Supreme Court Clerks

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.29.16

* The New York City Council is considering a measure that would weigh a defendant's ability to pay in setting bail. One small step away from de facto debtor prisons. [Politico] * One potential Homeland Security Secretary, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., isn't a big fan of habeas corpus. [Slate] * Trump's Attorney General pick, Jeff Sessions, isn't a big fan of laws that protect schoolchildren with disabilities. [Huffington Post] * West Virginia assistant attorney general Gilbert C. Dickey is heading to D.C. to clerk for Justice Thomas. [West Virginia Record] * Private prisons, another beneficiary of a Trump administration. [The New Yorker] * The divorce between between real estate moguls Harry and Linda Macklowe has now dragged their son in to the fray. Harry has filed a lawsuit against his son, William “Billy” Macklowe -- just in time for the holidays. [Commercial Observer]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.12.16

* Conservative legal scholars generally favor Clinton with the power to nominate jurists over Trump. Losers! Pathetic! [Huffington Post] * After securing a law degree, a masters, and a PhD, this woman also became Great Britain's most successful female Olympian. [Legal Cheek] * A judge explains why she finds criminal court horrifying. [VICE] * Litigate every week like it's Shark Week. [Lowering the Bar] * I never really thought about how I referred to law school professors, but this raises some interesting questions about the process. [PrawfsBlawg] * Following up on the Supreme Court clerks of 2006. Of the four justices of the Supreme Court's right-wing, how many female clerks can you spot? [Excess of Democracy] * Wonder Woman's immigration fraud. [Law and the Multiverse] * Counterpunch reviews Len: A Lawyer In History (affiliate link) about the life and times of leftist criminal defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass. [Counterpunch]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.11.16

* More cases are working their way up to the Supreme Court to define a religiously affiliated employer's obligations to its employees. [Rewire] * Is there a particular formula for getting yourself a coveted Supreme Court clerkship? [Empirical SCOTUS] * The conservative interpretation of the Second Amendment has been prelude to Donald Trump's veiled assassination "joke." [Slate] * Is criminal sentencing about to go all precog in this country? [FiveThirtyEight] * Yes, even liberals can commit sexual assault. [The Slot] * Remember -- these pages and pages of redactions were probably done by some poor contract attorney trying to make a living. [Gawker]

By Kathryn Rubino