Dahlia Lithwick
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Dahlia Lithwick, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Bong Hits 4 Jesus: A Guest Post from John Carney
Ed. note: Today we’re pleased to present a guest post by John Carney. He’s the editor of our sibling site, DealBreaker, and a non-practicing attorney. Please note that the views expressed in this post are those of John (and John alone). Unlike John, we HAVE met Dahlia Lithwick, and think she’s fabulous — one of […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Dahlia Lithwick, Money, SCOTUS, Skaddenfreude, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerks: Do They Live Up to the Hype?
Or, perhaps more importantly, their $200,000 signing bonuses? That’s the question Dahlia Lithwick takes on in her recent Jurisprudence column for Slate. The sums in question are even larger than Lithwick notes. She writes: That will be [a] $200,000 [bonus] on top of a starting salary of $145,000 to $160,000. Which adds up to an […] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Ann Althouse, Arthur Leonard, Blogging, Conferences / Symposia, Dahlia Lithwick, Fashion, James Lindgren, Law Professors, Lawrence Solum, Media and Journalism, Pictures, Randy Barnett
Writing About the Law: A Correction, and Photographs
A pair of Volokh Conspirators, Professors James Lindgren and Randy Barnett, at last week’s NYLS conference on writing about the law. Inset: Professor Cameron Stracher, who organized the symposium. In our write-up of the NYLS conference panel on law reviews, we offered the following fashion commentary: Professors Barnett and Stracher are both rockin’ the “downtown […]
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7th Circuit, Dahlia Lithwick, Death Penalty, Feeder Judges, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.13.07
* Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS and the death penalty. [Slate] * A panel of the Seventh Circuit is made up entirely of Sixth Circuit judges sitting by designation. Of course, recusal seems to make sense when the defendant plotted to attack the Seventh Circuit’s courthouse. [How Appealing] * Novak testifies: he got the info from […]
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Affirmative Action, Alberto Gonzales, Crime, Dahlia Lithwick, Death Penalty, Department of Justice, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Education / Schools, Federal Judges, Habeas Corpus, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jury Duty, Linda Greenhouse, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court, Trials, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 01.18.07
* AG Gonzales: Federal judges are unqualified to make national security decisions. [MSNBC] * AG Gonzales: Federal judges should be making national security decisions. [MSNBC; Washington Post] * Affirmative action takes center stage at Boalt. [WSJ Law Blog] * Dahlia asks, “Have the Supreme Court’s opinions become suggestions in Texas?” [Slate] * Linda discusses the […]
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Dahlia Lithwick, Hotties, Howard Bashman, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, Movies, Nina Totenberg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tony Mauro
All About... Jan?
Our favorite movie of all time is All About Eve (1950). It’s the story of a brilliant but aging stage diva, Margo Channing (Bette Davis), and an aspiring actress, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). Margo befriends Eve, taking the star-struck youngster under her wing. But then the exceedingly ambitious Eve starts to threaten her mentor’s reign […] -
Andrew Sullivan, Antonin Scalia, Constitutional Law, Dahlia Lithwick, John Roberts, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
The Nino-Breyer Smackdown (Part 4)
We agree with Andrew Sullivan: Dahlia Lithwick did a superb job in her write-up of the Scalia-Breyer debate, which took place Tuesday night at the Capital Hilton. We attended as guests of the ACS, whom we thank for their hospitality. For our fourth and final post about the evening — prior posts here, here, and […] -
Antonin Scalia, Constitutional Law, Dahlia Lithwick, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
The Nino-Breyer Smackdown (Part 3)
Question: Now that the Supreme Court is hearing hardly any cases these days, how are the justices spending all their free time? Answer: On constitutional law road shows, in which they debate the proper way to go about interpreting that foundational document. What fun! On Tuesday, Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Stephen G. Breyer held […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Dahlia Lithwick, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Play That Funky Oral Argument Tape, White Boy
The Supreme Court heard a number of interesting oral arguments this week — and we’re way behind in our coverage of them. We’re working on catching up. On that note, it’s too bad that audio recordings of this week’s SCOTUS arguments aren’t available. As noted by the WSJ Law Blog, the Court released same-day printed […] -
CIA, Crime, Dahlia Lithwick, John Roberts, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
Morning Docket: 11.15.06
* When committing a robbery, try not to target a master of illusion. [CNN] * Another legal show goes the way of “The Law Firm.” [CNN] * Dahlia Lithwick begins this article, “Chief Justice John Roberts is the Dr. McDreamy of the federal bench.” [Slate] * Dismissal sought in the CIA leak case. [AP] * […]
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Antonin Scalia, Dahlia Lithwick, Media and Journalism, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, You Go Girl
Dahlia Lithwick: You Go, Girl
Some of you think we give Dahlia Lithwick, the legal affairs writer for Slate, a hard time. And it’s true that we often disagree with her (even if we always acknowledge her writerly talent). But we do find ourselves agreeing with much in her latest piece, criticizing recent critiques of the news media by several […] -
Antonin Scalia, Dahlia Lithwick, Ridiculousness, Supreme Court
Justice Scalia: Shaking His Bon Bon?
After yesterday’s discussion of Tequilagate, the pseudo-scandal in which Justice Antonin Scalia stands accused of racial insensitivity for a passing reference at oral argument to Mexico’s national drink, we received this reader email: Scalia’s “tequila” comment from the other day reminded me of a remark he made during oral argument in Hoffman Plastics, an immigration […] -
Antonin Scalia, Dahlia Lithwick, Drinking, Ridiculousness, Supreme Court
How Many Drunk Mexicans Live In Dahlia's Head?
We recently received an interesting piece of reader feedback that we’d like to pass along to you. It relates to the recent Tequilagate scandal, which we previously deemed to be “kinda stupid.” We predict that we’ll get some hate mail and negative comments over this (perhaps from the webmaster of this site). But we’ll push […]