Iowa
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LSAT, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.17.10
* You know, I think the National Organization for Women should just try to pretend that Hooters doesn’t exist. The restaurant is just going to piss them off; who needs the aggravation? [ABA Journal] * If you trust legal advice you receive over Twitter, you’ve already lost. [Legal Blog Watch] * Apparently, Iowa lawmakers see […] -
Election Law, Gay, Gay Marriage, Politics
About Last Night: Iowans Truly Embarrass Themselves.
All things considered, I’m feeling pretty good this morning. It’s a lot easier to tear something down than to build something up. For over a year, the Tea Party has been like the developmentally disabled kid in kindergarten whose main talent is knocking over other people’s Lego creations. Now that they’ve got their own house […] - Sponsored
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Gay Marriage, Politics, Quote of the Day, State Judges, Tax Law
Quote of the Day: Preacher Wants IRS to Make His Day
Dear God, please allow the IRS to attack my church, so I can take them all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. — Iowa pastor Cary K. Gordon, who is campaigning against three Iowa Supreme Court justices who voted for same-sex marriage, even though tax-exempt churches are prohibited from campaigning for or against specific […]
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A Collection of Things You Can Do in a Bathroom
We know how our readers are obsessed with toilets. Over the course of this week, a couple of stories came in about bathroom shenanigans, and we’ll deal with them both here. We’ve got a steamy bathroom (or maybe not, see correction below) and a stinky bathroom from Iowa and UCLA Law, respectively. First up, Iowa. […] -
Cars, Lawyer of the Day, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Rudeness
Lawyer of the Day: Prosecutor-To-Be Mouths Off to Officer -- and Loses Job
When I worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, I’d sometimes hear colleagues joke about handing over their Justice Department credentials along with their driver’s license if pulled over for a moving violation. It was a joke because it was generally understood that trying to get out of a speeding ticket by flaunting one’s status as […] -
Antitrust, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Judicial Divas
Judge of the Day: Judge Mark Bennett of Iowa Is 'Underwhelmed' By East Coast Law Firms
U.S. District Judge Mark W. Bennett won’t get the publicity of Judge Martin Feldman. Obviously, blocking President Obama’s deep-water drilling moratorium — having already disclosed investments in Transocean and Halliburton — is big news. But Judge Bennett is making waves of his own in his Iowa courtroom. He’s decided that he wants lawyers to participate […]
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