Guns
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Constitutional Law, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Violence
Idaho Law Student Wants Right to Carry Guns on Campus
Do we really need to make it easier for people to have weapons on school campuses? Really? We’re not worried about school shootings anymore? Is the Second Amendment really so broad that it requires us to allow students to weaponize their law school dorm rooms? Is there no “safe zone” in America where I can […] -
Crime, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Violence
Judge John Roll Died A Hero
Investigators looking at surveillance footage from the Tucson attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords say that Chief Judge John Roll died a hero. According to the New York Times, the video shows that Judge Roll apparently died while helping to save the life of Ronald Barber, a Giffords staffer. Barber, who was shot twice while standing […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Drugs, Music, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Race Is Just a State of Mind
Don’t watch nothing say him white. Him blacker than me and you. — Buju Banton, the celebrated reggae musician, speaking about his lawyer, David Oscar Markus — whom he called up to the stage and hugged at a recent concert. (Markus, who is also a legal blogger as well as a prominent criminal defense lawyer, […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.14.11
* Arizona has one of the least restrictive laws on involuntary commitment of nutters in the nation. Next time, Arizona. Next time. [Reuters] * Talk of new gun laws is the perfect time to link to the most criminally underrated movie of all time…UHF. [New York Times] * Two teen girls in Florida were arrested […]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.11.11
* Lady Kaga issues her first single: a ruling against a Chapter 13 debtor, in favor of his credit card issuer, affirming the Ninth Circuit by a vote of 8-1. The lone dissenter: Justice Scalia. Weird, huh? [WSJ Law Blog; ABA Journal] * “How do you spark a bonobo orgy?” [Andrew Sullivan] * How do […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.10.11
* Tom DeLay gets sentenced to three years. [WSJ Law Blog] * If we want to ban threatening speech against Congresspeople, what will we really be banning? [Volokh Conspiracy] * Apparently my final solution on guns could lead to the well-regulated militia rising up. [First One @ One First] * Maybe it isn’t impossible to […] -
Guns / Firearms, Politics, Sarah Palin, Violence
Sarah Palin Doesn't Kill People. Guns, On the Other Hand...
I’m on record as thinking that it’s inappropriate to blame Sarah Palin or any other source of fiery political rhetoric for the horrific shooting that took place in Tucson on Saturday. I said it in real time as facts were coming to light; I said it on Twitter. There are any number of reasons why […] -
Crime, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Politics, UVA Law, Violence
Federal Judge John Roll Among Victims in Arizona Congresswoman Shooting
We’re not going to weigh in on all the rampant speculation about what gave rise to the shooting today in Arizona involving Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona). But we did want to inform you that news outlets are now reporting that federal judge John Roll was one of the victims in the shooting in Tucson. UPDATE: […] - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.30.10
* Given LeBron, the Browns, and everything else, the one thing I think the city of Cleveland needs more of is guns. [WSJ Law Blog] * Am I in favor of a 68-year-old man punching a 15-year-old boy for not turning off his cell phone in preparation for landing? Hey man, it takes a village. […] -
Guns / Firearms, New York Times, Quote of the Day, Sarah Palin
Quote of the Day: Actually, Doesn't HLS Have a Shooting Club?
Sarah’s view of America is primitive. You’re either a pointy-headed graduate of Harvard Law School or you’re eviscerating animals for fun, which she presents as somehow more authentic. — Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, discussing Sarah Palin. -
Asians, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Violence
An Update on the Temple Law Shooter: Trial Date SetAnd the victim, Eddie DiDonato, continues to recover.
It has been a while since we last wrote about Gerald Ung, the Temple Law student who was arrested in January for shooting Edward “Eddie” DiDonato Jr. (a former college lacrosse star who also has a legal connection — his father is a partner at Fox Rothschild, the prominent Philadelphia firm). Today we have two […] -
Guns / Firearms, Ridiculousness, Weirdness
Shooting Yourself in the Foot > Shooting Your Mouth Off
Writers tend to use the word “literally” too much — and literally incorrectly. In this case, the word is entirely appropriate. A lawyer literally shot himself in the foot. The ABA Journal reports: An Ohio lawyer shot himself in the foot on Monday as he was retrieving his gun from a locker at the courthouse. […]
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