* I feel like a lawyer blaming his client’s crime on violent video games should be the defense attorney equivalent of referencing Hitler in an internet argument. Once you do it, you should just automatically lose. [Overlawyered]
* One of the most encouraging things we can say about Citizens United is that campaign cash doesn’t prevent you from being an idiot that nobody in their right mind would vote for. Isn’t that right, Rick Perry? [Election Law Blog]
* Protip race-baiters: conversion to Chapter 11 is not “like slavery.” The phrase you are looking for is “indentured servitude.” [Forbes]
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* Why can’t Facebook stop crime? Why can’t Facebook do everything? With $5 billion, I think Facebook should figure out how to cure cancer. [Legal Blog Watch]
* Should the ABA make things a little easier for military spouses who are also attorneys? [ABA Now]
* This has to be a some kind of record for a ignoring a court order. [Legal Juice]