Habeas Corpus
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Bankruptcy, Food, Habeas Corpus, Labor / Employment, Non-Sequiturs, Partner Issues, Patents, Romance and Dating, Sentencing Law
Non-Sequiturs: 03.18.14
* “How many years would you put a TV pitchman in jail? 3 years? 5 years? Don’t answer yet…” [Sentencing Law and Policy] * So there’s a sex tape of Chris Christie. Except it isn’t him. They should have known Christie could never be a porn star. You can’t get far in the porn biz by saying, “This lane is closed.” [Gawker] * Dolt Duped By Date Sues OKCupid. [NY Post] * Patents are a terrible measure of innovation. Hold on, I defy you to besmirch the Anti-Drowning Hat. [Concurring Opinions] * Wage theft in fast food shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the role played by the franchise model in creating labor law violations is intriguing. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * A gathering of business development tips, including shout outs to Anonymous Partner and Mark Herrmann. [Corporette] * What better qualification to challenge for the Vegas DA’s job than to be prosecuted by that office days before the election? [Las Vegas Law Blog] * A Baltimore lawyer aggressively used the habeas process to release mentally ill girls to serve as personal slaves to the wealthy. [Slate] * Weil’s Business Finance & Restructuring team is putting together a March Madness bracket based on quotes from bankruptcy decisions. Let the excitement wash over you. Having not seen the bracket yet, I’m reserving judgment on what an awesome array of bankruptcy quotes would look like. [Bankruptcy Blog] * Kevin O’Keefe, who presented on my panel at our Attorney@Blog conference, left all of us touched with his tribute to Above the Law. [Real Lawyers Have Blogs] -
China, Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, Habeas Corpus, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sentencing Law
Morning Docket: 07.10.07
* Georgia Supreme Court expedites Genarlow Wilson hearing. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Libby gets supervised release to wrap up his sentencing. [WSJ Law Blog] * Off with their food safety head. [BBC] * Georgia judge dies after beating received during robbery two weeks ago. [Fulton County Daily Report]
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Death Penalty, Deaths, Defamation, Habeas Corpus, Kids, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sentencing Law, Sex, Sports, State Judges
Morning Docket: 06.13.07
* So what’s the solution here? Let another state’s appellate court hear the appeals? [AP via Kane County Chronicle via How Appealing] * Come on, you can get the man a bond hearing earlier than three weeks from now. They’re killing me with this; let him go, damnit! [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Mississippi sues State Farm […]
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Alberto Gonzales, Football, Habeas Corpus, Immigration, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Sports, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 06.12.07
* Really, Baker, you’re gonna appeal? Listen, let it go. Nobody wants this guy in jail. [New York Times via How Appealing] * Who will patrol the guardsmen? [New York Times] * Senate seven votes shy on expressing no confidence in Gonzales. [Jurist] * Rum and coke at a Bears game? [WSJ Law Blog] * […]
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Crime, Habeas Corpus, Monica Lewinsky, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sentencing Law, Sex
We Sure Hope It Was Worth Two Years in Prison
Defendant Genarlow Wilson, who served two years behind bars for having consensual oral sex with another teen, has been ordered released from prison. Wilson’s habeas corpus petition was granted, despite defense counsel being named “B.J. Bernstein.” (If former President Bill Clinton were asked if Monica’s ministrations were worth it — the impeachment, the ignominy, the […] -
8th Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Death Penalty, Habeas Corpus, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Benchslap of the Day: Justice Scalia's Dissent in Roper
Okay, make that yesterday. A reader email drew our attention to the saucy conclusion of Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in Roper v. Weaver: The greatest harm is that done to AEDPA, since dismissing the writ of certiorari leaves the Eighth Circuit’s grossly erroneous precedent on the books. (That precedent, by the way, cannot be explained […] -
Anna Nicole Smith, Antitrust, Celebrities, Deaths, Habeas Corpus, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 02.21.07
* The standard for predatory-bidding claims is the same as that for predatory-pricing claims, and Ross-Simmons didn’t meet it. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * A certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court does not toll the 1-year statute of limitations for seeking federal habeas relief from a state-court judgment. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * Juries […]
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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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9th Circuit, Blog Wars, Douglas Berman, Habeas Corpus, Harry Pregerson, Law Professors, Orin Kerr, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court
Sentencing Law Smackdown: Berman v. Kerr
It is SO ON. More on Judge Pregerson’s Opinion in Carrington v. United States [Volokh Conspiracy] More Kerr on Carrington and mandate recall discretion [Sentencing Law and Policy] Distinguishing finality interests between convictions and sentences [Sentencing Law and Policy] Earlier: Sentencing Law Smackdown: Berman v. Kerr? Judge Harry Pregerson Is Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ -
Arlen Specter, Federalist Society, Habeas Corpus, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Jeffrey Toobin, Judicial Nominations, New Yorker, Senate Judiciary Committee, War on Terror, William Haynes
Senator Arlen Specter: One Heck of a Squash Player
Here’s another excellent article from Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker. It’s about the role played by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), outgoing chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, with respect to the recent habeas corpus legislation (aka the Military Commissions Act of 2006). If you’re confused about the controversy over this legislation, which has wound […] -
Antonin Scalia, Habeas Corpus, Morning Docket, Politics, State Judges, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 10.24.06
* Carter to Ensign: “I may be a carpetbagger, but you’re a Bushman.” [AP via Online Athens] * Out here in the West, we have a rugged, independent, individualist spirit. However, we want to make sure that our judges never express it. [Washington Times via How Appealing] * The Constitution says that the writ of […]