Eric Segall
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CourtsCalling Out The Wild Hypocrisy Of Originalists
Overturning laws because you don't like them is *not* originalism. -
Law SchoolsAre Law Review Articles A Waste Of Time?
Are law review articles too long? Are they even scholarly? Do you care? Maybe you should. 
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Supreme CourtWhen You're Getting Reamed For Saying It's OK To Compare Gay People To Murderers, Doubling Down On Calling Justice Sotomayor 'Thuggish' Ought To Fix Things
Ed Whelan's latest defense of Scalia's legacy provides an unwittingly thorough rebuke of Scalia's brand of textualism.
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Law SchoolsThe Future Of Legal Scholarship
Registration information and a list of speakers for this conference can be found here. -
Pets, Richard PosnerPixie For President: Why Judge Posner's Cat Deserves Your Vote
If you'd rather elect a cat than Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, then Pixie is the candidate for you! -
Benchslaps, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Judge Posner Tackles Justice Scalia's Obsession With Gay Marriage
Judge Posner is known for his willingness to take swings at those above him in the judicial hierarchy. -
Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Deaths, Department of Justice, Election Law, Federal Judges, Job Searches, JPMorgan Chase, Law Professors, Law Schools, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Morning Docket, Musical Chairs, Politics, Privacy, S.D.N.Y., SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 02.25.13
* The horror! The horror! Sacrilege! Constitutional law nerds nationwide will weep at the very thought of someone suggesting that our country’s governing document be amended to abolish life tenure for Supreme Court justices. [Los Angeles Times]
* Quite frankly, it’s pretty amazing how quickly the preclearance section of the Voting Rights Act went from being seen by states as something that wasn’t “onerous” to being “arbitrary and burdensome.” That’s politics for you. [It’s All Politics / NPR]
* Jim Woolery, an M&A superstar formerly of J.P. Morgan, has made the jump to Cadwalader after only two years at the bank. Upgrade or downgrade from his Cravath partnership? [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Some law professors stop teaching classes to tend to their divorce proceedings, but others law professors teach classes from their hospital beds so their students aren’t thrown to the wolves. [Tex Parte / Texas Lawyer]
* It you want to be employed, make damn sure you nail your interview because “[t]he stakes are higher than ever” — fewer than 13 percent of permanent law jobs were obtained from OCI in 2011. [National Law Journal]
* Greenlight Capital’s case against Apple might have been perceived as a “silly sideshow” by some, but it looks like Judge Richard Sullivan of the S.D.N.Y. purchased front row tickets. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Speaking of silly sideshows, the DOJ recently joined the fray with Floyd Landis and his False Claims Act suit against Lance Armstrong. Perhaps it’s time for the disgraced biker to take his ball and go home. [Bloomberg]
* Alan Westin, privacy law scholar and professor emeritus of public law at Columbia, RIP. [New York Times]
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Federal Judges, John Roberts, Merrick Garland, Neal Katyal, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in President Obama's Second Term
How will the Supreme Court affect President Obama, and how will President Obama affect the Supreme Court, as we enter the 44th president's second term?
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