Andy Oldham

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.08.18

* Remember the "revealed preferences" law school rankings that debuted last year? Christopher Ryan and Brian Frye have issued the 2018 edition. [SSRN] * And C.J. Ryan offers yet another set of law school rankings, this time focused on "value added" (similar in philosophy to the ATL rankings, but Ryan's top ten is very different from ours). [SSRN] * If brevity is the soul of wit, then Supreme Court opinions are getting less and less witty; Adam Feldman has the data to prove it. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A serious threat to political speech and election integrity, according to media law expert Charles Glasser: the weaponization of copyright law. [Daily Caller] * Andy Oldham, President Trump's latest Fifth Circuit nominee, is very, very smart -- and very, very conservative. [Texas Tribune] * The latest headline-making case handled by legendary litigator Ed Hayes is a doozy -- involving a former beauty queen, a hedge-fund magnate, an ostrich farm, and... an STD. [New York Post] * Interested in constitutional law and possessed of a progressive perspective? Here's a great job opportunity you should check out. [Constitutional Accountability Center]