Constitution Day
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Government
Survey Says At Least 22% Of Public’s Constitutional Knowledge Is Just Vibes
[The Masses] are neither good conductors of the political, nor good conductors of the social, nor good conductors of meaning in general. - Jean Baudrillard -
Law Schools
Constitution Day Is The Perfect Day To Remind You We Still Don't Have Equal Rights
Yeah, *originally* the Constitution didn't include women. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Law Schools
Law School Faculty Turns It Up To 11 For Constitution Day
Texas A&M has some fun with learning.
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Government
TN Senator Marsha Blackburn Defends Sacred Constitution, Unchanged Since Jesus Rode A Dinosaur
Siri, what is AMENDMENT? -
Courts
Are We Ever Going To Get That Code of Judicial Ethics? Cause They Seem Relevant.
The U.S. Supreme Court continues to operate under no ethical guidance. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.23.18
* In case you missed it amidst all the craziness of last week, Monday was Constitution Day — and as Judge Don Willett reminds us, it’s up to us to keep our constitutional republic strong. [Wall Street Journal]
* The Supreme Court clerk class of October Term 2008: where are they now? Derek Muller has tracked them down. [Excess of Democracy]
* Senator Dianne Feinstein is under fire, and not just for her handling of the Kavanaugh nomination — but she’s still likely to emerge victorious in November, as Kashmir Hill reports. [Splinter]
* The past 12 months haven’t been easy for superlawyer David Boies — but he’s still very busy (and also a bit wiser), as he tells Jim Stewart. [New York Times]
* It’s only a matter of time before the Supreme Court has to address the rights of transgender students under Title IX, according to Justin Driver — who’s the author of a buzz-generating new book, The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind (affiliate link). [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy]
* If you’re looking for advice about discipline, focus, happiness, and relationships — and who isn’t? — here’s a podcast you might want to check out. [University of Good / SoundCloud]
* Law firm mergers are notoriously hit or miss — so this new M&A intelligence tool from ALM could come in very handy. [Dewey B Strategic]
* Congratulations to the six new participants in LexisNexis’s third Silicon Valley Legal Tech Accelerator program! [Artificial Lawyer]
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Law Schools
This T14 Law School Has Some Trouble With Spelling
Should you be concerned if a law school can’t spell "constitution"? -
Constitutional Law, Drinking, Election Law, Politics, Women's Issues
Constitution Day Special: Our Favorite Unheralded Amendments
Above the Law's favorite Amendments that nobody ever talks about. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Constitutional Law, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Holdings Made Simple
When you think about it, memes are the perfect medium for teaching constitutional jurisprudence: you take something established and scribble new stuff all over it. -
Free Speech, Technology
California College Tells Student He Can't Hand Out Copies Of The Constitution On Constitution Day
In the school's defense, it's "Constitution Day," not "Amendments Day" -
Antonin Scalia, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Deaths, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Violence, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 09.17.13
* The death toll of the latest mass shooting at the Navy Yard is 13 (including the gunman, military contractor Aaron Alexis), and people are rallying for stricter gun control laws before we’ve even had time to mourn. When will we ever learn? [New York Times]
* Today is Constitution Day, and Justice Antonin Scalia would like to remind you to celebrate — except if you think it’s a living document. If that’s the case, you can just “[f]ugget about the Constitution,” because that thing is dead, baby. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Please sir, we want some more! The Judiciary Conference has been forced to plea poverty to President Barack Obama due to its teeny tiny itsy bitsy post-sequestration budget. [National Law Journal (sub. req.)]
* Congrats to Kimberley Leach Johnson, the first woman to climb to the very top of the ladder at Quarles & Brady. That makes her the only eighth woman currently leading a Biglaw firm. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* And congrats to Matt Johnson, outgoing chief counsel to Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), on his return to the private sector. He’ll be taking his talents to the lobbying firm, McBee Strategic Consulting. [The Hill]
* From second career choices to no career choices: if you want to go to law school after working in another field, you should consider if it will help or hinder your applications. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Constitutional Law, Election 2012, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
On Constitution Day, Americans Like The Constitution Just The Way It Is, So Long As It Says What They Like
On Constitution Day, the day when Americans get to show how much they love the Constitution that they barely understand...