* Florida is woefully unprepared for a zombie apocalypse. [Lowering the Bar]
* Congratulations to Sujit Choudhry on being named dean at Boalt Hall. [Prawfs Blawg]
* Justice Scalia is a delusional hack. Well, that’s not really news… [Salon]
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* Just how suspect was that referendum on Crimean annexation? Even the Russian government is questioning it. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* A look at how Lauren Giddings’s killer could have gotten free. [The Telegraph (Macon)]
* The KABA and JABA have issued a joint statement on the lawsuit surrounding the Glendale, CA, Comfort Women Memorial. [Korean American Bar Association / Japanese American Bar Association]
* A governor’s cronies get the plum state judgeships. That may not be surprising, but the negative impact it has on the quality of the judiciary deserves more attention. [The Center for Public Integrity]
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* I’d never heard of “The Full Kagan,” and I’m not sure I want to know what it relates to. [Excess of Democracy]
* Much has been made of federal prosecutors failing to go after the “Too Big To Fail” banks. After the jump is a primer on why they haven’t. [Bloomberg TV]