Cursing

Yeah, don't say that to a judge.

* Lawyer sent to jail for a week for cursing out a judge. As unprofessional that is, it is undeniably a vibe. [NY Post]

* Representative Joyce Beatty and eight others arrested during voting rights demonstration. [ABC News]

* Anti-vaxxers are framing their cause as a fight against modern slavery. I wish they rallied this hard against actual modern slavery. [The Guardian]

* Move over, Florida Man! Californians charged with conspiracy to destroy Democrat headquaters in Sacramento. [SFChronicle]

* Horton Hears a Restoration: Biden plans to restore protection for Tongass National Forest. [CBS News]

Try not to be too scandalized.

Maybe next time keep your feelings behind closed doors.

* “I hope you can let this go.” Former FBI director James Comey was writing memos detailing his conversations with Donald Trump to document what he believed were the president’s improper attempts to influence the Michael Flynn investigation. Comey, a damn good lawyer, likely knew that an FBI agent’s notes are admissible in court as credible evidence. [New York Times]

* The Securities and Exchange Commission just got a Biglaw-style facelift: SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, formerly of Sullivan & Cromwell, has asked Willkie Farr partner Robert Stebbins to serve as his general counsel and SullCrom associate Sean Memon to serve as his deputy chief of staff. [Big Law Business]

* Rolling your eyes and calling a federal judge’s ruling on an objection “f*cking bullsh*t” will certainly do you absolutely no favors in Judge Amy St. Eve’s courtroom. In fact, it just might get you suspended from practice for three months and barred from being a lead trial attorney for a year. [Chicago Tribune]

* “I’m an attorney in a capital case!” In videos introduced into evidence during Dylann Roof’s mental competency hearings, the convicted killer said his attorneys were “evil,” “the spawn of hell,” and “liars,” and only wanted to keep them while representing himself “so I can abuse them.” [Post and Courier]

* Drake Law School has entered into an agreement with three historically black colleges and universities to increase its diversity. Entering students will be guaranteed a scholarship to cover at least half of their tuition. Drake’s first-time bar pass rate in Iowa was 82 percent in July 2016. [Iowa Public Radio]

You won't catch this judge dropping an F-bomb.

Wow.

* The 2016 election cycle has been a doozy, and we still have six months left. Rick Hasen, Tom Mann, and Norm Ornstein discuss going from political dysfunction to Trump. [Election Law Blog]

* Father Michael Reilly is being sued for cursing and using other offensive language in the course of his work at Saint Joseph’s by the Sea High School on Staten Island. [New York Daily News]

* Who files the most amicus briefs with the Supreme Court? A report by the numbers. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Is it possible to get funding for a truly unique idea in real estate investment? [The Real Estate Philosopher]

* Deep thoughts on covering the legal industry with Above the Law’s editor-at-large, Elie Mystal. [Mimesis]

* What’s it like to be out at a Biglaw firm? [Big Law Business]

* The Supreme Court has approved a rule change to dramatically increase the government’s ability to hack into computers and phones worldwide. [Slate]

Your Honor, you must be f**king kidding with this sh*t.

While those with puritanical tendencies may consider the presence of prodigious profanity in legal offices unprofessional, there are actually some benefits to cursing that may explain its pervasive use.

This judge just learned that cursing can be pretty expensive.

Here's an opinion that'll leave you saying, "WTF?!"

* Oh, the Onion… what would I do without you? Their take on gay marriage is masterful, as always. [Onion]

* Conservatives, troubled with the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, vow to move to Canada. There’s only one teeny, tiny problem with their plan… about a decade in the making. [BuzzFeed]

* Of all the arrogant, jiggery-pokery, pure applesauce, Putsch! Find out exactly how Justice Scalia would mock you in this fun insult generator. [Slate]

* Some Alabama counties have come up with a crackerjack way to avoid marrying same sex couples. [Vox]

* The only way to get to today’s historical gay marriage case was to defeat the nomination of Judge Robert Bork, and Reagan aides always suspected this would happen. [Roll Call]

* For marriage equality fans with a sweet tooth. [Ben & Jerry’s]

* Surely you jest! Justice Scalia? Intellectually inconsistent to fit a political agenda? Pshaw. [BloombergView]

* A handy guide to today’s landmark SCOTUS decision. [Legal IO]

* News you can use: what is the legal status of cursing at cops? [The Marshall Project]

It turns out that his accuser wasn't exactly a paragon of fashion virtue.

One Yale law student has seriously ticked off some members of the Yale Club of New York City.

Coach Mike Leach admits he used some choice words when he locked a former player in a shed.

* Federal judges frequently fly across the globe on other people’s dime for conferences and symposia, but 2012′s most frequent flyer is a judge who was recently embroiled in an ethics scandal: Randall Rader of the Federal Circuit. [National Law Journal]

* Even though she claims nothing is “fundamentally broken,” Securities and Exchange Commission chairwoman Mary Jo White proposed “sweeping” new stock market regulations in an attempt to get with the times. [DealBook / New York Times]

* U. of Maine wants to combine its business and law schools, but professors are concerned about pressing questions like, “What will the diploma say?” rather than, “Do I get to keep my job?” [Portland Press Herald]

* Law schools are seen as cash cows for their affiliated undergraduate universities, but this law school is hurting so bad for cash due to low enrollment the university is infusing it with millions. [Minnesota Daily]

* A Pennsylvania man is suing his local police department for First Amendment violations after he was arrested for cursing in front of officers. N.W.A has a song this guy would like. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

Most people will dismiss this guy's post as an unhinged rant. Most people are also stupid.

This guy must have been really, really pissed off about something...

Which former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner referred to various former partners as "pathetic," "little prick," and "f**kwad"?