Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.11.16

* To excel as a lawyer you need to compete against yourself while still keeping your eye on the prize. [Katz on Justice] * High school debaters around the country are debating U.S. domestic surveillance with more depth and nuance than Congress. Maybe they should set the bar just a little bit higher than that. [The Intercept] * You want to organize against Airbnb? Get ready for some strange bedfellows. [Cityland] * Judge Posner sees the bullsh*t behind Republicans' strategy for (not) filling Justice Scalia's seat. [Washington Post] * Maryland Court of Appeals set a potentially dangerous new precedent in the case against the police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. [Slate] * A noteworthy ruling giving the green light to litigation financing. [Burford Capital] * The growing movement to amend France's self-defense laws to include domestic violence. [Jezebel] * Even some Republicans are calling Indiana's new abortion law overreaching, not that the statement stopped the bill from passing the legislature. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino on March 11, 2016 4:57 pm

Richard Posner Judge Richard A Posner* To excel as a lawyer you need to compete against yourself while still keeping your eye on the prize. [Katz on Justice]

* High school debaters around the country are debating U.S. domestic surveillance with more depth and nuance than Congress. Maybe they should set the bar just a little bit higher than that. [The Intercept]

* You want to organize against Airbnb? Get ready for some strange bedfellows. [Cityland]

* Judge Posner sees the bullsh*t behind Republicans’ strategy for (not) filling Justice Scalia’s seat. [Washington Post]

* Maryland Court of Appeals set a potentially dangerous new precedent in the case against the police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. [Slate]

* A noteworthy ruling giving the green light to litigation financing. [Burford Capital]

* The growing movement to amend France’s self-defense laws to include domestic violence. [Jezebel]

* Even some Republicans are calling Indiana’s new abortion law overreaching, not that it has stopped the bill from passing the legislature. [Huffington Post]