Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.08.18

* Remember the "revealed preferences" law school rankings that debuted last year? Christopher Ryan and Brian Frye have issued the 2018 edition. [SSRN] * And C.J. Ryan offers yet another set of law school rankings, this time focused on "value added" (similar in philosophy to the ATL rankings, but Ryan's top ten is very different from ours). [SSRN] * If brevity is the soul of wit, then Supreme Court opinions are getting less and less witty; Adam Feldman has the data to prove it. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A serious threat to political speech and election integrity, according to media law expert Charles Glasser: the weaponization of copyright law. [Daily Caller] * Andy Oldham, President Trump's latest Fifth Circuit nominee, is very, very smart -- and very, very conservative. [Texas Tribune] * The latest headline-making case handled by legendary litigator Ed Hayes is a doozy -- involving a former beauty queen, a hedge-fund magnate, an ostrich farm, and... an STD. [New York Post] * Interested in constitutional law and possessed of a progressive perspective? Here's a great job opportunity you should check out. [Constitutional Accountability Center]

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* Remember the “revealed preferences” law school rankings that debuted last year? Christopher Ryan and Brian Frye have issued the 2018 edition. [SSRN]

* And C.J. Ryan offers yet another set of law school rankings, this time focused on “value added” (similar in philosophy to the ATL rankings, but Ryan’s top ten is very different from ours). [SSRN]

* If brevity is the soul of wit, then Supreme Court opinions are getting less and less witty; Adam Feldman has the data to prove it. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* A serious threat to political speech and election integrity, according to media law expert Charles Glasser: the weaponization of copyright law. [Daily Caller]

* Andy Oldham, President Trump’s latest Fifth Circuit nominee, is very, very smart — and very, very conservative. [Texas Tribune]

* The latest headline-making case handled by legendary litigator Ed Hayes is a doozy — involving a former beauty queen, a hedge-fund magnate, an ostrich farm, and… an STD. [New York Post]

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* Interested in constitutional law and possessed of a progressive perspective? Here’s a great job opportunity you should check out. [Constitutional Accountability Center]

DBL square headshotDavid Lat is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].

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