Standard Of Review: Confirming That You Don’t Need To Watch ‘Confirmation’
Columnist Harry Graff would not recommend Confirmation to anyone except perhaps hard-core Supreme Court nomination aficionados.
‘Give This Man A Federal Judgeship’: A Review Of ‘The Nominee’ By Leslie Southwick
Want an inside look at the judicial confirmation process? Tamara Tabo reviews Judge Southwick's new memoir.
Do Law School Rankings Affect Your Choice?
Share your insights in this brief survey.
Quote of the Day: Remembering Snarlin’ Arlen
President Obama remembers Arlen Specter...
Morning Docket: 10.15.12
* What effect will the Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller v. Alabama, regarding life sentences without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders, have in the real world? [New York Times] * Some good news on attorneys fees for civil rights lawyers. [WSJ Law Blog] * Speaking of fees, which firms are raking them in as emerging market companies starting emerging onto the M&A scene? [American Lawyer] * You’ve got to fight… for your right… to teach legal writing at the University of Iowa. At least if you’re a conservative. That’s the allegation by an aspiring academic, Teresa Wagner, that hits a courtroom this week. [Houston Chronicle] * Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn wants to know: is enjoying the occasional orgy such a crime? [Gothamist] * Career alternatives: Mary Wittenberg — chief executive of New York Road Runners, which puts on the New York Marathon — is a Notre Dame law grad and former Hunton & Williams lawyer. [New York Times] * Former Senator Arlen Specter, an active participant in historic Supreme Court nomination battles, RIP. [Philadelphia Daily News]
Morning Docket: 03.10.11
* Mel Gibson has reached a plea agreement in a battery case involving his ex-girlfriend. #losing #BeaverBlood [Associated Press] * Meanwhile, Lilo isn’t accepting her plea deal. No ma’am. Not for all the Texas booger sugar in the world. Well, maybe for all the Texas booger sugar. But that wasn’t really offered. [New York Post] […]
Non-Sequiturs: 12.22.10
* How much would you need to be paid to spend 40 hours in prison? Does $200,000 sound about right? [Maryland Daily Record] * C’mon, libs, John Yoo isn’t heartless — he opposes slavery, for crying out loud. Meanwhile, Richard Epstein agrees with Yoo that the original Constitution was far from perfect. [Ricochet (Yoo); Ricochet […]
Justice Scalia at the Federalist Society Fête
On Thursday evening, I had the great pleasure of attending the annual dinner at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention, in Washington, D.C. The event — attended by an estimated 1,400 people, and held in the cavernous ballroom at the Omni Shoreham — featured, as always, conservative and libertarian legal luminaries galore. (Did Judge Diane […]
Quote of the Day: A Not-So-Ringing Endorsement
In addition to her intellect, academic and professional qualifications, Kagan did just enough to win my vote by her answers that television would be good for the country and the court, and by identifying Justice Marshall as her role model. — Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), explaining in a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece why he […]
Morning Docket: 05.19.10
* Sen. Arlen Specter — a Yale Law School grad and former Philadelphia district attorney, by the way — loses the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania; ophthalmologist Rand Paul, son of Rep. Ron Paul, wins the Republican primary in Kentucky. [Washington Post] * BP hires Kirkland & Ellis for the oil spill litigation — a sign […]