Pledge of Allegiance
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.01.12.
* This seems like a high profile time to be named general counsel of the Red Cross. [Corporate Counsel]
* JPMorgan sues whale. [Bloombereg Businessweek]
* I cannot wait for the lawsuit this T-shirt cannon inspires. [Yahoo Sports]
* A dog day at the Supreme Court. [National Law Journal]
* The pledge of allegiance is under attack. Well, not the pledge exactly, they’re just going after God. [Boston Globe]
* You know, I get that the people without power are feeling like they’re in a episode of Revolution right now, but Manhattan has ALWAYS been two cities: the haves and the people we haves step over on our way to having more. I feel bad for people living in Lower Manhattan who have been without their muffin cart for a couple of days… but not as bad as I feel for the poor schlep who will drag the muffin cart around for 12 hours a day every day until death. [Time]
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Contempt, Free Speech, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Mississippi Lawyer Jailed -- For Not Reciting Pledge of Allegiance
Man, have things changed in Mississippi. Mississippi used to be a hotbed for rebellion against the Union, and now it’s putting lawyers in jail for refusing to pledge allegiance to the flag. That’s progress, baby! (Sorry, I just wanted to see what it would look like to write a paragraph portraying Mississippi as progressive about […]