Legal History
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Books, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
'Of Courtiers And Kings': An Interview With Todd Peppers About Supreme Court Clerkships
How has the institution of the Supreme Court clerkship evolved over time, and what is a great predictor of whether you'll become a SCOTUS clerk? -
Public Interest
Who Was Clara Shortridge Foltz?
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Supreme Court
The First Supreme Court Was Not Like Today's Supreme Court
What was the highest court in the land like in its infancy?
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Sports
Gatorade Turns 50: Drink In Its History From The Gridiron To The Courthouse
The classic sports drink presented a classic legal battle. -
Women's Issues
Constitutional Birthdays Are The Best Kind Of Birthdays
It's an important anniversary in American history. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.16.15
* Not just a liberal wet-dream: the case for the disbarment of Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott for defying the Supreme Court on same sex marriage. [Talking Points Memo]
* How does an addicted lawyer survive the first year of law school? [Cubanity / Brian Cuban’s Recovery Rantings]
* Defense attorney William C. Costopoulos channels 40 years of experience into a new suspenseful novel (affiliate link) about domestic terrorism. [Soul Witness]
* It took Justice Kennedy less than a week to make this union “a little more perfect.” Guess he (or his clerks) work(s) well under pressure. [San Diego Tribune]
* Before we start throwing around the word God around in the context of the law, we should understand what was originally intended by the term. [Legal History Blog]
* Color Elie surprised: Donald Trump makes his financial disclosures… though the details aren’t yet public. [CNN]
* An open-source guide for unpacking legalese. [Law Sites]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.15
* Pretty significant typo… [Legal Cheek]
* King v. Burwell plaintiffs’ attorney Michael Carvin of Jones Day has some interesting things to say about Obamacare. Like being sure to characterize the law as the product “by living white women and minorities,” which in some circles constitutes throwing shade. Racist circles. [Talking Points Memo]
* South Carolina makes its potential magistrate judges take the same Wonderlic test given to potential NFL draft picks. The justice system is even based on football down there. I assume occasionally they’ll let a defendant think they’ll get off and then give him the chair and the jury yells, “CLEMSON!” [Lowering the Bar]
* We take a break from our regularly scheduled NS segment, “Louisiana Seems Crazy,” to bring you a great idea out of Louisiana. Effective May 1, lawyers can earn their CLE hours by doing pro bono work. Brilliant. More substantive legal work to fill a huge need and less garbled streaming video. [New Orleans City Business]
* OK now back to regularly scheduled programming: arrest warrant issued for New Orleans lawyer accused of intentionally triggering a mistrial by refusing to participate in jury selection. I think Perry Mason did that once. It was one of the more obscure episodes. [Nola]
* Leave it to the people who wield the awesome punitive power of the state to be the first to give themselves a get out of jail free card. [USA Today]
* Richard Hsu scores an interview with Jon Lindsey of legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa. Apparently, the busy founding partner Lindsey really knows how to juggle things. Literally. [Hsu Untied]
* History buffs out there may recall that Emperor Augustus instituted a bunch of moral reforms during his reign that really only succeeded in revealing that his daughter was a total whore. But what if the Emperor’s prude rules actually helped solidify his broader goals? [Law & Humanities Blog]
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Animal Law
Nightmare At The Museum? The Resurrection of Extinct Species Is Coming
A look back at the fate of the passenger pigeon, the legal implications of efforts to resurrect the bird and other extinct species, and the courtroom drama over a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. - Sponsored
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Technology
Two Small Rocks From Space, Two Giant Lawsuits For Mankind
Ground control to Major Tom... we have a subpoena here for you. -
Back to the Future, Biglaw, Dissolution, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
Flashback Friday: New York's Top 50 Law Firms, Circa 1991
How has the Biglaw hierarchy changed over time? -
Crime, Food, Police
On Remand: Cops, Courts, And Doughnuts
Hijacking Krispy Kreme trucks is more common than you'd think. -
Antitrust, Pornography
On Remand: Kodak Moments In The Courtroom
The legal travails of the once mighty photography giant. -
Copyright, Movies, Music
On Remand: Lawyers Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts
The Ghostbusters may be able to fight off spirits, but they sure attract a lot of litigation.
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Holland & Knight, Kramer Levin
When What Goes Up Can't Come Down: Who Pays For Climbing Misadventures?
Why climb a mountain? Because it's there... and to spark litigation. -
Television
On Remand: 'Seinfeld' Lawsuits From The Bizarro World We Live In
The show about nothing has legal connections to everything. -
Antonin Scalia, Copyright, Movies, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Rap, Richard Posner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 05.08.14
* Abraham Lincoln was a harder working lawyer than you are. [Abraham Lincoln's Almanac Trial] * Quentin Tarantino has given up the ghost and dropped his suit against Gawker over The Hateful Eight. [The Escapist] * The people who made stupid toe shoes have settled a big class action. [Deadspin] * Judge Posner and Justice Scalia haven’t had a public fight in a while. So this lawyer is trying to stir one up. Thanks, buddy! [Legal Times] * Colorado’s energy industry is suing municipalities creating a patchwork of fracking regulation. As the author notes, “for a state that has boldly snubbed federal law on marijuana policy, such arguments sound a bit hollow.” [Breaking Energy] * Stop calling on Justice Ginsburg to retire… it’s probably too late for Obama to nominate a replacement anyway. [New Republic] * Lawyer writes threatening letter to customer who wrote a negative review on Amazon. [Ars Technica] * Our tipster put it best, “New Show on Bravo: ‘Lowering the NJ Bar.’” [The Star-Ledger] * A young solicitor known as Mr. Kelly was inspired to release a rap album about how much he hated his training job at a top 10 global firm. His video after the jump…. [Legal Cheek] -
Crime
On Remand: Prints Finger The Guilty – And The Innocent?
How did fingerprinting come to be a standard and accepted practice in criminal cases? -
Abortion, Constitutional Law, Religion, Ridiculousness
Chief Justice Says 1st Amendment Applies Only To Christians And Other Stupid Stuff
Alabama's Chief Justice Roy Moore takes the stage to say a lot about how the law works in his own mind. -
Baseball, Sports
Wrigley Field At 100: Shedding Some Light On The Friendly Confines
A look back at the surprisingly litigious past of Wrigley Field. -
Trusts and Estates
On Remand: Of Sound Mind And Memory?
The long, twisted tale of the Howard Hughes estate.