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  • Non-Sequiturs: 07.27.17
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 07.27.17

    * More details on the lawyer who took down the University of Florida’s general counsel. [Deadspin]

    * Welp, this is what happens when they stop teaching treason at Harvard Law School. [Salon]

    * “Too skinny” is a bad thing when it applies to your health insurance. [The Slot]

    * The House Judiciary Committee is just bonkers, y’all. [Wonkette]

    * You should probably be stocking up on these. [Corporette]

    * Is your privacy taking a beating in the war against opioids? [Overlawyered]

    * Advice for lawyers: pick up the damn phone. [Wisconsin Lawyer]

    * Rikers Island traded one awful practice for another. [Pacific Standard]

    * Will this terrible murder be the beginning of an era of regulation for the cruise line industry? [Law and More]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 06.28.17
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 06.28.17

    * Very interesting piece by Mark Joseph Stern on Justice Neil M. Gorsuch’s dissent in Pavan v. Smith (aka the “LGBT parents on birth certificates” case). It seems to me that Justice Gorsuch’s statement is technically correct — the Arkansas Department of Health (1) was okay with giving the named plaintiffs their birth certificates and (2) conceded that in the artificial-insemination context, gay couples can’t be treated differently than straight couples (see the Arkansas Supreme Court opinion, footnote 1 and page 18) — but it’s either confusing, at best, or misleading and disingenuous, at worst (the view of Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, counsel to the plaintiffs). [Slate]

    * Speaking of Justice Gorsuch, Adam Feldman makes some predictions about what we can expect from him in the future, based on his first few opinions. [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Professor Rick Hasen has made up his mind on this: “Gorsuch is the new Scalia, just as Trump promised.” [Los Angeles Times]

    * The VC welcomes a new co-conspirator: Professor Sai Prakash, a top scholar of constitutional law and executive power. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]

    * Now that Harvard Law School will accept GRE scores in lieu of LSAT scores, what do law school applicants need to know about the two tests? [Law School HQ]

    * And what do Snapchat users need to know about the app’s new “Snap Map” feature? Cyberspace lawyer Drew Rossow flags potential privacy problems. [WFAA]

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