Standard Of Review: Confirming That You Don’t Need To Watch ‘Confirmation’
Columnist Harry Graff would not recommend Confirmation to anyone except perhaps hard-core Supreme Court nomination aficionados.
Non-Sequiturs: 03.30.16
* As HBO prepares its take on the 1991 Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings starring Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, it seems they were inundated with complaints from politicians, concerned over how they look in the real life drama. [Hollywood Reporter] * Geek out over the Supreme Court Style Guide (affiliate link) and note it “frequently deviates from Bluebook style.” [Lawyerist] * They were fired, but now they’re baaack. Amid declining enrollment, seven professors are back at Charleston Law. [Tax Law Prof] * A 2013 paper from Harvard Law professor Matthew C. Stephenson arguing that a Supreme Court justice can be appointed without a confirmation hearing has been making the social media rounds as the non-action on Merrick Garland’s nomination continues. [Yale Law Journal] * Does this disbarred attorney have information from the DC Madam that will change the 2016 election? Probably not, but let the speculation begin! [Gawker]
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Behind The Scenes Look At Seminal Legal Moment As Captured By HBO
Let's all gawk at the 90s fashion brought to life in Kerry Washington's portrayal of Anita Hill.
Standard Of Review: Casting The Supreme Court
Whom would you cast to play our current Supreme Court justices? Arts columnist Harry Graff makes his nominations.
Morning Docket: 04.29.15
* In case you haven't read the transcripts from yesterday's same-sex marriage arguments at the Supreme Court and you still want to have some talking points at the water cooler at the office, here are six of the more "provocative" questions that the justices asked. [WSJ Law Blog] * HBO is filming a TV movie called "Confirmation" about Justice Clarence Thomas's 1991 nomination hearings. Kerry Washington will play Anita Hill and Wendell Pierce will play our silent justice. No one puts a pube on Olivia Pope's Coke can and gets away with it! [Hollywood Reporter] * If you're not interested in the CliffsNotes version of the same-sex marriage arguments at SCOTUS, you should know the justices were split along their usual ideological lines, and Justice Kennedy seemed even more wishy-washy than normal. [New York Times] * You're my boy, Blue! Brooklyn Law School will honor 100-year-old Professor Joseph Crea this summer. He's been teaching at the school for more than five decades, and looks like a well-preserved academic artifact. Congratulations! [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] * Still high off its top passage rate for the February 2015 Florida bar exam and thanks to an anonymous $1 million gift, Ave Maria Law announced that it will be purchasing its campus... and launching a totally unrelated $3.2 million capital campaign. [News-Press] * If you're looking to take a year off before law school, then perhaps you ought to consider becoming a paralegal, a research analyst, or an investment banker. At least one of those jobs will make you reconsider your future. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]