Miguel Estrada
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7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Health Care / Medicine, Miguel Estrada, Religion, Richard Posner, Rudeness
The Benchslap Dispatches: I Pity The Fool Who Tries To Talk Over Judge Posner
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Elena Kagan, Miguel Estrada, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Lady Kaga Goes Gaga for Miguel Estrada
[U]nderneath a sometimes gruff exterior, he has the proverbial heart of gold: no one I know is a more faithful friend or a more fundamentally decent person. — Solicitor General and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, in a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about appellate litigator Miguel Estrada, a Gibson Dunn partner and possible […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Janice Rogers Brown, Miguel Estrada, Politics, Richard Epstein, Richard Posner, Robert Bork, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Unconfirmable Supreme Court (Part 2): The Conservatives
Last week, inspired by the pending Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan, we embarked upon a fun little imaginative exercise: What if Supreme Court nominees didn’t have to defend themselves to the American public? What if the U.S. Senate’s constitutional privilege of “advice and consent” was revoked? What would the Court look like if the […]
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Books, Elena Kagan, Miguel Estrada, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.14.10
* Professor Orin Kerr wonders: Could Roe be indirectly responsible for the religious imbalance on the Court? [Volokh Conspiracy] * Speaking of SCOTUS, Tom Goldstein suggested that an endorsement of Elena Kagan by Miguel Estrada (pictured) “has the potential to swing at least a half-dozen Republican votes.” Well, here you go. [PostPartisan / Washington Post] […] -
3rd Circuit, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Food, Hotties, Judicial Divas, Marjorie Rendell, Miguel Estrada, Television
Has a Federal Judge Ever Appeared on the Food Network?
If the answer is no, that’s about to change, as of tonight. A culinarily-minded tipster alerts us: Tonight at 10:30 EST, the fabulous Judge Midge Rendell will appear on the Food Network. Check out tonight’s episode of Dinner: Impossible: “Chef Robert Irvine faces his most daunting assignment yet. In a surprise meeting, the governor of […] -
Douglas Ginsburg, Eyes of the Law, John Roberts, Lori Alvino, Matthew McGill, Miguel Estrada, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Ted Olson, Weddings
The Eyes of the Law: Wedding Crashers
Yesterday Lori Alvino and Matthew McGill crushed their competition in Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. And perhaps their margin of victory should have been even larger. We would have given them extra points had we known about these legal celebrity sightings at their wedding: Not that Matt McGill and Lori Alvino McGill need more praise from […] -
Akhil Amar, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, John Roberts, Miguel Estrada, Neal Katyal, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Neal Katyal: The Paris Hilton of the Legal Elite?
Today’s Wednesday. Guess what that means? Time for another sycophantic profile of Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katyal! Katyal, you surely recall, successfully argued Hamdan v. Rumsfeld before the Supreme Court. For that achievement, he earned a place in the footnotes of legal history — and, even more importantly, an appearance on the Colbert Report. After […]