Immigration
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9th Circuit, Divorce Train Wrecks, Football, Immigration, Insider Trading, Morning Docket, Sports
Morning Docket: 04.12.11
* Baker & McKenzie is being sued for $600 million. First they were the inspiration for Philadelphia. Then they gave me a cold offer. Now this? Horrific mistakes, all. [Sports Money / Forbes] * Meanwhile, Bingham McCutchen is preemptively suing Frank McCourt for letting them screw him over so badly. [Los Angeles Times] * The […]
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Britney Spears, Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Job Searches, Law Schools, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.30.11
* Some people regret going to law school; Rachel Kramer Bussel regrets not finishing. But she wound up at the same delicious destination as so many JDs, namely, cupcakes. [The Gloss and Cupcakes Take the Cake] * Speaking of law school, Professor Dan Filler asks: Despite all the gloom and doom, is now actually an […] - Sponsored
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Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, John Yoo, Larry Thompson, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Richard Epstein, William Birdthistle
Non-Sequiturs: 03.28.11
* Over the weekend, while I was at the gym, I listened to this engaging and entertaining podcast, with Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo. They discuss Libya, Obamacare, and — perhaps most interesting for ATL readers — the U.S. News law school rankings (around the 13-minute mark). [Ricochet (subscription); accessible for free for ATL […]
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Abortion, Bankruptcy, Deaths, Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.22.11
* Is it possible that in South Dakota you have to go through a shorter waiting period to buy a gun and shoot someone who is already alive than you have to go through in order to have an abortion? Could somebody check on that? [MSNBC] * Did you see this chart showing that law […] -
Copyright, Crime, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Rankings, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. News, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.08.11
* Obama has created an indefinite detention system for prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Because he’s too soft on terrorism to make it definite. [Washington Post] * Utah’s new immigration laws will create a legal storm. El Niño! Spanish for The… Niño! [USA Today] * Lilo finally starred in another movie, and former wet poodle […]
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Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Lesbians, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.24.11
* A British court ruled that Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden. [Reuters] * Governor Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions. Men, barbecue, I like you, I like you too dawg, let’s get… civil unioned? [Honolulu Star-Advertiser] * Seems like Betty Boop was passed around like a […]
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Ann Althouse, Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.15.11
* A “barroom brawl” between law firm partners results in one partner leaving the firm. WEAK. Men should be able to beat the crap out of each other, shake hands when they’re finished, and still be able to do business together. [ABA Journal] * A public defender got a TRO against a judge who allegedly […] -
Barry Bonds, Baseball, Celebrities, Immigration, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Prisons, Sports, Tobacco / Smoking
Morning Docket: 02.11.11
* If the Muslim Brotherhood gains power in Egypt, they will impose sharia law. Just like Oklahoma! [ABC Online] * Lindsay Lohan took to Twitter to announce that she “was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal.” Well, nature it is. [msnbc.com] * Arizona is suing the federal government over the porous border. Mr. Obama, […]
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Constitutional Law, Immigration, Racism, Rank Stupidity
Born in the U.S.A. No Longer Good Enough for Republican Lawmakers
I’m not a constitutional scholar, and I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn last night. But I really struggle to find the ambiguity in this line from the Fourteenth Amendment: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State […] -
Fame Brief, Immigration
Fame Brief: Salma Hayek Brings Heat, Boobs to SCOTUS Immigration Debate
Heat makes people crazy. But because Arizona refuses to cut the heat by putting up trees or building an air conditioned dome over the state like I had originally suggested, it has focused its temperature-induced rage on getting rid of illegal immigrants. You’ve no doubt read about the recently enacted Gestapo-flavored law which requires all […] -
Immigration, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Living the American Dream?
People used to tell me, ‘Why go to college if you can’t get a real job when you graduate.’ If I had listened to those people, I wouldn’t have done anything with my life. — Luis Perez, the first undocumented immigrant to graduate from UCLA School of Law (and the subject of a recent profile […] -
Cardozo Law School, Food, Immigration, Politics, Quote of the Day, Sandra Day O'Connor
Quote of the Day: Sandra Day O'Connor Will Heal the World One Fajita at a Time
I would make Mexican food and get some beer and have everyone over for dinner. — Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, explaining how she would achieve legislative consensus among state senators in Arizona, in remarks to Cardozo law students over the weekend. -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Immigration, Job Searches, Law Schools
Clerkship Application Season: Open Thread(And a tricky issue re: non-citizen law clerks.)
It’s that time of the year again: clerkship application season. Here is the requisite open thread for discussion, where you can trade news and gossip about which courts and judges are hiring, which ones are done, which clerkships are great, and which clerkships you’ll hate. Pursuant to the 2010 Law Clerk Hiring Plan for federal […]
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3rd Circuit, Immigration
The Third Circuit Respects Supremacy -- A Lesson Arizona Will Soon Learn.
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, is a lovely little town (or so Lat tells me — his aunt used to live there). But it’s not bigger than the federal government or the Constitution of the United States of America. That’s the lesson the Third Circuit handed down today with its decision in the Lozano v. Hazleton case. At […] -
Immigration
Federal Judge Tells Arizona to Hang On A Second
This is going to come as a major surprise to many of you, but the Obama administration just won a victory in Federal Court. I know, it’s crazy, but a federal judge actually sided with the Obama administration’s request for a preliminary injunction that will stay the effects of some provisions in Arizona’s controversial new […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Immigration
Utah Citizens Form Their Very Own Secret Police
A group calling itself “Concerned Citizens of the United States” has compiled and published a list of 1,300 allegedly illegal immigrants living in Utah. In addition to names and addresses, the list goes into shocking personal detail about the people the Concerned Citizens group is concerned about, The New York Times reports: Each page of […] -
Gay Marriage, Immigration, JPMorgan Chase, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.15.10
* JPMorgan Chase kicks off earning season with strong numbers. You wonder if this will give Jamie Dimon even more clout has he lobbies on the financial reform bill. [CNN Money] * Argentina legalizes gay marriage. [New York Times] * Hogan Lovells partner Scott McInnis admits he committed plagiarism in 1984. He’d still like to […]
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Immigration
How's This for Symbolism: DOJ Files Against Arizona Immigration Law on Tuesday After Independence Day
The Obama administration has been utterly spineless when it comes to the gay marriage, but they seem to have found their voice on the culture war issue of 2010. The DOJ is filing suit today against the state of Arizona over the state’s controversial immigration law. AZ Central reports: The U.S. Justice Department is filing […] -
Dewey & LeBoeuf, Immigration, Pro Bono
Dewey Crosses Border Into Arizona Mess
Have you been waiting for a megafirm to take a stand in the Arizona immigration law mess? Biglaw has already been all up in the BP oil spill disaster. Why not weigh in on behalf of Arizona, or take the side of racially-profiled, dark-skinned people? One Biglaw firm is ready to get into this. Dewey […] -
Harvard, Immigration
Harvard Student v. Border Patrol
Those in favor of hunting down illegal immigrants who come to this country looking to better themselves will probably view this story as a victory. They’ll skip right past the part where we find out that the illegal immigrant in question came to this country when he was four. Instead they’ll accuse this guy of […]