Politics
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Barack Obama, Holidays and Seasons, Pictures, Politics
Happy Holidays from the Obama Family
Picking up on yesterday’s item about law-related holiday cards, here’s one from a certain ex-president of the Harvard Law Review, and his wife (also a lawyer, and “big sister” to her husband when he was a summer associate at the firm where she was an associate): It’s tasteful and elegant; there’s not much here to […] -
Bill Clinton, Brett Kavanaugh, Hotties, Jury Duty, Kenneth Starr, Monica Lewinsky, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Politics, Sex, Sex Scandals
Congratulations to Ms. Monica Lewinsky!
America’s SweeTart just graduated from the London School of Economics with an M.S. in Social Psychology. Interestingly enough, her LSE master’s thesis was law-oriented: an examination of the effect of pretrial publicity on jury selection. (Monica: Please don’t treat that rolled-up diploma like a cigar. Thank you.) Lewinsky graduates from London School of Economics [Reuters […] - Sponsored
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Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Janet Neff, Judicial Nominations, Lesbians, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee, State Judges
The Senator, The Judge, Her Friend, And Her Lover
Is it proper to block a judicial nomination because the nominee once attended a same-sex commitment ceremony?
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Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, Reader Polls, White & Case
Morning Docket: 12.20.06
* Maryland becomes the latest state to temporarily halt lethal injection executions, this time because of procedural issues with the way the lethal injection protocol was adopted. [Washington Post via How Appealing] * Church burners expected to plead in Alabama [CNN] * No good deed goes unpunished in Libya. [Jurist] * First the minimum was […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Musical Chairs, Politics, S.D.N.Y., Stuart Rabner, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: Andrew Cuomo Raids the S.D.N.Y.
Shortly after we predicted that he’d be making some personnel announcements, Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Attorney General-elect, made some personnel announcements. From the AP: Cuomo, the eldest son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo, named Robin Baker as his executive deputy attorney general for criminal justice. Baker was the deputy chief of appeals for the U.S. […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Eliot Spitzer, Politics
Coming Soon: Andy's Kids
We hear that Andrew Cuomo, New York’s incoming Attorney General, will be announcing some of his top appointments very soon — perhaps as early as this afternoon. Since Eliot Spitzer reinvigorated the New York AG’s office, then used it as a vehicle to the Governor’s Mansion, the office’s profile and prestige have increased. Positions within […] -
3rd Circuit, Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Kent Jordan, Noel Hillman, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
A Third Circuit Update
A few quick updates on our former stomping grounds, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: 1. There’s been some speculation about who might be nominated for the Third Circuit seat previously held by Justice Alito. What we’re now hearing is that it’s probably going to Judge Noel Hillman, a former high-ranking Justice […] -
Cars, Celebrities, Death Penalty, Environment / Environmental Law, Gay Marriage, Morning Docket, Music, New Jersey, Politics, Porn Names, Prisons, Sentencing Law, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 12.18.06
* Solitary confinement, cruel and unusual? Cruel, perhaps, but not that unusual. [St. Petersburg Times via How Appealing] * Florida and California decide to take a little break on the whole lethal injection thing. [CNN] * New Jersey Legislature does what New Jersey’s Supreme Court told them to. [FindLaw] * Mariah Carey is concerned that […]
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Boutique Law Firms, Jews, New York Times, Politics, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: December 3, 2006
Because of Bonusmania, we’ve fallen behind a little in Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. In this post, we discuss lawyer weddings from the weekend of December 2-3. The most high-profile wedding that week was between media heiress Anne Hearst, sister of Patty Hearst, and novelist Jay McInerney (announcement here). But there were also three marriages involving […] -
Antonin Scalia, Deaths, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Federal Judges, HP, Larry Sonsini, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Politics, State Judges
Morning Docket: 12.15.06
* Justice Scalia on judicial paychecks. [Associated Press] And meanwhile… * “It was just a matter of time before well-heeled business and other interests would expand their influence-peddling efforts, and begin pouring large amounts of money into previously sleepy judicial campaigns.” [TimesSelect (pass-through link) via How Appealing] * No more melting coins for the value […]
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Orrin Hatch, Politics, Screw-Ups, Senate Judiciary Committee
Nostra Culpa: Hatch Is Staying On Judiciary
We were wrong in predicting that Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) would be stepping down from the Judiciary Committee. (And we were not alone in making this mistake.) Earlier this week, we had heard rumors that various deals had unraveled — Senate committee assignments are a complex, delicate ecosystem — and that Hatch might actually be […] -
7th Circuit, ACLU, Cars, Conspiracy Theories, Crime, Deaths, Immigration, Morning Docket, Politics, S.D.N.Y., Sex, Tax Law, Videos
Morning Docket: 12.14.06
* The feds and the ACLU wrangle over a classified document. Is such use of the grand jury subpoena creative, or improper? [New York Times] * A Swift (& Co.) crackdown: federal raids on meatpacking plants in six states result in over 1,200 arrests on immigration charges. [Associated Press] * MoveOn and those Swift Boat […]
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Blogging, Books, Charles Fried, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Gay Marriage, Neal Katyal, Politics, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
The Breyer-Fried Discussion: Some Highlights (Part 2)
This is a continuation of our prior post about an event we recently attended at Georgetown Law School, “On Liberty: A conversation between Justice Stephen Breyer and Professor Charles Fried.” For more background about the event, click here. For the conclusion to our write-up, keep on reading. We bring you a “true confession” from Justice […]
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9th Circuit, Crime, Drinking, Enron, Football, Holidays and Seasons, Jeffrey Skilling, Jews, Morning Docket, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 12.12.06
* A unanimous Supreme Court overturns a Ninth Circuit ruling in a criminal (habeas) case. In other news, this morning the sun rose from the east. [New York Times; Washington Post] * Enron’s Jeff Skilling may get to pass “Go” on his way to jail after all. [WSJ Law Blog] * BCS vs. the Electoral […]
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Banking Law, Crime, Email Scandals, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Politics
Non-Sequiturs: 12.08.06
* Can an IP expert explain how it is legal for Blockbuster to use Netflix’s name in this promotion? (And the promotion continues until December 24.) [PRNewswire – FirstCall via Yahoo! Finance] * Chelsea Clinton’s boyfriend’s dad — putting a face to those Nigerian e-mail scams. [ABC News] * I would feel safer opening up […] -
Clarence Thomas, Harold Koh, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Linda Greenhouse, Politics, Samuel Alito
Attention, Concerned Alumni of Yale: Justice Alito Gets (Green)housed
Christmas is less than three weeks away. Are you stumped about what to get for your liberal lawyer friends? Assuming they’re okay with Christmas gifts — maybe they object to even personal celebration of the holiday — have we got an idea for you: Harold Hongju Koh Bobblehead Dolls!!! Harold Koh is the dean of […] -
Cellphones, Drudge Report, Hillary Clinton, Pictures, Politics
Matt Drudge Is Too Funny
(Yes, politics may lie slightly beyond the legal beat — but not by much. Senatrix Hillary Clinton is, of course, a lawyer by training. And if elected president, she’d probably get to appoint at least two Supreme Court justices. So we think we’ve established an adequate topical nexus for posting this amusing screenshot.) Clinton Reaches […] -
Judicial Nominations, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
About That Cancelled SJC Hearing, and New Leadership at CFJ
Via Howard Bashman, we learned of the cancellation of tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. This piqued our curiosity: What was the hearing for, and why was it canceled? So we did a little poking around. We learned that the SJC was planning to hold confirmation hearings for an “unspecified handful of district court nominees.” But […] -
Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Orrin Hatch, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Hatch Really Is Leaving Judiciary
The Legal Times is wondering about the Senate committee plans of Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT). They speculate that he might take over the Antitrust Subcommittee of the judiciary panel. But as we previously reported, Hatch is actually leaving the Senate Judiciary Committee altogether. And now other sources, from the mainstream media, are repeating what we […] -
Advertising, Crime, Death Penalty, Drinking, Drugs, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Free Speech, Gambling / Gaming, Jury Duty, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Old People, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 12.04.06
* You have a right to a jury trial, whether you want it or not. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution via How Appealing] * Santa’s big behind is gonna make kids want to drink beer?. [CNN] * Now my case is at the Supreme Court, and I know why; because I got high, because I got high, because […]