Brian Williams Proves We Don’t Need The Stolen Valor Act
I'm not saying that Brian Williams didn't lie, I'm saying it doesn't matter.
On Remand: Purple Hearts And (Not So) White Lies
Why it's not a good idea to emulate the guys from Wedding Crashers.
Stand With Survivors: Legal Tools To Make A Real Difference This DVAM
Enhance your legal skills to advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence.
Best Amicus Brief Ever
Have you ever seen an amicus brief that's this entertaining?
SCOTUS Affirms That America is the Land of Taxes and Lies
The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, but what else was decided today?
Quote of the Day: In Other Supreme Court News…
Everyone has probably forgotten, but the Supreme Court did release another important opinion today, striking down the Stolen Valor Law …
Justice Scalia Goes to Wesleyan
Justice Scalia spoke recently at Wesleyan. How was the famously conservative justice received at this legendarily liberal university?
How Innovative Legal Teams Are Turning AI From Promise To Practice
In recent years, AI has moved beyond speculation in the legal industry. What used to be hypothetical is now very real.
Morning Docket 02.20.12
In today's Morning Docket: updates on the Justice Breyer robbery, security for the Supreme Court justices, and the Stolen Valor Act goes to SCOTUS.
Non-Sequiturs: 08.29.11
* Professor Laurence Tribe on “the constitutional inevitability of same-sex marriage.” [SCOTUSblog] * You can sleep when you’re dead — and you can prevail against the IRS in litigation, too (as the late Ken Lay just did). [TaxProf Blog] * Speaking of the dead, just because someone is burglarizing your business doesn’t mean you can […]
More Fun From Chief Judge Kozinski
There’s always something fun going on in the Ninth Circuit. Last week, the Court voted against rehearing en banc in United States v. Alvarez, a case raising the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act (a law that essentially criminalizes false claims of military heroism). A divided three-judge panel struck down the Act on First Amendment […]