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She didn't really have the right temperament for the judiciary.

Did her behavior bring disrepute to the judiciary? That will be decided at trial.

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* Using Whole Woman’s Health against attacks on voting rights. [Rewire]

* Is imagination more important than logic in legal reasoning? [Guile is Good]

* Tips for texting your client. [Reboot Your Law Practice]

* The latest legal loss for Gucci. [The Fashion Law]

* If you’re in New York, consider checking out Solitary, a new documentary about the problem of solitary confinement (before it airs on HBO in February). [Cinema Village]

* Fox Rothschild partner Murray Shusterman, 104, has passed away. [Fox Rothschild]

With a looming Supreme Court case and NY contemplating a shady phone search law, exactly how much consent do you really grant by virtue of having a driver's license?

* Students at Villanova Law School got the day off to recover after Kris Jenkins’s epic buzzer beater and the school’s first NCAA men’s basketball championship in 30 years. [NBC Philadelphia]

* University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law has a great plan to help students deal with stress: puppies! [Daily Utah Chronicle]

* Tracing Mahatma Gandhi’s peace disobedience protests, which began 86 years ago this week, back to his roots as a lawyer. [Guile is Good]

* If you send a text, and the person you send it to reads it while driving, could you be found liable for an injuries they cause while driving distracted? This scenario, seemingly taken from a law school fact pattern, just might be true. [Personal Injury Attorney Blog]

* An in-depth look at how Zubik v. Burwell relates to other First Amendment free exercise cases. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Are there actually practice pointers you can pick up from watching Better Call Saul? [Reboot Your Law Practice]

* Texas Governor Greg Abbott is calling for a constitutional convention to add 9 new amendments to the constitution in the name of state rights. Texas, you’re drunk, go home. [Dallas Morning News]

* Clients are now demanding to text their lawyers. This is the official end of free time. [Daily Lawyer Tips]

* Constructing the history of black pain. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* The SEC has announced sanctions against Steven Cohen — he’ll be barred from managing hedge funds for two years. [Dealbreaker]

* Dealing with ambiguity in bankruptcy law when it comes to liability payments. [Law and More]

* A sandwich? You just committed armed robbery for a crappy sandwich? Bad decision, dude. [Legal Juice]

* A great podcast previewing the trial of the Winter Soldier. [The Legal Geeks]

Allegations of an affair between a senior partner and a junior attorney, crazy conduct by the senior partner's furious wife, and a mysteriously missing cat.

Where do you draw the line with your clients when it comes to your availability?

Who were this year's recipients of AALDEF's Justice in Action Awards?

* Professor Ann Althouse’s analysis of today’s Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood arguments before SCOTUS. [Althouse] * Professor Nelson Tebbe’s take on the proceedings. [Balkinization] * Finally, a very Jezebel assessment: “Supreme Court Prepares to F**k Up This Birth Control Thing.” [Jezebel] * “JUDGE TO PORN TROLLS: IP Addresses Aren’t People.” [Instapundit] * YouTube videos and text messages surface in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. [IT-Lex] * “Her” was an excellent movie — and it might contain lessons for lawyers and the legal profession, as John Hellerman argues. [Hellerman Baretz]

Is this ruling stupid or sleazy?

* After three years on top, Baker & McKenzie has lost its place as the top grossing firm in the Global 100. But which firm dethroned the once king? None other than… [Am Law Daily]

* Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, and yet some of the things he sought to change still remain the same in 2013. [Washington Post]

* The house always wins: Navin Kumar Aggarwal, the ex-K&L Gates partner who stole client funds to pay gambling debts, was jailed after receiving a 12-year sentence. [Am Law Daily]

* “This is like a triple-overtime win.” Merrill Lynch is making a huge $160 million payout in a racial bias case that’s been stuck in the courts for nearly a decade. [DealBook / New York Times]

* As eager young law students return to school, maybe it’s time for you to consider brushing up on the basics. Now is an excellent time to take care of those pesky CLE requirements. [Corporate Counsel]

* Husch Blackwell is teaming up with WUSTL Law to launch a training program for… partners. Take this for what is is, law students: a great opportunity to résumé bomb the hell out of them. [National Law Journal]

* Career alternatives for attorneys: judicial drug mule. Following an investigation by the DEA, a former Utah judge pleaded guilty to the possession of enough Oxycodone to kill a small horse. [Salt Lake Tribune]

* Don’t even think about texting anyone, ever again, in the state of New Jersey, especially if they might be driving, because the appeals court says you could be held liable for negligence. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild has been sentenced to 270 days in jail and three years’ probation after being convicted of assault and false imprisonment by a jury of “stupid, stupid idiots.” [Los Angeles Times]

Follow these simple instructions, and you'll be well on your way to seducing the lawyer of your dreams.

This law school ad really needs to be seen to be believed, and then mocked.

If people at the CIA can get away with banging would-be terrorists, why can't FBI agents send sext messages?

The Michigan judge who sent half-naked pictures of himself to a bailiff via text is now back in the news with some more scandalous (and sexy) allegations.

Small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum offers some practice advice about how to charge clients and how to communicate with them.

Sexting former DA Kenneth Kratz once thought he was a real "prize," but what's become of him?

* Dewey have some novel issues for our bankruptcy lawyers, or what? As we noted last night, now that D&L has filed for Chapter 11, they’ll have to deal with bank debt, and bondholders, and possible criminal proceedings, oh my! [New York Law Journal]

* And did we mention that Dewey’s defectors and their new firms might get screwed out of millions thanks to the recent Coudert decision? You really should’ve tried to finish up your business before the firm flopped. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Our SCOTUS justices’ summer plans don’t include debating the results of their landmark health care and immigration cases. They’ll be off to fabulous destinations to teach by the first week of July. [Associated Press]

* A federal judge in Brooklyn doesn’t like what seems to be happening in the “game of grams” when it comes to mandatory minimum drug sentencing. Perhaps the DOJ will heed his call for reform. [New York Times]

* Facebook’s IPO was an epic fail, but it’s been great business for plaintiffs lawyers. Twelve securities class action firms are gathering leads and getting ready to sue, and two have already sued. [National Law Journal]

* This wasn’t exactly well planned: if you’re involved in state politics, it’s probably not a good idea to fake a legal internship with a state representative so that you can graduate from law school. [Concord Monitor]

* In happier news, a New York Law School graduate walked across the stage to receive her diploma with the help of her seeing-eye dog. The pooch hasn’t lifted a leg on her law degree… yet. [New York Daily News]

* “Brothels are never going to be a vote winner.” But even so, if you’re looking to get it in down under, a plan to build Australia’s largest cathouse may soon gain approval if lawyers are able to do their work quick and dirty. [Bloomberg]

* Thanks to this case, stupid teenagers in New Jersey who send texts to others that they know are driving can now revel in the fact that they can’t be held liable for injuries that may occur thanks to careless driving. [New Jersey Law Journal]