Howard Bashman

You can find the weirdest s**t on Craigslist: I’m creating a proposal for a downtown performance art show based on US sex laws – the quirkier the better. There are many lists online of these laws, but it’s really hard to find the actual statute or case number. In some cases, they either don’t exist […]

* He likes ’em young. [WNBC] * WSJ Law Blog follows SCOTUS comedy. [WSJ Law Blog] * More Jack Thompson chicanery. [GamePolitics] * In keeping with the non-top-tier theme, here’s a Tier 4 that’s moving. [WRAL] * Sorry, Howard Bashman. [Yahoo!]

We’re loving this little dustup over our item about Nina Totenberg getting territorial over seating in the Supreme Court press gallery. It got us a shout-out in the Washington Post. And it’s generating celebrity correspondence for us, too. Over the weekend, we heard from SCOTUS bar superstar Tom Goldstein. And then, this morning, we received […]

The brilliant and irascible Judge Alex Kozinski, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has handed down his opinion on blogs, and it’s scathing. The audio link is down, but Orin Kerr helpfully gives us the juicy bits: ERIC GOLDMAN: So but what about blogs? . . . JUDGE ALEX KOZINSKI: I […]

Our favorite movie of all time is All About Eve (1950). It’s the story of a brilliant but aging stage diva, Margo Channing (Bette Davis), and an aspiring actress, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). Margo befriends Eve, taking the star-struck youngster under her wing. But then the exceedingly ambitious Eve starts to threaten her mentor’s reign […]

Not done with your holiday shopping yet? Stumped about what to get for all those special lawyers in your life? Howard Bashman has some ideas. So does Paul Caron (scroll down). And, of course, don’t forget to check out Illegal Briefs. Their motto? “Be a lawyer. Don’t dress like one.” (Thanks to commenter Peter for […]

* The Volokh Conspiracy wins Best Law Blog. Congrats to the VC crew! [The Weblog Awards 2006 via 2nd Place Winner How Appealing] * F&@% you, FCC!. [CNN.com] * And in my-home-state-is-not-completely-backward news… [Jurist] * If he sold it, Ron Goldman wants the money. [AP via FindLaw] * Internet illiterate NY Mom, who doesn’t know […]

Or at least a big benchslap upside the head, courtesy of the Supreme Court. Per Orin Kerr: A lot of people have talked about the Supreme Court’s small docket; Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit is actually doing something about it. He handed down an opinion today in Carrington v. United States that has […]

Ann Althouse raises a potential quibble with the above quip, made by Justice Antonin Scalia in a public appearance this past weekend. She writes: It would be better to say “not everything that is stupid is unconstitutional.” “Everything that is stupid is not unconstitutional” can be read to mean that every stupid thing is constitutional, […]

Mr. Bashman, don’t despair. ATL did NOT overlook your lunch with Professor David Hoffman, of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law (as you apparently feared). Come now. Do you really think we’d miss a sighting of two high-profile bloggers — Howard Bashman, of How Appealing, and Dave Hoffman, of Concurring Opinions (at right) — getting […]