Magna Carta
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Government
Cafeteria... I Mean, Constitutional Sheriffs Promise To Pick And Choose When Laws Matter
'The problem? Rather than provide a rigorous understanding of our founding document itself, officers are trained on how it may be applied in caselaw.' - Some dude about to make a bunch of § 1986 violations. -
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Health Care / Medicine
Happy Law Day! Can We Bring Civility Into Law?
How do you recognize when you're crossing the civility line or engaging in jerk-like behavior?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.20.15
* “Defendant Pleads Guilty To Kicking An Owl While Paragliding.” Somehow I feel this could have all been avoided if that prick just told us how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. [Lowering the Bar]
* Justice Souter’s not revealing his papers to the public until 50 years after his death. Because there’s no historical interest in them or anything. [Concurring Opinions]
* Senator Ted Cruz understands modern politics: “you just surgically disconnect your shame sensor.” [Election Law Blog]
* With Law Day coming up, and it being the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, here’s an infographic about the great charter itself. [Lexis Nexis Business of Law Blog]
* The Biglaw workload is damaging to your health. [ABA Journal]
* Anyone want to be an Assistant Solicitor General in Texas? [Texas Workforce Commission]
* I went on Gordon Firemark’s Law Podcaster podcast to discuss ATL’s new podcast “Thinking Like A Lawyer.” Have you not been listening to the show? Well, fix that by subscribing here. [Lawpodcaster]
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Books, Letter from London, Politics, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: Pompous, Jargon-Addicted... Sound Familiar?
Down on your luck? Feel like cheering yourself up by, say, arresting a judge? Or perhaps you just fancy seizing a courtroom for the day? Well, the “Freeman-on-the-land” movement could be for you. “Freemen” argue that the law can be circumvented by, for example, evoking an ancient text and then sending an affidavit to the […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.15.11
* Happy Magna Carta Day! Freedom is great, but real property laws aren’t fun. Law students could have survived without half of them. [An Associate’s Mind] * For those of you who get angsty on planes, here is a quick list of the things you can’t do. Getting naked in the bathroom — not in […]