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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.01.18
* Having placed Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Supreme Court retirement in political context, let’s now put it into historical context. [Retropolis / Washington Post]
* This makes some folks quite upset, but there’s no denying it: the Roberts Court is now truly the Roberts Court (and he probably isn’t thrilled about it either). [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Kathryn Haun — a former Kennedy clerk, by the way — has parlayed her expertise in Bitcoin, developed during her years as a federal prosecutor, into a new position leading Andreessen Horowitz’s $300 million fund focusing on cryptocurrency-related startups. Congrats, Katie! [Axios]
* Let’s not forget about President Trump’s transformation of the lower federal courts — because it’s not just about SCOTUS. [The Takeaway / WNYC]
* Check out Susman Godfrey’s new mandatory retirement policy — could this become the industry standard? [Texas Lawyer]
* Yes, the First Amendment is awesome and all — but is it also encouraging errors in news reporting, as Charles Glasser suggests? [Daily Caller]
* Speaking of mistakes, Ed Whelan sets Ben Shapiro straight on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a leading contender to replace Justice Kennedy. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* President Trump says he wants to pick a SCOTUS nominee who could serve on the Court for 40 years or more — and if you take the five youngest names on his list of 25, it’s entirely possible. [Althouse]
* This should come as no surprise, but now law firms are joining the chase after data scientists. [Artificial Lawyer]
* Congratulations to the Practising Law Institute (PLI) and Fastcase, innovators in their respective spaces, on their new alliance. [Dewey B Strategic]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.22.17
* Senate Republicans take another step forward on repealing the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare. [MedCity News]
* Shocker: President Donald Trump has no “tapes” of his conversations with James Comey. [Talking Points Memo]
* Our own Elie Mystal breaks down this morning’s Supreme Court decisions, in conversation with Brian Lehrer of WNYC. [WNYC]
* And if you want to read the SCOTUS rulings for yourself, Howard Bashman has links to all of them. [How Appealing]
* Professor Ilya Somin explains how zoning and other land use controls exacerbate the affordable housing crisis. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Professor Richard Re argues that Bivens isn’t dead — at least not yet. [PrawfsBlawg]
* A great profile of a great rainmaker: Bill Carmody of Susman Godfrey. [Lawdragon]
* A Thomson Reuters tool that takes torture out of timekeeping. [LawSites]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.06.15
* Is Apple Music an antitrust violation, a second-rate streaming music provider, or both. Probably both. [Dorf on Law]
* Former Goldman employee Sergey Aleynikov acquitted… again. Who would have thought Cyrus Vance’s trumped up show trial would fail so thoroughly? [Dealbreaker]
* Landmark cases reimagined as movie posters. [Res Ipsa Law Poster]
* If you missed it, here’s the New York Times Editorial about the “Activist Roberts Court” that everyone was talking about over the weekend. [New York Times]
* In her defense, Sarah Palin may not be the dumbest person from Wasilla. [Legal Juice]
* In the wake of Obergefell, will some holdout religious schools lose their tax-exempt status? [Tax Prof Blog]
* Susman Godfrey’s Steve Susman chats with Richard Hsu about distance cycling. [Hsu Untied]