Muslims
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Bar Exams, Religion, Screw-Ups
Massachusetts Bar Changes Rules After Ridiculous Mid-Exam Religious Dustup
What is the state doing about its archaic test-taking rules regarding religious headwear? -
Bar Exams, Religion, Women's Issues
Muslim Woman Harassed Over Religious Headwear While Taking Bar Exam
Why on earth did a proctor interrupt a test taker during the bar exam with absurdity like this? - Sponsored
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Videos, Violence, War on Terror, Washington Post, YouTube
New Video Appears To Show Austin Tice, Missing Journalist and Georgetown Law Student, Being Held By Islamist Captors
New video footage appears to show Austin Tice, the missing journalist and Georgetown law student, in the custody of Islamist fighters. But substantial questions about the video remain.
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9/11, Barack Obama, Gay, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Marijuana, Non-Sequiturs, Unemployment
Non-Sequiturs: 05.08.12
* Dear Mr. President: are you in favor of civil rights for gay people or not? Let me put it another way: do you think that you should be allowed to marry the fence that has been banging you for the last four years? [Huffington Post] * Here are the 15 law schools whose underemployment numbers are higher than their employment numbers. No lie, I was able to name eight of the 15 off the top of my head. [Tax Prof Blog] * Would you wear a hijab while defending the accused 9/11 terrorists? What am I talking about, unemployed lawyers running around out here would wear a clown suit and mount a goat if they thought it would help them get a client. [Simple Justice] * Senate Republicans blocked a bill to freeze student loan interest rates. Obviously, students in debt aren’t rich enough to merit help from Senate Republicans. [New York Times] * Résumés: they’re not just for facts anymore. [DealBook / New York Times] * What do you do if your neighbors smoke pot and your wife is trying to get pregnant? Well, marijuana makes sperm just as lazy as everything else, but if you are honestly living in a building where you get a “contact high” in the hallway, you should move out and let some awesome people move in. [New York Daily News] -
Crime, Eugene Volokh, Free Speech, Reader Polls, Religion, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Violence
The 'Zombie Mohammed' Judge: Let's Discuss
A Pennsylvania judge dismissed a harassment charge against a Muslim man who allegedly attacked an atheist dressed up as "Zombie Mohammed." Since then, everyone has been talking about and arguing over this case. What do you make of it? -
Cyberlaw, Election 2012, Google / Search Engines, Morning Docket, Politics, Privacy, Technology
Morning Docket: 02.29.12
* Remember Phillip Closius, the former dean of University of Baltimore Law, who said the university was raiding the law school’s funds? Yeah, he was totally right. Just guess what percent of the law school budget was going to the rest of the university. Starts with “A” and rhymes with “dot.” [National Law Journal]
* The humanity! Oklahoma’s worst fears have come true; American judges are enforcing Sharia Law! Whatever are we going to do? There is no solution in sight — except to maybe stop overreacting… [CNN]
* Mitt Bot won in both Arizona and Michigan last night. Can we send Santorum back to the 16th century yet? [The Washington Post]
* Twenty-five suspected members of Anonymous were arrested across Europe and South America. They ain’t anonymous anymore. [New York Times]
* In other cyberlaw news, Google’s new privacy policy not only stinks, it probably violates European Union law. Hey Google, don’t be evil! [New York Times]
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10th Circuit, Cars, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Election 2012, Election Law, Elena Kagan, FCC, LLMs, Magic Circle, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS, Student Loans, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 01.11.12
* “It seems no one can use dirty words, except Steven Spielberg.” Well, sh*t, I’ll be damned. Is Elena Kagan going to be the voice of reason in the Supreme Court’s FCC profanity case? [Los Angeles Times] * Ken Cuccinelli filed an emergency motion to get Virginia’s primary ballots printed. You can’t wait three days […]
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Federalist Society, Free Speech, Law Schools, Religion
Here's A Thought: Let The Federalist Society Invite Whomever They Want To Speak
It appears that some people have forgotten that they are free to not attend events sponsored by the Federalist Society. There is a controversy bubbling at George Mason University School of Law because the law school’s chapter of the Federalist Society has invited Nonie Darwish to speak at an event. Darwish has been described as […] - Sponsored
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Andrew Sullivan, Federal Judges, Gay, Judicial Nominations, Politics, Quote of the Day, Religion
Quote of the Day: No, but we might criminalize failure to exfoliate.
I don’t have a problem with appointing an openly gay person. Because they’re not going to try to put sharia law in our laws. — Herman Cain, Republican presidential candidate, explaining why he would consider appointing an openly gay person to his cabinet, even though he would not appoint a Muslim to the federal bench […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.12.11
* The oldest continually operating law firm in Austin, Clark Thomas & Winters, has gone the way of Howrey. [Austin American Statesman] * If you want to teach high schoolers about privacy, speak to them in a language they understand: embarrassment. [Kashmir Hill / Forbes] * Can a U.S. state prohibit pre-viability abortions based on […] -
Celebrities, Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Morning Docket, Religion
Morning Docket: 03.02.11
* He might be a “litigious little man,” but I still dig Prince. Patterson Belknap just wants his billable time and his [insert guitar riff here] kiss. [New York Daily News] * Star Magazine says that Katie Holmes is a drug addict. Which drug? Scientology. She might win the libel lawsuit, but her ultimate judge […]
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Civil Rights, Drinking, Labor / Employment, Religion
Race/Religion Baiting Question of the Day: Muslim Truck Driver Objects to Trucking Beer
Truck driver Vasant Reddy is not living the high life. Reddy, a Muslim, refused to transport a shipment of Miller Lite as part of his duties. He claims he was forced to resign because of adherence to his religious beliefs. Normally refusing to deliver something would seem to be a pretty big problem if your […]