Politics
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Monica Goodling, Politics
Soon To Be Breaking: Inspector General's Monica Goodling Report
We hear that the Justice Department’s special report on our favorite DOJ diva, Monica Goodling, will be coming out later today — in fact, later this morning. Perhaps within 15 minutes or so, give or take…. Stay tuned. We’ll update this space with more as it emerges. Update (10:08 AM): As we predicted, the report […] -
Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Professors, Politics, Samantha Power, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch (Bonus Edition): Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein Get Hitched
Back in May, we broke the news of the engagement of celebrity professors Cass Sunstein and Samantha Power. Both are Harvard-trained lawyers and high-profile advisers — current in Sunstein’s case, and former in Power’s case (see Monstergate) — to fellow HLS grad Barack Obama. In the fall, Professor Sunstein will be teaching law at Harvard, […] - Sponsored
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Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Politics
An Interesting Factoid About the California Marriage Cases
Last week, the California Supreme Court struck down that state’s statutory ban on gay / same-sex marriage. The court was closely divided, issuing a 4-3 decision. Six out of the seven justices were appointed by Republican governors, interestingly enough. Here’s a potentially more accurate way to explain the result in the marriage cases than party […]
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John McCain, Politics, SCOTUS
The U.S. Senate's Got McCain's Natural-Born Back
John McCain doesn’t have the interesting gender or diversity points that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have, but he does have some immigrant cred. He was not born in one of the United States of America, and there are “at least three pending cases… challenging McCain’s right to be sworn in as president.” The Senate […] -
DUI / DWI, Law Schools, Marc Dann, Politics, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Party Is Over in the Ohio AG 'Dannimal House'Amid Scandal, Dann Withdraws As Case Western Law's Commencement Speaker
Marc Dann is Ohio’s attorney general… for now. But he won’t be Case Western Reserve University’s law school commencement speaker, per an e-mail from the dean this morning. Dann was an ATL lawyer of the day honoree last month for running a dysfunctional office with staff accused of sexual harassment, DUIs, and ethics law violations. […] -
Barack Obama, Education / Schools, Politics, Religion
More Northwestern Commencement Controversy: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright
This is slightly off the legal beat. But these days, everyone is talking about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright — including lots of law professors (like Ann Althouse and Glenn Reynolds). And we also know how much you enjoy controversy over commencement speakers, especially at Northwestern University (where Jerry Springer is speaking at the law school’s […] -
DUI / DWI, Lawyer of the Day, Marc Dann, Politics, Sexual Harassment
Lawyer of the Day: Marc Dann
Marc Dann has had a rough tenure as Ohio’s attorney general. When the media start crafting timelines of your troubles, the end may well be nigh. One of Dann’s biggest problems seems to be judgment calls. Such as when choosing staff members. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a write-up on this stellar Dann staffer: One […] -
Contests, Fred Fielding, Pictures, Politics, White House Counsel
ATL Caption Contest Finalists: Mr. Easter Bunny and POTUS
Some of you have wondered about the delay in choosing finalists for the ATL Caption Contest. We did not forget about it; we just wanted to save a little Easter for April, the proper month for the holiday. Easter in March is just plain wrong. As a refresher, this is the photo of President Bush […] - Sponsored
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Contests, Fred Fielding, Pictures, Politics, White House Counsel
ATL Caption Contest: Mr. Easter Bunny, White House Counsel Fred Fielding
Here’s a photo of President Bush and his White House Counsel — Fred Fielding, former senior partner at Wiley Rein (fka Wiley Rein & Fielding), dressed up as the Easter Bunny — at the White House Easter Egg Roll earlier this week: Quips our tipster: “One can only hope Fielding isn’t splitting hares. Or giving […] -
Crime, Gary Zerola, Gay, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Perverts, Politics, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals, Trials
Update: Massachusetts Lawyers Getting Off
For the record, here’s some follow-up on two Bay State lawyers previously discussed in these pages, who have been cleared of the charges against them. At least to some extent. First, remember Carl Stanley McGee (right), who was arrested after being accused of going down on a 15-year-old boy? Earlier this week, Florida prosecutors decided […] -
Politics
Why Are Wet Whiners at Winston?
The Washington office of Winston & Strawn was the site of a “mystery protest” this afternoon. For more details and a photo, see here. Wonkette’s tipster writes: “What they did to deserve a protest is beyond me.” Our guess? Fashion-forward feminists, really pissed off about this. Mystery Protest On Rain-Slicked D.C. Corner! [Wonkette] -
Free Speech, Hillary Clinton, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Free Speech Hypothetical: Campaign Buttons Outside the Supreme Court
While standing outside the U.S. Supreme Court building this morning, Georgetown Law student Sam Arora sent us this message (with photo): I’m #2 in line for the SCOTUS 11 AM argument. A policewoman standing at front told me I wasn’t allowed to wear my Hillary button “on the plaza.” She said it was rules. I […] -
Barack Obama, Guns / Firearms, Kwame Kilpatrick, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Sex Scandals, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 03.19.08
* Collected coverage of yesterday’s Supreme Court oral argument in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Second Amendment case concerning D.C. gun control. [SCOTUSblog (linkwrap); How Appealing (linkwrap)] * NJ prosecutors subpoena records from JuicyCampus.com (think AutoAdmit for college students). [AP] * An update on former Lawyer of the Day Kwame Kilpatrick: the Detroit City […]
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Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Musical Chairs, Office of Legal Policy, Politics, Rachel Brand, Seth Waxman, Weirdness
Musical Chairs: WilmerHale's New Hires
We bring you news of a career move by one of America’s most fabulous young lawyers. From a press release issued by WilmerHale: WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Rachel L. Brand and Mark D. Nelson will join the firm’s Washington, DC public policy and strategy practice focusing on congressional investigations, regulatory affairs and crisis […] -
Eliot Spitzer, Politics, Sex Scandals, Silda Wall Spitzer
Liveblogging Eliot Spitzer's News Conference
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer scheduled a news conference for 11:30 AM today. It appears that the governor is running late. We’re tuned in to CNN, and they just showed footage of the governor’s motorcade leaving from his Upper East Side apartment — previously profiled here (Fifth Avenue, 3BR/3BA, Central Park views) — to his […] -
Barack Obama, Defamation, Eliot Spitzer, Food, Morning Docket, Politics, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.12.08
* Spitzer may — or make that will — resign today. [CNN; New York Times] * Obama wins Mississippi, picks up more Texas delegates than Clinton. [CNN] * Gitmo war-crimes tribunal to hear detainee’s case. [MSNBC] * Houses passes proposal to create independent ethics panel. [Washington Post] * Another French trader taken into custody in […]
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David Vitter, Politics, Prostitution, Reader Polls
A Seminal Question: Should Prostitution Be Legalized?
The scandal surrounding New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who allegedly patronized prostitutes, raises an interesting issue. It surfaced in some of the comments to yesterday’s posts, and it’s raised in the defense of Governor Spitzer offered by his former law professor, Alan Dershowitz, on CNN: “I don’t think he should face criminal charges for federal […] -
Eliot Spitzer, Holy Crap, Jeffrey Toobin, Politics, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
Breaking: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Involved With Prostitution Ring!!!
Guess we picked our Lawyer of the Day too soon. Update (2:30 PM): Press conference scheduled for 2:15 p.m., but Governor Spitzer is running 15 minutes late. “I don’t blame him,” said Ben Smith of the Politico, interviewed just now on CNN. Update (2:35 PM): Jeffrey Toobin, who was an HLS classmate of Eliot Spitzer, […] -
Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Samantha Power
Update: Cass Sunstein's 'Power' Resigns
We updated our original post from this morning about Samantha Power calling Hillary Clinton a “monster,” but it’s a big enough development to cover in a separate post. So here we go. Professor Power, rumored love interest of Cass Sunstein, resigned from the Obama campaign because of her tawdry remarks about Hillary Clinton in an […] -
Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Rudeness, Samantha Power, Screw-Ups
'Hillary Clinton's a monster.'
That statement was made by Samantha Power, a top foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama and new-ish love interest of Professor Cass Sunstein. Sunstein recently accepted a position at Harvard Law, leaving behind in Chicago his ex, philosopher Martha Nussbaum. Bossman David Lat posted all the gossip about the academic love triangle here. Power, pictured, […]