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“Do Judges ‘Have an Important Role to Play in Our Society’ Beyond Judging? A disagreement.” Orin S. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
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“Nonviolent felons can’t be banned from owning guns, 9th Circuit rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“Solicitors general, past and present, reflect on ups and downs of job and arguing before SCOTUS”: Mark Walsh has this article online at ABA Journal.
“No judge shopping for TikTok”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.
“Shopping for the Judge You Want Honed to Perfection in Texas”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.
Context Windows In Legal AI And Why Content Still Determines Quality
Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much?
“A Judge Had a 13-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed for No Reason. A Year Later, He’s Faced Basically No Consequences.” Law professor Steven Lubet has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.