Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.23.15

* Government argues that lasers are "insidious instruments normally used for criminal purposes," which is... not true outside of Bond movies. [Lowering the Bar] * Local judge sues neighbors after "brutal donkey attack." I guess you'd call this legal jackassery. [Seattle Times] * Eagles coach Chip Kelly slapped with $80,000 in back rent. His landlord claims he moved out too quickly because apparently she has never seen Chip Kelly in action. [The Legal Intelligencer] * Lost in Justice Kennedy's comments on solitary confinement, Davis v. Ayala raised some important issues about jury selection. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * Interesting post on lynching and legal realism. [The Faculty Lounge] * Saint Thomas More on blogging. [PrawfsBlawg] * RMJ, the lawyer who revolutionized attorney advertising by taking In re RMJ all the way to the Supreme Court, has died. [Missouri Lawyers Weekly]

By Joe Patrice on June 23, 2015 5:19 pm

* Government argues that lasers are “insidious instruments normally used for criminal purposes,” which is… not true outside of Bond movies. [Lowering the Bar]

* Local judge sues neighbors after “brutal donkey attack.” I guess you’d call this legal jackassery. [Seattle Times]

* Eagles coach Chip Kelly slapped with $80,000 in back rent. His landlord claims he moved out too quickly because apparently she has never seen Chip Kelly in action. [The Legal Intelligencer]

* Lost in Justice Kennedy’s comments on solitary confinement, Davis v. Ayala raised some important issues about jury selection. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]

* Interesting post on lynching and legal realism. [The Faculty Lounge]

* Saint Thomas More on blogging. [PrawfsBlawg]

* RMJ, the lawyer who revolutionized attorney advertising by taking In re RMJ all the way to the Supreme Court, has died. [Missouri Lawyers Weekly]