Non-Sequiturs: 06.25.08
* An excellent online chat with Tom Goldstein, of Akin Gump / SCOTUSblog fame, about today's rulings. Thanks for the shout-out, Tom! (Scroll down to the query posed by "Blogs.") [Washington Post]
* Is calling a judge an "evil unfair witch" who is "seemingly mentally ill," in comments posted to a blog, protected speech under the First Amendment? We certainly hope so. [JAABlog]
* Guys at my high school got jailed for 48 hours all the time, it was no big deal. [National Law Journal]
* Lawyer reprimanded for conduct "so ignoble as to bring the legal profession in disrepute." [Sack Bagley]
* The New York Sun editorial board defends the free-spirited Chief Judge Kozinski. [New York Sun]
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Blogs: Who is more influential, David Lat or Peter Lattman?
Tom Goldstein: The question relates two very different but very popular weblogs: abovethelaw and the Wall Street Journal law blog. The answer is Lat, who writes abovethelaw.
But Lattman has left blogging behind for the world of print.
The question should have referred to Dan Slater (Lattman's replacement at the Law Blog).
What if the global economy stagnates, or even shrinks?
I'm obviously not in the ATL loop. but where did the whole "guys at my high school...it was no big deal" thing come from?
Autoadmit, 6:25.
Guys at my high school were n00bs all the time. It was no big deal.
Guys at my high school were unaware of popular (if wildly overdone) ATL memes all the time. It was no big deal.
- FRAT STUD
To elaborate on what 6:50 said, there was actually a pre-law dude on autoadmit.com who used the "guys in my high school" remark with sincerity. His screen name may or may not have been "Frat Stud."
So goes the legend, at any rate....
6:20 - It already is. But what's your point?
WSJ Political Wire blog reports today that Obama denounced the SCOTUS decision baring the death penalty for child rape.
Obviously, Obama did not want to become another Dukakis, but given his 1996 written opposition the death penalty under any circumstances, this flip-flop is going to hurt.
9:14 -
If there is anything less intelligent than shooting for the f-ing "flip-flop" jab, I can't think of it. Is there any chance that people ever change their opinions?
For example, I used to be very pro-choice. Then I saw the monitor as the nurse administered a sonogram to my wifes pregnant stomach, and at that moment, I became pro-life. Call me a flip-flopper.
Why are conservatives so simple minded ?? I am sure you sleep soundly with the comfort that McCain has never changed his mind. You know, like his support for Iraq. Way to stick to your guns Johnny!!
Or as Colbert said at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: I believe on Wednesday what I believed on Monday... no matter *what* happened on Tuesday.
10:04: Why are you such a self-absorbed prick. So it was OK to kill other babies, but not yours? You couldn't make that decision independent of your own personal life? You epitomize the hypocrisy of liberals. Perhaps we can change your stance on the death penalty and illegal immigration by having a family member killed by an illegal. Way to stand fast on your ideals.
5:53 PM: Peter lattman left the WSJ Law Blog months ago.
Obama has changed quite a lit of his opinions, and has backedh out of several campaign promises:
>hand gun ban (was for now against)
> Death penalty (was against, now for)
>Telecom immunity in FISA bill (promosed to block through fillibuster, but voted for)
> Public financing for general election campaign (Pledged to accept in Novamber 2007, if Republican nominee did, opted out this week)
Since half the content on ATL is poached from WSJ, that's a testament to Lat's marketing abilities.