Dan Crenshaw Declares That Fourth Amendment Protects Thanksgiving (Psst… It Doesn’t)
What are these people talking about?
Billables Are Not The Same As Cash Flow. Here’s Why That’s Important.
Findings from the MyCase 2025 Legal Industry Report.
The Destructive Era Of Drug Prohibition Is Collapsing
From the Deep South to each of the coasts, the only universal American policy mandate to be found is ending the destructive war on drugs.
Tennessee Deputy Sued Twice In The Same Day Over A Roadside Anal Search And A Forced Baptism
There's something you don't see every day.
Federal Agent: Using A Taped Box To Send Stuff Overnight Via FedEx Is Suspicious Behavior
Obviously criminal activity.
Colonists Had More Protections From Unreasonable Government Searches Than We Do Now
Blame the modern drug war and its erosion of Fourth Amendment guarantees.
Your Definitive Resource On Decrypting Crypto, Digital Assets, And Web3
"Decrypting Crypto" is a go-to guide for understanding the technology and tools underlying Web3 and issues raised in the context of specific legal practice areas.
In His Carpenter Dissent, Thomas Gives Nod to Emerging Legal Technology
What do words really mean?
Non-Sequiturs: 06.24.18
* It's checkout time at the Supreme Court, and courtroom correspondent Mark Walsh is ready to reveal what's in his shopping cart. [SCOTUSblog] * Being cited by the Supreme Court is usually something to boast about -- but not always, as Adam Feldman notes in this thoughtful analysis of how much oral arguments matter. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Will Baude breaks down the Court's intriguing debate over stare decisis in South Dakota v. Wayfair. [PrawfsBlawg] * Joel Cohen looks at why the federal judiciary gets better treatment from the press than the other two branches of government -- and whether the differential is justified. [The Hill] * Orin Kerr identifies an interesting issue: if a police officer uses Google Translate to try and request consent to search from a non-English speaker in that person's own language, is the consent valid if Google Translate botched the translation? [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason] * There's a long and bipartisan tradition of... the federal government spying on reporters, as Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller] * Speaking of the media, Jean O'Grady points out a helpful new resource from CQ for consumers of news, along with tips for how to tell whether or not a story is "fake news." [Dewey B Strategic] * If reforms come to university boardrooms, let's hope they include law schools as well. [ProfessorBainbridge via Instapundit] * An interesting new use of voice-activated technology, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer: getting insights into federal tax law. [Artificial Lawyer] * If you'll be in New York on Tuesday, July 17, raise your glass with fellow young lawyers, summer associates, and law students, at the UJA's Summer Law Happy Hour. [UJA Federation of New York]
Supreme Court Continues Its Modernization Campaign: Requires Warrants For Some Cell Phone Searches
Chief Justice Roberts joins the liberals to limit warrantless searches of cell phone data.
The Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect You From Being A Moron
Confessing to criminal activity on Facebook is a poor strategy.
Why Better Billing Statements Can Improve Your Firm’s Finances—And Your Client Relationships
Outdated billing is costing law firms money. Discover how clear, modern billing practices boost profits, trust, and cash flow in 2025.
Thomas And Alito Make Crazy And Dangerous Arguments… For No Damn Reason
It's like they got bored with just applying the law, so they let their intellectual freak flag fly.
Stormy Weather: How The Cloud Act May Rain On The Privacy Of Your Data
Sadly, the Cloud Act may have mooted any decision by the Supreme Court on the matter.
Morning Docket: 03.09.18
* The 2018 Go-To Law Schools rankings are out -- where should you go to law school if you want a job at a top firm? Spoiler: not Arizona Summit. [Law.com] * According to a new study, justices spend more oral argument time grandstanding today than they did 20 years ago. So give Clarence Thomas credit for at least not falling into this trap. [National Law Journal] * A fascinating interview with George Pataki covering his path to politics, his current practice, and his concern over the rise of celebrity candidates. For our younger readers, George Pataki was the tall guy in last election's GOP junior varsity debate that you didn't watch. [Coverage Opinions] * John Dean and Preet Bharara are among the amici listed in a new brief from Project Democracy challenging the administration's role in the AT&T merger. Their argument is outlined at Lawfare. [Lawfare] * Dean Erwin Chemerinsky lays out the big Fourth Amendment cases to watch this Term. [ABA Journal] * Suing over vaccination programs? Check. Cracking down on protestors in the name of free speech? Check. Harassing schools over affirmative action? Check. Prosecuting corporate criminals? Not so much. [Forbes] * Oh. And add "defending the right to block people on Twitter" to the legal fights Justice is taking up rather than prosecuting corporations. [Law360]
Morning Docket: 02.21.18
* Lawyers for Brendan Dassey of Making a Murderer have filed a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to review a decision made by the en banc Seventh Circuit that upheld his conviction for murder. Earlier, a federal magistrate overturned his conviction and a panel of the Seventh Circuit affirmed. This is totally going to be in the show’s sequel. [ABC 2 WBAY] * A step in the right direction for gun control? During a Medal of Valor ceremony at the White House, President Trump announced that he'd directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to draft regulations that would effectively ban the use of bump stocks. Now we'll just wait a few months to see some action on AR-15s... [USA Today] * Could it be? Could Justice Neil Gorsuch be on your side when it comes to privacy? Believe it or not, “[h]e may even become the Supreme Court's next swing vote on Fourth Amendment issues,” and this term he’ll have more than an ample opportunity to swing on the issues of digital privacy and police search warrants. [VICE News] * If you thought you couldn't get rid of your student loans in bankruptcy, you were likely be right, but that could change. The Trump administration is looking into what it takes for borrowers to meet the "undue hardship" threshold for the discharge of federal loans in bankruptcy, and may clarify the standard. [Wall Street Journal] * In perhaps the best student event ever, Howard Law rented out an entire movie theater so that students, faculty, staff, and alumni could see an opening-night screening of Black Panther. The school's SBA co-hosted the awesomeness with Georgetown Law’s Black Law Students Association. Congratulations! [Law.com]
At Motel 6, We’ll Keep The Light On For You (And Then Maybe We’ll Call The Cops On You)
Staying at a Motel 6 can land you in jail. Which might be an improvement.