
Non-Sequiturs: 07.12.16
* Bill Cosby replaces Quinn Emanuel as his counsel. [Deadline] * One of the One Direction boys is dating a law student... [Legal Cheek] * Take the Lowering the Bar Supreme Court trivia quiz! [Lowering the Bar] * Showing the sort of rationality long thought lost on major studios, Paramount releases guidelines for Star Trek fans hoping to make fan films. [The Legal Artist] * "Law School Is The New Bootcamp." The title may be a bit misleading, but this article bemoans the rise of lawyering over soldiering in political appointments. [American Spectator] * Prosecutors clinging to their own deluded sense of justice seek same prison term at resentencing -- even after some vacated convictions. [Sentencing Law and Policy] * More analysis of the Justice Ginsburg comments on Donald Trump. In all the hubbub over free speech and judicial ethics, it seems to me that we give judges lifetime tenure specifically so they can voice whatever goddamned opinions they want without fear of reprisal. [The Faculty Lounge] * It shouldn't shock anyone, but some other countries are a lot better about handling student debt. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]