Non-Sequiturs: 02.06.15

* Records show that Case Western Law bought former dean Lawrence Mitchell's house for $575,000. Was it still furnished with the Chinese silk sheets? [The Observer] * Judge Posner explains that ALJs are basically working a conveyor belt. To wit, here's a visual representation of Social Security ALJs at work. [Valpo Law Blog] * Um, what's the charge for "acting like you're in Fast and Furious"? [Legal Juice] * Republicans making moves to stop net neutrality. Netflix needs to start showing more Bible documentaries to sap this movement's political will. [Bloomberg Politics] * Professor Campos reviews a new paper on the future of higher education funding. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * The law dean at the University of New Brunswick is accused of "sexism, harassment, and, in one case, threats of violence by two of his former law school colleagues." That's some very un-Canadian behavior. But Levitt used to be the dean at Florida A&M, and that does sound like some very Floridian behavior. [CBC] UPDATE (2/23/16 12:57 p.m.): Checking back in on this story we have a LOT to add. Since we first linked to this, the CBC has had to retract its stories about Professor Levitt. It turns out he was not a party, witness or even deposed in the law suits even though CBC was giving off the impression that he was the central figure in criminal cases. It seems he wasn't even a party to the civil cases when they were reporting that! CBC has had to report that Levitt was absolved or 'cleared' of any wrongdoing not once, but twice. The whole saga seems, from what we know today, to have been pretty egregious and raises troubling questions about race and media bias in Canada, as discussed in this piece about the matter. * How to make your shoes last longer. [Corporette] * Michael Cannon and Professor Jonathan Adler use some pretty compelling evidence in their amicus brief decrying King v. Burwell. Unfortunately, they kind of made up a quote. When the woman they quoted tries to clear the record, Cannon tells her he understands what she clearly said better than she did. In a sense this is a microcosm for the whole case. [Constitutional Accountability Center]

* Records show that Case Western Law bought former dean Lawrence Mitchell’s house for $575,000. Was it still furnished with the Chinese silk sheets? [The Observer]

* Judge Posner explains that ALJs are basically working a conveyor belt. To wit, here’s a visual representation of Social Security ALJs at work. [Valpo Law Blog]

* Um, what’s the charge for “acting like you’re in Fast and Furious”? [Legal Juice]

* Republicans making moves to stop net neutrality. Netflix needs to start showing more Bible documentaries to sap this movement’s political will. [Bloomberg Politics]

* Professor Campos reviews a new paper on the future of higher education funding. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]

* The law dean at the University of New Brunswick is accused of “sexism, harassment, and, in one case, threats of violence by two of his former law school colleagues.” That’s some very un-Canadian behavior. But Levitt used to be the dean at Florida A&M, and that does sound like some very Floridian behavior. [CBC] UPDATE (2/23/16 12:57 p.m.): Checking back in on this story we have a LOT to add. Since we first linked to this, the CBC has had to retract its stories about Professor Levitt. It turns out he was not a party, witness or even deposed in the law suits even though CBC was giving off the impression that he was the central figure in criminal cases. It seems he wasn’t even a party to the civil cases when they were reporting that! CBC has had to report that Levitt was absolved or ‘cleared’ of any wrongdoing not once, but twice. The whole saga seems, from what we know today, to have been pretty egregious and raises troubling questions about race and media bias in Canada, as discussed in this piece about the matter.

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* How to make your shoes last longer. [Corporette]

* Michael Cannon and Professor Jonathan Adler use some pretty compelling evidence in their amicus brief decrying King v. Burwell. Unfortunately, they kind of made up a quote. When the woman they quoted tries to clear the record, Cannon tells her he understands what she clearly said better than she did. In a sense this is a microcosm for the whole case. [Constitutional Accountability Center]

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