Adam Liptak
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Courts
Justice Announces He Suffered 'Mini-Stroke' Over Citizens United
Justice Stevens seems to suffer from the same blindspots as his colleagues. -
Federal Judges, Politics
More Judicial Nominations From The Trump Administration
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Neil Gorsuch, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Update: And Then There Were Three Four
They're all distinguished conservative jurists, although not the most diverse group.
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American Bar Association / ABA, Donald Trump, Free Speech
New York Times 'Absolutely Incorrect' As To Why ABA Never Published Donald Trump 'Libel Bully' Article
The ABA has a bone to pick with the New York Times. -
Supreme Court
Experts Weigh In On The Current State Of The Supreme Court
The end of a most unexpected Term. -
Free Speech, Rap, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Rapper's Delight? Hip-Hop Stars Line Up To File Amicus Brief In First Amendment SCOTUS Case
Will the Supreme Court be capable of separating art from rap lyrics, or do they love opera too much? -
Law Reviews, Law Schools
Is This The Biggest Bluebook Error Of Them All?
Who deserves credit (or blame) for the authoritative (and often criticized) legal citation manual? -
Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 10.05.15
* Today’s the first Monday in October, and we all know what that means. The Supreme Court starts its Term as disapproval of its work reaches a new high for recent years. [Gallup via How Appealing]
* And here’s Adam Liptak’s excellent overview of the new Supreme Court Term, so you can sound smart at cocktail parties this month. [New York Times]
* In other SCOTUS news, Senator Bob Menendez is fighting the bribery charges against him by relying upon a high court decision he once condemned — can you guess which one? [The Record How Appealing]
* Which presidential candidates get the most in campaign contributions from Silicon Valley lawyers? The second-place finisher might surprise you. [The Recorder]
* Elsewhere in presidential politics, Hillary Clinton will announce new gun-control proposals later today. [New York Times]
* Don’t rush off to law school just yet, but the legal sector did gain a few thousand jobs last month, layoffs notwithstanding. [American Lawyer]
* Dewey have any idea of when this jury will reach a verdict? [Law360]
* Super-mediator Kenneth Feinberg’s latest challenge: pension reform. [National Law Journal]
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Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Supreme Court Justice Who Does His Job Well, But Bores The New York Times While Doing It
Conservative columnist Tamara Tabo's take on Adam Liptak's recent (and controversial) article about Justice Clarence Thomas. -
SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Indifference To Truth: 5 Ways SCOTUS Can Avoid Relying On Dubious 'Facts'
The Supreme Court doesn't need facts, which is lucky because they don't have many. -
Adam Liptak, Biglaw, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, Money, New York Times, Quote of the Day
Biglaw Will Turn You Into A Big Jerk, Says Famous Ex-Associate
Will a Biglaw job turn you into a big a-hole? -
Adam Liptak, Harvard Law Review, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Orin Kerr, Rankings, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Twittering
America's Next Top Law Review: New Rankings!
Who just dethroned the Harvard Law Review as the nation's #1 law journal? -
Adam Liptak, Antonin Scalia, Dahlia Lithwick, Gay, Gay Marriage, Isn't It Ironic, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Hell Hath No Fury Like Justice Scalia... Vindicated?
When is Justice Scalia not happy to be proven correct?
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Adam Liptak, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
How Long Until SCOTUS Finds A Constitutional Right To Same-Sex Marriage?
It could come sooner than you might think, a prominent professor predicts. -
Adam Liptak, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Can Law Reviews Get Any Worse?
Does anyone have anything NICE to say about law reviews today? -
Adam Liptak, John Roberts, Politics, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Correction For Justice Ginsburg
How activist is the Roberts Court? Not very, according to the latest research. -
Adam Liptak, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Books, California, Crime, Deaths, Disability Law, Gay, Gay Marriage, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Morning Docket: 04.01.13
* Can you DIG it?! Well, SCOTUS can’t, at least when it comes to the Prop 8 case, but perhaps that’s what the conservative justices planned all along. You can probably expect a judicial punt on this one. [New York Times]
* The case for cameras at the high court became even more compelling last week, because people just now realized that having to “spend money to see a public institution do public business is offensive.” Damn straight. [National Law Journal]
* Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s new book, Out of Order (affiliate link), didn’t exactly get a glowing review from the NYT’s Supreme Court correspondent, Adam Liptak. It’s a “gift shop bauble”? Ouch. [New York Times]
* Oh, Lanny Breuer, you tried to be all coy by saying you were interviewing elsewhere, but we knew you’d return to Covington. That “vice-chairman” title is a pretty sweet new perk, too. [Legal Times]
* DLA Piper’s bills may “know no limits,” but in-house counsel claim that while the firm’s emails were “flippant,” they won’t have an impact their already meticulous billing review. [New York Law Journal]
* The true love’s kiss of litigation: Bingham McCutchen’s Sleeping Beauty may have found her prince in Judge Vincent O’Neill Jr., because he ruled that the firm won’t be able to compel arbitration. [Recorder]
* It’s really not a good time to be a prosecutor in Texas. Two months after the murder of ADA Mark Hasse, DA Mike McLelland and his wife were gunned down in their home. RIP. [Dallas Morning News]
* Good news, everyone! The class of 2012 — the largest on record, according to the ABA — was only slightly more unemployed than its predecessors. Cherish the little things, people. [National Law Journal]
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Adam Liptak, American Bar Association / ABA, B for Beauty, Biglaw, Deaths, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Morning Docket, Reality TV, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Suicide, Supreme Court, Technology, Television, Texas, You Go Girl
Morning Docket: 01.14.13
* “I’m a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.” Don’t be fooled by the rocks job that she’s got — she’s still, she’s still Jenny Sonia from the block. The Supreme Court’s very own wise Latina, author of a new memoir (affiliate link), is proud of her city. [New York Times; 60 Minutes]
* If you’re looking for an M&A adviser, you’d be wise to seek out counsel from Skadden Arps. The firm sweeped three separate rankings lists based on the total value of its clients’ 2012 M&A transactions. [Am Law Daily]
* Only in the world of legal education could the dean of a law school that isn’t even numerically ranked by U.S. News have the highest salary of all law deans nationwide. (We’ll likely have more on this later.) [Boston Globe]
* Arizona schools will allow 3Ls to take the bar exam, but New York schools may soon do away with 3L year altogether. Of course, the ABA will find a way to muck it up, but still, hooray for progress! [National Law Journal]
* Remember “Made in Jersey,” the show about a stereotypical Jersey girl who made the jump to Biglaw? Yeah, neither does anyone else. Hopefully “Staten Island Law” won’t face the same fate. [New York Daily News]
* “Sexiness is all about being a woman of character.” Our congratulations go out to DaNae Couch, the Texas Tech law student who advanced to the Top 10 of the Miss America competition. You go girl! [Lubbock Online]
* Aaron Swartz — Reddit co-founder, friend of Larry Lessig, felony hacking defendant — RIP. [New York Times]
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6th Circuit, Affirmative Action, Federal Judges, Politics, Quote of the Day, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Partisan Hearts Beating Underneath Their Robes?
How political are federal judges? Pretty darn political, according to a new book (co-authored by a noted federal judge). -
Adam Liptak, Antonin Scalia, Books, Constitutional Law, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tony Mauro
Justice Scalia and Bryan Garner on the Interpretation of Legal Texts
Justice Scalia and legal writing guru Bryan Garner have written a new book. What's it all about?