Rhodes Scholars

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.21.16

* Some big reasons why Trump will probably stick to well-worn tradition and select a federal appellate judge to fill Justice Scalia's seat. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Class action against Chipotle over burritos containing over 300 calories. [Slate] * Should lawyers learn how to code? Maybe not. Hell, I'd just be happy if someone showed me how Minecraft works. [Lawyerist] * Police are spending millions spying on protesters because the Bill of Rights is merely advisory these days. [Washington Post] * A look at "ageism in the digital era." I'm sure no one will read it because it's not properly Snapchatted. [Digiday] * Law professors weigh in on Mike Pence's night at the theater. Honestly, has anyone considered that they may have just been chanting, "Boourns"? [TaxProf Blog] * The Pawnee Nation has filed suit against the federal government over oil-and-gas operations on tribal lands. If the last 400 years are any indication, they may be out of luck. [Pawnee Nation] * University of Chicago 3L Joshua B. Pickar is a Rhodes Scholar. Congrats. [Rhodes Trust]

Akin Gump

Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: The Voice

Last week, we pretended that it wasn't January by looking back at some of the biggest legal weddings of late 2011. There was a lot of muy prestigioso lawyer matrimony in the last part of the year. Before we delve into the January crop of weddings, which -- let's face it -- is often subpar, here are some from the fall that we haven't featured yet. These are good ones, folks. Think Rhodes Scholars. Think SCOTUS clerks....

Barack Obama

Morning Docket: 11.21.11

* I guess it really doesn’t matter how much lawyers love Ron Paul if Biglaw firms keep emptying their seemingly overflowing coffers into Obama’s re-election campaign. [Washington Post] * Congratulations to Yale Law School graduate Ronan Farrow, son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. Ronan probably isn’t shallow and empty with no ideas and nothing […]