Come to Terms

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.19.15

* The North Carolina legislature's war on UNC Law School continues. The Senate just proposed a $3 million budget cut. Tarheels adjust by ending Civ Pro right before International Shoe. [The Herald Sun] * U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer enjoys living dangerously. When the D.C. Circuit tells her the CIA needs to disclose more about drone policy, she... tells the CIA to keep its mouth shut. AC/DC has a song about that behavior. [Politico] * Most attention is, justifiably, fixed on marriage equality and health care, but there are some huge pending decisions we're overlooking. [Slate] * Will Chief Justice Roberts save Obamacare again? [Mother Jones] * Speaking of SCOTUS, Professor Ilya Somin and Constitutional Accountability Center chief counsel Elizabeth Wydra talk Supreme Court in this podcast. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Career hiccups begin with you. So, you know, stop doing that to yourself. [Corporette] * Why have car insurance in this case? A fair question. [Legal Juice] * If you didn't make it to see David speak with a panel of distinguished guests at the Fix the Court/Politico Supreme Court event this week, here's the video! [Politico]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.28.15

* As it turns out, Marilyn Mosby, State's Attorney for Baltimore, has been a legal all-star for much of her adult life. Not only did she file charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, but she won a case in front of Judge Judy. Watch the video below. [New York Daily News] * “No one needs more than 18 years in the high stakes and extremely powerful position of Supreme Court justice.” If you're against lifetime terms for SCOTUS justices, you're going to love Fix the Court's new initiative for voluntary term limits. Who'd actually follow through with this? [Legal Times] * The DOJ brought a landmark case against FIFA officials, but there's likely going to be a problem getting those who were charged extradited from Switzerland. Legal experts say it'll be at least six months until we can get them in the U.S. penalty box. [WSJ Law Blog] * Sure, Dewey & LeBoeuf's former chief financial officer may have referred to the firm's "fake income" and hoped for a "clueless auditor," but come on, that doesn't mean that he was involved in anything fraudulent. He's just a really "blunt" kind of guy. [Am Law Daily] * UC law students are thanking Gov. Jerry Brown they're exempt from supplemental tuition increases -- "[they] are paying a ton already for [their] degrees." Good thing legal education is in the toilet, otherwise they'd be paying the fee hikes. [Los Angeles Times] * Comedian Tracy Morgan has settled his personal injury lawsuit against Wal-Mart over the tractor-trailer truck crash he was involved in last summer. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, but we imagine someone will leak them online soon. [Reuters] https://youtu.be/f6aN3_hKdwk

By Staci Zaretsky