Federal Judges
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Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators
Federal Judge Benchslaps Lawyer For 'Frivolous,' 'Smoke And Mirrors' Recusal Motion
Don't make this judge angry; you won't like him when's angry.... -
Donald Trump, Federal Judges, Justice, Politics
Court Takes Trump Literally, Allows 'Incitement' Suit Against Him To Go Forward
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Federal Government, Federal Judges, Politics, White House Counsel
Trump Administration To American Bar Association: 'You're Fired'
The ABA will no longer get special early access to the identities of judicial nominees.
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Benchslaps, Federal Judges
The Ninth Circuit Has No Patience For This Ethically Challenged Attorney
Nice try, counselor. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.03.17
* Remember Chris Sevier, the man who, in an effort to protest same-sex marriage, filed suit against Florida, Texas, and now Utah because he alleged he was denied the right to marry his computer? A federal judge has refused to dismiss his case because some of his wild claims ought to be heard in court — and not just for the judge’s entertainment. Surprisingly, this wasn’t an April Fools’ joke. [FOX 13 News]
* “It is plausible that Trump’s direction to ‘get ’em out of here’ advocated the use of force. It was an order, an instruction, a command.’ President Trump once again has his bold language to blame for his lawyers’ inability to get a lawsuit dismissed. Because free speech isn’t a viable defense, a federal judge has refused to toss out allegations that Trump incited violence against protesters at one of his campaign rallies. [NBC News]
* “[W]e do not intend to give any professional organizations special access to our nominees.” Breaking with tradition, the Trump administration has decided to forgo the American Bar Association’s pre-nomination assistance when it comes to evaluating and rubber-stamping candidates for the federal judiciary. We’ll have more on this later. [New York Times]
* Facebook is requiring that women and ethnic minorities account for at least 33 percent of law firm teams working on its matters. In addition, those firms must “actively identify and create clear and measurable leadership opportunities for women and minorities” who represent the social networking giant. Love. ❤ [DealBook / New York Times]
* The ABA may eliminate a requirement that full-time faculty teach at least half of all upper-level courses offered at their law schools. Hmm, if law professors worked half as much, then perhaps their salaries would decrease along with their work load and there would be less of an excuse to keep student tuition so absurdly high. [Inside Higher Ed]
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Benchslaps, Wall Street
Egregious Fact Pattern Earns Bank Of America A Scathing, $45+ Million Benchslap
Just how much villainy can one bank get into? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.26.17
* “I’m guessing they have had a number of long days and potentially sleepless nights.” The government lawyers behind the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the American Health Care Act have had a rough go of things. Who are they, which law schools did they attend, and which Biglaw firms did they work for before becoming Hill lawyers? [National Law Journal]
* Don’t forget about Merrick: A third of Democratic senators have pledged to vote against confirming Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. At this time, it remains unclear as to whether there will be a united effort by Democrats to oppose his confirmation when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on April 3. [Reuters]
* Guess who isn’t boycotting Hawaii? People who apparently have a vendetta against this federal jurist. Judge Derrick Watson of the District of Hawaii has been receiving death threats ever since he blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on March 15. He is now receiving 24-hour protection from the U.S. Marshals Service. [The Hill]
* The Second Circuit has upheld New York’s ban on non-lawyers investing in law firms. Personal injury firm Jacoby & Meyers argued that the state’s prohibition on non-lawyer investment violated lawyers’ First Amendment right to associate with clients, but the court found that connection to be “simply too attenuated.” [New York Law Journal]
* Ithaca may be gorges, but it can’t compete with the Big Apple with it comes to hands-on learning about issues dealing with cutting-edge tech. Cornell Law is launching a semester-long Program in Information and Technology Law at its Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City that’s slated to begin in Spring 2018. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Judge Edward J. McManus, the longest serving of any incumbent judge in the United States (and third-longest servng in the history of the United States), RIP. [N.D. Iowa]
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Federal Judges, Politics
Lower-Court Judicial Nominations By The Trump Administration
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Federal Judges, Justice, Politics
Friday Night Fights -- At The Ninth Circuit
A battle royal at the Ninth Circuit over President Trump's immigration order. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Next Generation (Of Feeder Judges)
These emerging feeder judges are a high-powered and diverse group. -
Federal Judges
Conservative Judge Not A Fan Of Trump's Judge Bashing
The judge clearly has a deeply seeded respect for the judiciary as an institution -
Books, Federal Judges
All Falling Faiths: An Interview With Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Judge Wilkinson discusses his new book, a meditation on the 1960s and their legacy. -
Federal Judges
Federal Judge Uses Pop Culture In Pithy Dissent
Here's a citation you don't often see from a federal appellate judge.
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Federal Judges
Federal Judge Throws Shade At Donald Trump In An Unrelated Decision
We see you Judge Oetken. -
Federal Judges, Money, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Judge Neil Gorsuch: What's His Net Worth?
It's pretty, pretty sizable -- although it falls far short of Judge Merrick Garland's. -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Liberals And Gays For Gorsuch? (Or, The Virtues Of Non-Ideological Clerk Hiring)
It's nice to have friends on both sides of the aisle. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.10.16
* Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Incubus, Miguel and Skrillex are headlining a benefit concert for the ACLU. [Salon]
* Will district court Judge Amul R. Thapar be the nation’s first South Asian-American Supreme Court justice? [Bloomberg/BNA]
* The ABA is urging President Trump to withdraw his travel ban. [New York City Bar]
* The Federal Bar Council doesn’t take kindly to Trump’s tweets about federal judges. [FBC]
* You know how your eyes glaze over halfway through a huge block quote? You should probably cut those down. [LawProse]
* With Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, are we heading for a constitutional crisis? [The Slot]
* Do you think George Conway will wind up as Solicitor General? [Law and More]
* This seems troubling. [Slate]
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Congratulations To The 2017 Bristow Fellows
Congratulations to the new fellows, their law schools, and their judges! -
Justice
Ninth Circuit UPHOLDS Temporary Restraining Order On Trump's Travel Ban
The ruling is unanimous, and it's a total smackdown. -
Supreme Court
Poll: How Screwed Is Judge Gorsuch Over These Trump Comments?
Judge Gorsuch criticized Donald Trump. How do you think that's going for him?