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NFL Players File Amicus Brief in Prop 8 Case

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Yet many professional athletes are speaking up—both to clear the way for any teammates who may be gay and closeted, and from an understandingof how even seemingly minor acts by professional athletes can reverberate with the public. Tolerance is becoming the message in locker rooms and from teams that recognize they cannot countenance use of pointless slurs like “faggot,” “queer,” and “gay.” Regardless the intent with which those terms are spoken, they classify a group and particular people as synonymous with the lesser, and professional athletes are beginning to understand that.

– Minnesota Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe and Baltimore Ravens Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo (congratulations on the Super Bowl) in an amicus curiae brief filed with the Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v. Perry, regarding the fate of California’s Proposition 8.

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Teller Silenced In Court By Elusive Defendant

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To date, defendant has evaded personal service and cannot be located in Belgium, Spain, or in any country in Europe.

– U.S. District Judge James Mahan failing to grasp the obvious hurdles involved with a lawsuit brought by Teller (of Penn & Teller) against another magician.

(You can see video of the trick below.)

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Pot Profits Are Up in Smoke Thanks to This Tax Law

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Puff, puff, pass up your deductions.

An emerging industry that can provide hundreds of thousands of jobs is being held back by these crazy tax rates. We’re like any other small businesses, that just happens to be illegal in some states.

– Betty Aldworth, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, commenting on a provision of the tax code that’s preventing those in the medical marijuana industry from taking standard business deductions, and forcing them to pay tax rates of up to 75 percent.

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CHECK YOU PHONES… For FBI Sext Messages

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I spy with my little eye… FBI sext messages?!?

When you are given an FBI BlackBerry, it’s for official use. It’s not to text the woman in another office who you found attractive or to send a picture of yourself in a state of undress. That is not why we provide you an FBI BlackBerry.

– Candice Will, Assistant Director for the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility, commenting on a “rash of sexting cases” detailed in an FBI disciplinary report.

(After taking a look at this report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ought to consider changing its name to Frat Bros International. Let’s check it out.)

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Apparently Scalia Doesn’t Hold the Government in Very High Regard These Days

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‘Go pound sand, POTUS.’

Is it the law that the state of Virginia cannot do anything that’s pointless? Only the federal government can do stuff that’s pointless?

– Justice Antonin Scalia, commenting during oral arguments in McBurney v. Young on a Virginia FOIA law that favors requests from state residents.

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Emily Bazelon Makes Stephen Colbert Cry

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So I’ve thought about this a lot….

–Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy (affiliate link), responding to Stephen Colbert’s query, “Do you think I’m a bully?” The exchange brought Colbert to tears.

(Full video of the interview, after the jump….)

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Papa Don’t Preach, She’s Keeping the Baby

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Our victory today stands for the principle that “choice” goes both ways. Under Roe v. Wade and post-Roe cases, a teenage girl has the absolute legal right to choose life, even over the strong objections, pressure, and punishments of her parents.

– Greg Terra of the Texas Center for the Defense of Life, commenting on his 16-year-old client’s recent victory against her parents, Denise and Jeffrey Koen, who attempted to force her to terminate her pregnancy.

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A Rose By Any Other Name… Will Still Want Alimony

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I think if you can dye your hair or fix your nose, you can change your name.

– Raoul Felder, the high-profile divorce lawyer, commenting on the trend of divorcées making up completely new names for themselves upon getting divorced.

(Continue reading for Felder’s harsh indictment of legal education.)

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National Jurist EIC Defends His Indefensible Rankings

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Yeah absolutely, and I think that, you know, that’s definitely the data point that, uh, I think we’ve gotten the most criticism about.

– Jack Crittenden, Editor-in-Chief of National Jurist Magazine, explaining how Rate My Professor scores ended up in his magazine’s latest law school rankings.

(Continue reading for video of Crittenden’s interview with Bloomberg Law.)

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How Law Nerds Will Get Laid on Valentine’s Day

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– Meow! Down boys! This is a sexy little Valentine’s Day card created by the editors of the Georgetown Law Weekly.

(If this delicious diva doesn’t get your motor running, continue reading to see the romantic stylings of Justice Clarence Thomas.)

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