Andrew Sullivan

I don’t have a problem with appointing an openly gay person. Because they’re not going to try to put sharia law in our laws. — Herman Cain, Republican presidential candidate, explaining why he would consider appointing an openly gay person to his cabinet, even though he would not appoint a Muslim to the federal bench […]

The phone’s been ringing off the hook here at the Circumcision Law Desk all weekend, so I apologize in advance if this post comes off sounding a bit distracted. Oftentimes, the intersection of foreskin and law is a lonely corridor filled with nothing but shattered dreams and crying babies. A screaming anti-semitism comes across the […]

People read us at work — we’re a procrastination tool, a guilty pleasure. There are so many bored lawyers out there, just clicking refresh, refresh, refresh…. — Andrew Sullivan, noting the large lawyer readership of his blog, The Daily Dish, at a very interesting panel discussion last night on the future of the media.

Protip: Don’t look up the Wikipedia entry for foreskin. Don’t do it even if you have to write a post about a baby who was given a circumcision against his parents’ wishes. Vera Delgado, the baby’s mother, had left the hospital to shower and get a change of clothes. Just long enough for Nurse Ratched […]

Apologies for not getting to this story earlier. Sometimes things fall through the cracks around here. (We were offline for much of Thursday and Friday, attending Lavender Law.) Last week, a federal magistrate judge questioned the propriety of the U.S. Attorney’s Office moving to dismiss a marijuana possession charge against Andrew Sullivan. Yes, that Andrew […]

We agree with Andrew Sullivan: Dahlia Lithwick did a superb job in her write-up of the Scalia-Breyer debate, which took place Tuesday night at the Capital Hilton. We attended as guests of the ACS, whom we thank for their hospitality. For our fourth and final post about the evening — prior posts here, here, and […]

* New Jersey politics: Never a dull moment. [Wall Street Journal via Instapundit] * Did Nancy Grace go too far in her grilling of Melinda Duckett? [MSNBC via Andrew Sullivan; Crime & Federalism] * If you royally piss off a judge with a recusal request, which he denies, can you try to get him recused […]