Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.16.17

* Not wasting any time: Judge Amul Thapar, recently confirmed to the Sixth Circuit, authors his first published opinion as a member of that court. [How Appealing] * "Can private employers fire employees for going to a white supremacist rally?" It depends, as Eugene Volokh explains. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Joel Cohen explores special counsel Robert Mueller's decision to impanel a grand jury in D.C. [Huffington Post] * Neha Sampat identifies three ways to hire resilient lawyers -- and the benefits to diversity of focusing on resilience. [Law Practice Today] * Adam Feldman looks at which lower-court judges see their dissents most often vindicated at the Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Gerard Magliocca raises some interesting issues about possible ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). [Concurring Opinions]

By David Lat on August 16, 2017 6:12 pm

Judge Amul Thapar (by NAPABA via YouTube)

* Not wasting any time: Judge Amul Thapar, recently confirmed to the Sixth Circuit, authors his first published opinion as a member of that court. [How Appealing]

* “Can private employers fire employees for going to a white supremacist rally?” It depends, as Eugene Volokh explains. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]

* Joel Cohen explores special counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to impanel a grand jury in D.C. [Huffington Post]

* Neha Sampat identifies three ways to hire resilient lawyers — and the benefits to diversity of focusing on resilience. [Law Practice Today]

* Adam Feldman looks at which lower-court judges see their dissents most often vindicated at the Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Gerard Magliocca raises some interesting issues about possible ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). [Concurring Opinions]

DBL square headshotDavid Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and 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].