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  • See Also: I Love It When People Fight
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    See Also: I Love It When People Fight

    SUDDENLY RETIRED JUDGE RICHARD POSNER HAS BEEN DISHING IT TO HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES: In case you missed our “uncensored” interview with him, read it here. But the Seventh Circuit doesn’t seem to want to take it anymore. Chief Judge Diane Wood has… a counter-narrative. Somebody bring out the Octagon.

    IT’S LESS FUN WHEN PEOPLE ARE PICKING ON THOSE WEAKER THAN THEMSELVES: But, since it’s just a law firm pranking its summer associates, it’s still pretty fun. Read the tricks and japes here.

    IT’S NOT FUN AT ALL WHEN THE STATE IS FIGHTING WITH POWERLESS CITIZENS: A cop shot another black man and the cop was acquitted. Read the all too familiar report here.

    JESUS, GRANDPA, WHY’D YOU EVEN TELL ME THIS STORY: Honestly kids, try not to kill yourselves.

    LET’S BRING IT BACK TO GOOD WITH SOME NEXT-LEVEL POACHING: Quinn Emanuel, always an innovator, is rethinking how it steals talent from its competitors. Read about it here. No, I said read about it, not “click the link to apply.”

  • See Also: You Cannot Wield The Weapon Of The Enemy
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    See Also: You Cannot Wield The Weapon Of The Enemy

    ALLOW ME TO NERD OUT FOR A SECOND: Okay, so in Lord of the Rings, there’s an existential conflict that defines my life. Boromir, fundamentally, thinks that he can use the One Ring to defend his people against the forces of Mordor. Aragorn understands that the Ring cannot be used for good, despite the best of one’s intentions, and it must be destroyed. Aragorn is right… BECAUSE THE DRAMA OF THE FANTASY REQUIRES HIM TO BE. I remain largely unconvinced of his position in real life. I tend towards Boromir’s position: “I ask only for the strength to defend my people!” Of course, Boromir says that like eight seconds before he tries to kill Frodo and steal the ring, so… I have issues. In any event, here is me arguing with Ken White of Popehat and Corynne McSherry of EFF that we should interpret the First Amendment so that it also allows us to stop Nazis. And here’s our post about the enemy trying to absolutely crush the free speech rights of protesters. It’s not pretty.

    EVEN THE GOOD PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AL FRANKEN: Who is using the judicial obstruction strategies of the enemy. Again, I stand with Boromir, but it’s a close thing.

    HURRICANE LAW: Sometimes, I feel bad generating traffic by thinking through legal angles to natural disasters. But, not that bad. FOR GONDOR! Our post on LEGAL chaos from Irma. Our post on using your time while sheltering in place, productively!

    WHAT IS THE POINT OF BEING A JUDGE IF YOU STILL HAVE TO SHOP AT COSTCO? Costco is the Lembas Bread of grocery stores. Just ask Judge Alex Kozinski.

    LAST LORD OF THE RINGS JOKE OF THE WEEK: “Even if your for-profit law school survives this war, you will still be parted. If your institution survives and you are crowned in the top ten percent and all that you hope for comes true, you will still have to taste the bitterness of the bar exam.” Read about North Carolina’s bar passage rate here.

  • See Also: It’s Hard Out Here For…
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    See Also: It's Hard Out Here For...

    [Ed. note: “See Also” is a new column we’ll be running in place of Non-Sequiturs. It’s going to be an evening ATL Digest for people who missed some of our content earlier in the day.] LAW STUDENTS AND LAWYERS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC INTEREST WORK. Law school costs a fortune, and public interest work doesn’t pay […]

  • See Also: What Else Happened On DACA Repeal Day?
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    See Also: What Else Happened On DACA Repeal Day?

    [Ed. note: “See Also” is a new column we’ll be running in place of Non-Sequiturs. It’s going to be an evening ATL Digest for people who missed some of our content earlier in the day.]

    WE ALL KNEW TRUMP WANTED TO DEPORT CHILDREN: Seeing him do it is still surprisingly hard to take, though. You can read about Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions putting the screws to children, and the GOP, here. But anyway…

    WE HAVE A WHOLE THING ON EMPLOYEE LOVE CONTRACTS: And other issues related to office romance. I feel like “don’t s**t where you eat” should always be the rule, but we have lawyers because people can’t help themselves. Read more here.

    CANNABIS IS SUBJECT TO PRODUCT LIABILITY RULES: “This weed made me miss my job interview.” — Sorry bro, that’s on the label. “Then I got paranoid that I would never have a job again.” — Again, warning label. “I was so paranoid I ripped off my clothes and tried to fly off my roof!” — What? Umm… should I call a lawyer? Read our Pot Shots column.

    I HATE WHAT WE DO TO HURRICANE/NATURAL DISASTER VICTIMS: At a time in their lives where they really shouldn’t have to worry about “lawyers,” lawyers are crucial in helping these people avoid being screwed again, not by Mother Nature but by their insurance. There’s got to be a better way.

    I’M GOING TO BE DEBATING POPEHAT: On Wednesday night at the WNYC’s Greene Space, I’m going to be debating Popehat about free speech. Event is sold out, I believe, but we’ll be streaming live on Facebook at 7:00 p.m. In the meantime, read this here post, which should give you a preview of how entirely done I am with the white man’s First Amendment right to advocate the ethnic cleansing of me from my own freaking country.

  • See Also: Jesus Christ There’s Still Another Quarter Of Trump’s First Year In Office
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    See Also: Jesus Christ There's Still Another Quarter Of Trump's First Year In Office

    [Ed. note: “See Also” is a new column we’ll be running in place of Non-Sequiturs. It’s going to be an evening ATL Digest for people who missed some of our content earlier in the day.]

    WE’RE GONNA NEED MORE LAWYERS: Yes, me, Elie Mystal, law school “scam” blogger, am happy that Trump is making more people go to law school. The “Trump bump” for law school applications is real. And we need it. Because lawyers are the first responders to the Trump crisis. Go get your entirely overpriced J.D. and join the fight. Read this.

    THERE SHOULD BE A SITE THAT JUST PICKS A RANDOM TRUMP OFFICIAL EVERYDAY AND LISTS THEIR (LACK OF) QUALIFICATIONS: Here at Above the Law, we have to focus on the embarrassing legal qualifications of Team-Trump, but really there needs to be an app where you just pull up one of these people at random whenever you are feeling like you are under-qualified for the task at hand, to make yourself feel better. Let’s point and laugh at this lawyer though.

    THE ARPAIO PARDON WAS A TEST BALLOON: We’ve written a lot about the pardon of Joe Arpaio. So have others. The overwhelming upshot is that the president can, but he shouldn’t have. When reached for comment, Captain Jack Sparrow said: “The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can’t do.” Read This.

    F**K DA POLICE: Seriously. Read this, then read this, then come at me on Twitter about “#NotAllCops” so I can yell at you in public.

    IN WEDDING NEWS: It looks like our top-read story for the week is going to be the one about the newlywed who faked her bills to cover for her time spent on honeymoon. Our second most read story is going to be the law firm ad looking for “Baylor Law wives” to work as receptionists. We know a lot of people get married over Labor Day weekend, so here’s just a reminder that when an attorney marries a non-lawyer, the one without legal training is probably the better person. Read about married attorneys. Read about people married to attorneys.


    Elie Mystal is an editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.