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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.28.16

* If Bush v. Gore didn't teach you that election laws are a mess, then this season of Veep will hammer the lesson home. [Strook] * D.C. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh knows the value of saying no -- especially to a sitting president. [United States Law Week] * Oh, this is fun, well, at least if you are an avowed Trekkie. There's an amicus brief written entirely about the Klingon language. When arguing that Paramount cannot claim a copyright over the Klingon language, what better to spice up your prose than some quotes actually written in Klingon? [Popehat] * A look at the most cited law reviews in Supreme Court opinions from the 2013 Term to the present. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Wait -- what did this Oklahoma court say? That forcing an unconscious woman to perform oral sex isn't sexual assault? What. The. Hell. [Slate] * Pauli Murray, lawyer, scholar and activist, just had a residential college named after her at Yale. [New York Magazine]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.14.15

* A positive review of Go Set a Watchman (affiliate link) from Professor Brophy. I haven't read it, but it strikes me as a weird choice to make Doctor Manhattan a racist in this one. [The Faculty Lounge] * Standard gun nut operating procedure is to stay quiet after a mass shooting, but this guy decided to explain why Dylann Roof didn't take advantage of a "loophole" to avoid a background check. And he's right. "Loophole" suggests there was a drafting mistake as opposed to an intentional, cynical effort to gut the one gun regulation pretty much everybody agrees on. [National Review] * Everyone knows that the federal government is comprised of three equal branches. But, why do you think that? The Constitution certainly never says that. An interesting question. [Concurring Opinions] * Arts students work harder than law students. Let that sink in. [Legal Cheek] * The Economist just can't help itself from writing contrarian reviews. They're like hipsters if hipsters were old-timey Tories with handlebar mustaches and... actually, wait, is The Economist run by hipsters? [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * The Welsh government responded to an official inquiry in Klingon. Which, admittedly, is easier to understand than Welsh. [Lowering the Bar] * Important practice tip when dealing with a new client: check out the last several complaints filed against them and search for a pattern. [What About Clients?]

By Joe Patrice