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Non-Sequiturs: 02.19.16

* The cynical reality of the coming constitutional fights. [Eric Posner] * It doesn't look like the Supreme Court will stop North Carolina's redistricting order. [Politico] * Can Chief Justice Roberts save the Court from partisan politics? [New Republic] * The First Amendment even applies to lawyers with blogs. [Consumer Law & Policy Blog] * The perfect way to make sure you are in compliance with every law and regulation, according to Professors Dan Solove and Woodrow Hartzog. [SSRN] * Affluenza teen grows up! Ethan Couch will be tried as an adult. [Gawker] * David Lat tells you how to take control of your career. [Legal Talk Network]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.01.16

* Fifty-six years ago today, a group of African-American students sat down at the whites only section of a lunch counter. Can you even imagine the BS talking heads and think pieces would spew if that event happened today? [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * University of New Mexico Law School is ranked number 1... for public defenders and prosecutors. [Daily Lobo] * Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick is going after T-Mobile "Binge On" service, which allows users to watch streaming content from approved providers without using their data plan, saying it violates net neutrality. [Tech Times] * Oyez, oyez! Anyone got a million-plus to buy a multimedia history of the Supreme Court? [Wall Street Journal] * All the Iowa caucus coverage making you excited? You'd probably enjoy Wonkette’s Game Of US America Elections: The Game. [Wonkette] * Utah State Senator Todd Weiler wants to do something -- anything, really, -- to stop the terrible moral decline caused by PORN. [Popehat] * Lawyers are stuck in a rat race, and it could kill you. [Law and More] * Get updated on the best in the legal tech world, before the Legaltech conference. [CodeX] * If you're going to be in San Diego for the ABA Midyear Meeting, come out Friday to "Blawgs and Listservs: Legal Publications in the Digital Age" to see Craft Beer Attorney Candace Moon, bankruptcy and fraud litigator Kathy B. Phelps, and our own Joe Patrice discuss the state of legal publishing and social media, with moderator Jordan Maglich of Ponzitracker. [American Bar Association]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.16

* How Planned Parenthood's aggressive legal strategy launched them from the defensive to the offensive. [Reuters] * David Boies just saved Natalie Portman's ass. Yes, you read that correctly. [The Hollywood Reporter] * Don't be cute and try and violate a restraining order via Facebook. [Associate's Mind * Arizona wants out of the Ninth Circuit. Good luck with that. [AZ Governor] * Not recommended judicial behavior: hanging a portrait of Adolf Hitler in the courthouse's Hall Of Heroes. Looks like Oregon's Judge Vance Day is learning that the hard way. [Raw Story] * You can't skirt defamation laws by complaining to a disciplinary committee -- a doctor files a complaint against an attorney who blogged about him. [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog] * Writing fiction was "liberating" for this attorney. Check out the new crime novel, A Stirring in the North Fork (affiliate link), to see what he's talking about. [Teamster Nation] * Despite how sensationalized they can be, the insanity defense is really quite rare. [Huffington Post] * Even if you aren't rich, you still need a prenup. [My Bank Tracker]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.29.15

* The legalese in user agreements is no joke. Fortunately there's a cartoon -- yup, you heard right, a cartoon -- to make sense of the iTunes agreement. [Slate] * Science says we should let go of our workplace grudges. I guess "science" never spent Christmas Eve redacting Excel spreadsheets so a production could be made by midnight. [Quartz] * The Tennessee judge who characterized the Supreme Court as wielding an "iron fist and limp wrist" over Obergefell... yeah, he got reprimanded. [Legal Profession Blog] * What the hell is going on at University of Louisville Law School. [Tax Prof Blog] * The bureaucratic bulls**t behind Obama's inability to close the doors on Gitmo. [Huffington Post] * The best (worst?) of the right-wing blogosphere. Be sure to take your blood pressure medication before you click. [Village Voice] * The crime of being young, black and free. [The Root] * Congrats to Texas's Tweeter Laureate, Justice Don Willett, on this latest positive press! [San Antonio Express-News]

By Kathryn Rubino