Non-Sequiturs: 03.03.15
* Getting a SCOTUS justice to attend your wedding is tough, but maybe invite one for dinner? [Washington Post] * A DOJ investigation concludes that the Ferguson Police Department and courts engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African Americans. The investigation was conducted by the DOJ's division of obvious things. [CNN] * When police didn't respond to his call fast enough, this guy tried to rob a convenience store to get the cops out there faster. And then they still didn't come... [Legal Juice] * King v. Burwell argument is almost here! Conservatives are really eager to take the law down. But would hurting Obamacare really hurt conservatives more in the end? [Bloomberg View] * A California lawyer is proposing a new law to address homosexuality with "bullets to the head or by any other convenient method." I don't think that'll pass. [Huffington Post] * Authorities still harassing family who trusted a 10-year-old to walk outside without a parent hovering over them. It's hard to criticize helicopter parents when they're only following the law. [Washington Post] * Well, well, well. Now that they've sent out a harassing C&D letter, Katy Perry's people have thrown some Left Shark merchandise up on their site. [Katy Perry] * Fascinating use of the Internet: a crowdfunding campaign to help refugee mothers and children secure release from government detention. [Go Fund Me] * In this preview of Professor Nancy Leong's latest videocast, she talks with Professor Jessica Clarke about how courts treat sexual harassment cases in same- vs. opposite-sex harassment. [TheRightsCast] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVqYDrYNV0Y&utm_content=bufferd2ca9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
* Getting a SCOTUS justice to attend your wedding is tough, but maybe invite one for dinner? [Washington Post]
* A DOJ investigation concludes that the Ferguson Police Department and courts engaged in a “pattern and practice” of discrimination against African Americans. The investigation was conducted by the DOJ’s division of obvious things. [CNN]
* When police didn’t respond to his call fast enough, this guy tried to rob a convenience store to get the cops out there faster. And then they still didn’t come… [Legal Juice]
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* King v. Burwell argument is almost here! Conservatives are really eager to take the law down. But would hurting Obamacare really hurt conservatives more in the end? [Bloomberg View]
* A California lawyer is proposing a new law to address homosexuality with “bullets to the head or by any other convenient method.” I don’t think that’ll pass. [Huffington Post]
* Authorities still harassing family who trusted a 10-year-old to walk outside without a parent hovering over them. It’s hard to criticize helicopter parents when they’re only following the law. [Washington Post]
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* Well, well, well. Now that they’ve sent out a harassing C&D letter, Katy Perry’s people have thrown some Left Shark merchandise up on their site. [Katy Perry]
* Fascinating use of the Internet: a crowdfunding campaign to help refugee mothers and children secure release from government detention. [Go Fund Me]
* In this preview of Professor Nancy Leong’s latest videocast, she talks with Professor Jessica Clarke about how courts treat sexual harassment cases in same- vs. opposite-sex harassment. [TheRightsCast]