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Non-Sequiturs: 11.11.14

* Law students (and prospective law students)! Figure out your expected class rank with this handy calculator. [Witnesseth] * Elie wonders if law students are getting dumber. [Redline] * Great law review article, or greatest law review article? Judge M. Margaret McKeown’s “Culinary Ambiguity: A Canonical Approach To Deciphering Menus.” [Harvard Law Review] * Remember the lawyer caught billing 29-hour days? The guy pleaded his case to the Ohio Supreme Court and they won’t give him the time of day. [Ohio Supreme Court] * Veterans Day seems like the right time to remember the Feres Doctrine, which bars armed forces personnel from suing the government for negligence. How ridiculous is the Feres Doctrine? Justice Scalia thinks we need to allow more negligence suits! [Legal Funding Central] * A sad story of a married partner romancing a married young associate that ends in her death. [Missouri Lawyers Weekly] * If you support Obamacare, is there any reason for optimism in King v. Burwell? [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * In case you were ever interested in eminent domain in a galaxy far, far away. [The Legal Geeks] * Casino sends promotions to “compulsive gamblers” on a voluntary opt-out list. The casino calls it a “software issue.” What are the odds on that? [Ars Technica] * A former Texas judge earned a reprimand for violating the state constitution and seven ethical canons in three years. Gauntlet thrown, judges aspiring to enter our pages. [Houston Chronicle]

By Joe Patrice