Dinesh D’Souza

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.23.15

* Yup, this is STILL happening -- rape victims being charged for he cost of their rape kits. [Slate] * What happens to a university when its law school keeps dragging it down? [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Here come the legal scholars defending the constitutionality of Donald Trump's dumb ideas. [NBC News] * Are you going to get work dumped on you right before the holidays? You are going to get work dumped on you right before the holidays. [Daily Lawyer Tips] * NYU is getting a new president -- and a $1.1 million renovation to the president's penthouse. [New York Times] * NYPD officer is charged for arresting a man that tried to film him. [Gawker] * Being convicted of a felony hasn't made Dinesh D'Souza love Obama more. [Wonkette] * The stigma of mental health issues when you are a lawyer. [Law and More]

By Kathryn Rubino
Bankruptcy

Morning Docket: 09.24.14

* The United States is launching air strikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, but some have been compelled to wonder whether it’s legal under international law. Of course it’s legal, under the Rule of ‘MERICA, F*CK YEAH! [BBC] * Dewey know whether this failed firm’s former COO can get out of paying $9.3M to its bankruptcy trustee? Dewey know whether we’ll ever be able to stop using this pun? Sadly, the answer to both questions is no. [WSJ Law Blog] * Marc Dreier of the defunct Dreier LLP has been ordered to testify in person in his firm’s bankruptcy case in Manhattan, but he’d rather stay in the comforts of his prison home in Minnesota. Aww. [Bloomberg] * Dinesh D’Souza won’t have to do hard prison time for his campaign-finance violations. Instead, he’ll be spending eight months in a “community confinement center,” which sounds just peachy. [New York Times] * Northwestern Law is launching a campaign to fundraise $150M to be spent on an endless supply of Chick-fil-A sandwiches financial aid for students and curriculum improvements. [National Law Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky