Courthouses

Saline? Silicone? Bronze? Or none of the above? In response to this post from yesterday, we received the following emaill: I think you’ve misrepresented the caryatids in the foyer of the Pioneer Courthouse — I believe they’re cedar rather than bronze. Frequently we just correct errors within the original post (so please refresh your browser […]

This impressive bronze bust statue occupies the foyer of the Pioneer Courthouse, in Portland, Oregon: If John Ashcroft were still Attorney General, however, it might look more like this: Correction: It appears that we were wrong about those breasts being bronze. Please see here. Sorry about that!

“We’ve voted to deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. NOW can we have our milk and cookies?” We had a delightful time this past weekend in Portland, Oregon, where we attended Ninth Circuit Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain’s law clerk reunion, in celebration of his 20th anniversary on the bench. We’ll be blogging about the […]

* Are lawyers really this superstitious? Or is a trial just an excuse to go on a sugar binge and get all liquored up? [WSJ Law Blog] * Heh, looks like there’s another “backdating scandal” happening out on the West Coast. [The Recorder] * Extreme Makeover: Federal Courthouse Edition. [Washington Post] * It’s not just […]