Laurie Lin

Laurie Lin is a former D.C. Biglaw associate now living in Charleston, West Virginia with her husband and sons. You can also find her on the Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed page or West Virginia Public Broadcasting's "Front Porch" podcast. Follow her on Twitter (@wvpundette) or send wedding-related tips to her at leww.tips@gmail.com.

Posts by Laurie Lin

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  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non Sequiturs: 07.03.07

    * Jesse Jackson Jr. wants George W. Bush impeached for the Libby pardon; Wall Street Journal doesn’t think Bush went far enough. [CBS Chicago] [WSJ] * Christopher Hitchens says the London car bomb attacks were targeted at women. [Slate] * Federal judge dismisses suit brought by NYT for classified domestic spying documents. [USA Today] * […]
  • Fashion, Reader Polls

    Summer Fashion Poll: The Ladies' Turn

    Yesterday we promised a summer fashion poll for the ladies. Summertime attire is particularly hard for women, because we have to balance the hot temperatures outside with the often frigid indoor environments necessitated by the (entirely correct, we think) male aversion to short-sleeved dress shirts. Here you go, girls: Opinion Polls & Market Research Opinion Polls & Market Research
  • Federal Judges, Money

    Skaddenfreude: Chief Justice to $318,200?

    One legal employer is pondering a hike in base pay from just over $165,000 to nearly $250,000: the United States courts! A bill, co-sponsored by Senators Feinstein, Graham, Hatch, McConnell, and Reid, would set judicial pay at the following levels: District Court Judges: $247,800 Court of Appeals Judges: $262,700 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court: […]
  • Politics, Prisons

    Scooter Freed! Open Thread

    Well, that was fast. Smile, Scooter! President George W. Bush has just commuted your sentence! The President wiped away Libby’s prison term, but the $250,000 fine will stand. Here’s the grant of executive clemency and the President’s statement, which reads in part: I respect the jury’s verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence […]