Criminal Law
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.08.22
* Putting the Uh in Supreme: States are taking their own stand on abortion rights without input from the 9. [NYT]
* Taking liberties on occasion: SCOTUS ruling on bundling crimes will heavily impact how sentencing works. [AP]
* The Story of J.D.: A Black law student representing a client is mistaken for a defendant. Not the only time that has happened. [Boston Globe]
* No Grandma, Obama doesn’t need your social security number. [ZDNet]
* You practice like a woman: Gender discrimination’s persistence is being fought in courtrooms. [Ms. Magazine]
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Crime
Solitary Confinement, The Cruelest Form Of Punishment
In decades of practicing criminal law, solitary confinement has been the go-to, knee-jerk response to inmate misbehavior.
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Courts
Lawyers Should Burden The Judiciary Less During The Pandemic
Lawyers should strive to burden the judiciary as little as possible for the remainder of the pandemic. -
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How Likely Will A Conviction Be In George Floyd's Death?
The odds seem to be against the police officer in this case. -
Law Schools
Kim Kardashian Wants To Specialize In Criminal Law, Start Her Own Law Firm
She wants to hire formerly incarcerated people, because 'know the law better than anybody.' -
Law Schools
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Supreme Court
Stephen Breyer Is So Afraid Of Criminals He Sided With Clarence Thomas
Criminal law makes strange bedfellows. -
Courts
St. Louis Prosecutor Refuses To Accept Criminal Cases From 28 Cops
This is an example of a person willing to do what is necessary. -
Finance
If Pastors Are Being Jailed For Laundering It, Bitcoin Might Finally Be A Real Currency
Convicting New Jersey church operators of fraus is a big phase in the creation of any new form of money. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.23.17
* ESPN removed announcer “Robert Lee” from coverage of the University of Virginia’s opening football game because… well, there’s a “Robert E. Lee” statue in Charlottesville and ESPN just assumes that everybody in the country has CTE and can’t figure out what’s real life anymore. [Deadspin]
* Two more female law professors are suing the University of Denver for pay discrimination. [Law.com]
* The former head of the FBI, James Comey, will be giving the opening address at Howard University, the nation’s most well-known black college. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. [The Root]
* We move ever closer to Kris Kobach having the authority to throw away votes he doesn’t like. [Election Law Blog]
* Galaxy Note 8 is out. I’m giddy imagining what will be wrong with this one. “The stylus goes into tracheotomy mode if your breathing is obstructed to 8 seconds, or you just have a big gulp of water.” “The phone automatically switches to its orgasmic vibrate function, when in a pocket or low-light environment.” “It has dual cameras, one for you, and one for the NSA.” Being an early adopter on the 8 is like being a human test subject for anti-venom manufacturers. [CNET]
* “Research Finds Justifiable Homicide Rulings More Likely to Benefit White Americans.” Oh, I remember being a 1L. I remember sitting on my chaise lounge in my apartment, reading my Crim Law, when it really hit me that the entire concept of “reasonableness” was designed by white people to make it okay for them to slaughter any black man who they perceived as a “threat.” I remember my non-law-student white roommate telling me that I was surely misunderstanding my homework. I remember wondering if “anybody else was aware of this.” And I remember the pain of learning that everybody else knew the system worked this way but there was nothing to be done about it. I… really hated law school. Every casebook is like an acid enema to clear your system of its expectation of moral decency. [Law Street Media]
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Crime, Health Care / Medicine, Justice
Infecting People With HIV Shouldn't Be A Crime... I Think
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.21.16
* Following up on today’s Morning Docket item about the blind law student challenging the ABA for discrimination, a tipster brought to our attention the recent loss of Justice Richard Teitelman of the Missouri Supreme Court, who faced discrimination trying to find work out of law school because of his own blindness. [STL Today]
* Finding impeachable offenses for which Donald Trump could face charges is becoming a cottage industry. [Salon]
* A Drexel Law professor, Lisa McElroy (remember her?), on why ‘Love Trumps Hate.’ [Huffington Post]
* How the NCAA prevents students from using the legal process. [Vice]
* How many Twitter followers you have may now be relevant to trademark inquiries. [The Fashion Law]
* A fascinating new documentary raises interesting questions of security for lawyers. [Adjunct Law Prof Blog]
* D’Oh! A look at Christmas criminal crackdowns. [Versus Texas]
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Bankruptcy, Billable Hours
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.29.16
* The scary part is I am not even surprised by the allegations in the latest Trump lawsuit. [Los Angeles Times]
* An intimate look at Marilyn Mosby and the aftermath of the Freddie Gray case. [New York Times]
* President Obama is bringing sick days to more Americans. [Slate]
* Unequal treatment of women in law firms can start at the interview. [Medium]
* NYC settles over the death of an inmate at Rikers Island. [Huffington Post]
* In criminal cases, you’ve got to be in it to win it. [Katz Justice]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.22.16
* A look at the Supreme Court’s IP docket for next Term. [The Fashion Law]
* The Los Angeles Rams just lost a lawsuit to its personal seat license holders back in St. Louis. [Deadspin]
* Judges in North Carolina can still refuse to perform same-sex weddings. And, it may not change any time soon. [The Atlantic]
* Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow (affiliate link), is taking a break from Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law to serve as a visiting professor at the Union Theological Seminary. [Union Theological Seminary]
* The uneven resources in local criminal prosecutions. [Katz Justice]
* Tiffany & Co. aggressively defends its trademarks. [Androvett Blog]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.19.16
* It’s been exactly two years since FSU Law Professor Dan Markel was killed in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. He was locked in child-custody litigation with his ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, until the time of his death, and it is that litigation that is the suspected motive for his violent slaying. The Adelsons’ attorney suggests instead that perhaps some FSU students “had it in for [their] law professor.” [Sun Sentinel]
* In an effort to ensure criminal defendants receive competent representation, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has introduced the Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act, which would create the Defender Office for Supreme Court Advocacy. Per Justice Elena Kagan, a program like this would be an “enormous help to the system.” [Big Law Business]
* Husch Blackwell and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek have officially completed their merger, and the combined firm, which will continue to be known as Husch Blackwell, has more than 700 lawyers. Now that the books are closed on the merger, maybe the firm will have time bring its associate salaries to market — or not. [Journal Sentinel]
* The recent outcome of the Microsoft data privacy case is a great example of what can happen when the law can no longer keep up with technology. Perhaps Congress will be inspired to update these old laws related to digital information that were first created when email was still considered a nascent technology. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Is getting a law degree still lucrative? Probably not, but despite the lawyer glut and fewer job opportunities for law school grads, there still exists a need for legal representation among the poor and working class. You may not be able to make a lot of money this way, but you may be able to help close the justice gap. [Clarion Ledger]
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Lawyer Advertising, Marijuana
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.03.16
* On the importance of having your criminal clients dressed for court, not for jail. [Katz Justice]
* An eight-justice Supreme Court has inspired some fanfic! No, there aren’t any group sex scenes, it isn’t that kind of fanfic. [Medium]
* A group of law professors have now joined Massholes in supporting Tom Brady’s Hail Mary for a Second Circuit rehearing. [Profootball Talk]
* We need to protect the free speech rights of teachers too. [Bloomberg View]
* A Trump presidency will threaten the rule of law, at least according to a bunch of libertarian legal scholars. [New York Times]
* Florida banned Medicaid patients from using Planned Parenthood, and now PP is fighting back in court. [Slate]
* There seems to be more legal bad news for Uber. [Law and More]
* Ammon and Ryan Bundy still don’t think the rules apply to them, even when they are in jail. [Huffington Post]