A Prosecutor’s Perspective
What did Scott Turow's time as a prosecutor teach him?
We The People… Can Do Better?
Is the Constitution to blame for the current political dysfunction?
Lawyerly Lairs: Sixth-Year Associate Snags Seven-Figure Pad
How many sixth-year associates can afford $2 million apartments?
Politics and Money: Imperfect Together?
What should be done - if anything - about the influence of money in politics? Some thoughts from Larry Lessig, Cleta Mitchell, Ted Olson, and Seth Waxman.
Quote of the Day: Is seeing Broadway shows the new ambulance-chasing?
It’s like Formula One. You want to see the car crash. We like to go to Rockefeller Center to watch the ice-skaters fall. — Carol Barbeiro, a lawyer, on why she went to see Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the ill-fated, accident-prone Broadway musical. (Her boyfriend added: “She wants to see blood.”)
ATL/New Yorker Caption Contest: In Bed with SCOTUS
The current New Yorker caption contest is legally-themed and sexually explicit, so it begs for our attention. The Nine get naughty! We couldn’t get permission to post it here, so you’ll have to click over to the New Yorker to check it out. We did a little background check on the finalists for the caption […]
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SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor Has Star Power
The most recent New Yorker features a profile of the newest resident of the High Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Given the tone of the piece, you might think One First Street is turning into Melrose Place. Journalist Lauren Collins describes Sotomayor as “the first celebrity Justice”: a “diabetic, a divorcée, a dental-bill debtor, a person […]
Peering Into The Crystal Ball for Obama’s Judicial Picks
(Plus a live chat with the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin)
The current New Yorker has an interesting piece by Jeffrey Toobin on President Obama’s judicial picks. Toobin took part in a live chat about the piece at NewYorker.com right now earlier today if you’re interested. (Try not to crash their website.). UPDATE: The chat’s quite interesting. Toobin reveals why he likes Justice Souter best and […]
Lawyer of the Day: Larry Wood
We know many lawyers who agonize over the New Yorker magazine’s weekly caption contest, desperately hoping to come up with a gnomic, witty caption worthy of selection. But we know of only one lawyer who has managed to come up with a winning caption three times. Let us introduce you to Larry Wood, an attorney […]
Chief Justice John Roberts: The Elephant in the SCOTUS Courtroom?
Everyone’s a-twitter about Jeffrey Toobin’s profile of Chief Justice John Roberts in this week’s New Yorker. And with good reason. We’re not sure whether the title of the profile, “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” is meant to describe Roberts or Toobin. We’re sure you’re familiar with Toobin, the ubiquitous legal analyst whose resume includes gigs […]
How LexisNexis State Net Uses Gen AI To Tame Gov’t Data
Its new features transform how you can track and analyze the more than 200,000 bills, regulations, and other measures set to be introduced this year.
Spam Email of the Day
If you’re a judiciary junkie who used to read Underneath Their Robes, the judicial news and gossip site that was our first foray into blogging, you may be mildly amused by this strange piece of spam. Jeffrey Toobin — legal affairs writer for the New Yorker and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World […]
Non-Sequiturs: 01.02.07
* Donald Trump gives on-the-record comments to a blawg (albeit an MSM-affiliated one). The man is a total media whore. But he’s the little brother of a certain fabulous Third Circuit judge, so we forgive him. [WSJ Law Blog] (Check out the photos at right. We see a definite family resemblance. Which may or may […]
Senator Arlen Specter: One Heck of a Squash Player
Here’s another excellent article from Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker. It’s about the role played by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), outgoing chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, with respect to the recent habeas corpus legislation (aka the Military Commissions Act of 2006). If you’re confused about the controversy over this legislation, which has wound […]
Justice Breyer at the New Yorker Festival: Some Highlights (Part 2)
Justice Stephen G. Breyer demonstrates his hidden talent for pantomime, as Jeffrey Toobin looks on admiringly. (Photo by Startraks.) This is our final post about Justice Stephen Breyer’s recent appearance at the New Yorker Festival. Prior posts are available here, here, here, and here. We highlight some of the more interesting or amusing remarks by […]
Justice Breyer at the New Yorker Festival: Some Highlights (Part 1)
“Nino, you wanna piece of me?” Justice Stephen G. Breyer and Jeffrey Toobin, at the New Yorker Festival. Photo by Startraks. Somewhat late, but better late than never: part one of the more detailed account that we promised you of Justice Stephen Breyer’s interview with Jeffrey Toobin, at the New Yorker Festival last weekend. The […]