Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.12.16

* Behold! The power of a single judge. A Brazilian state judge shuts down Brazil's most popular chat app, WhatsApp, for 72 hours. [The Intercept] * The 16 most... unique legal defenses in history. [Reeves Law Group] * Do ponytails count as a professional hairstyle? [Corporette] * Former clerks of the late justice speak about Scalia's legacy. [C-SPAN] * Can the Urban Confessional Project actually help stressed-out lawyers? [Law and More] * Germany is annulling the convictions of 50,000 men for homosexuality, saying the victims of this now obsolete law shouldn't have to live with the stigma of conviction. [Wonkette] * Michael Ratner, noted civil rights attorney who challenged the government's detention of prisoners without judicial review at Guantánamo Bay, RIP. [New York Times]

By Kathryn Rubino on May 12, 2016 5:58 pm

ponytail woman work* Behold! The power of a single judge. A Brazilian state judge shuts down Brazil’s most popular chat app, WhatsApp, for 72 hours. [The Intercept]

* The 16 most… unique legal defenses in history. [Reeves Law Group]

* Do ponytails count as a professional hairstyle? [Corporette]

* Former clerks of the late justice speak about Scalia’s legacy. [C-SPAN]

* Can the Urban Confessional Project actually help stressed-out lawyers? [Law and More]

* Germany is annulling the convictions of 50,000 men for homosexuality, saying the victims of this now obsolete law shouldn’t have to live with the stigma of conviction. [Wonkette]

* Michael Ratner, noted civil rights attorney who challenged the government’s detention of prisoners without judicial review at Guantánamo Bay, RIP. [New York Times]