs rather than a traditional detachable collar shirt.
The AG should not be renting from Al's Formalwear.
"Charity is a personal thing, and doesn't Michelle work in public service?"
Uh, not unless you call working at Sidley, followed by a jump to being a high-paid executive, "public service."
The new US News rankings came out.
CLS OVERTAKES NYU. NYU to TTT!!!!
Boalt overakes Chicago. Chicago to TTT!!!!
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk241/snapple4224/USNEWS.jpg?t=1206496689
If this is a fake, it's a good one.
What do female solicitor generals wear?
Leiter leaves Texas - they go up.
Letier goes to Chicago - they go down.
I rest my case.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk241/snapple4224/USNEWS.jpg?t=1206496689
hope you enjoyed your #4 spot, cause it only comes around once every 10 years
These rankings are a joke. Columbia over NYU? No way.
Leiter leaves Texas - they go up.
Letier goes to Chicago - they go down.
I thought the T6 all got sweet BigLaw jobs???
What? CLS beat NYU?! The rankings are infallible! All hail the rankings!
Umm, 1:30, you may be jobless, but you are not T6.