War

It's time for lawyers to speak up on behalf of their Jewish colleagues.

Offer support to your Jewish friends and colleagues. Make your voices heard.

Their contempt for Ukraine shows.

Technically, making war on our Southern neighbors is firmly within Trump's executive authority, if that's what we're doing.

* Jeff Sessions is prepping to go after illegal border crossings. [Huffington Post]

* Veep inched closer and closer to being a documentary. [Slate]

* Reminder — we need your Law Revue submissions by April 18th! [Above the Law]

* A catch on the promise of free college in New York State — though to be fair, it doesn’t seem that bad. [New York Post]

* What a lawyer thinks about the movie Logan. [Law and the Multiverse]

* Are we on the brink of war? [Law and More]

* Want a primer on the mess Trump has already made of the law? Plus: CLE credit!  [Bar Association o

We can't go silent in front of Trump supporters.

* Mike Brown, the man at the center of the would-be South Carolina restaurant racial discrimination suit, has a post over at xoJane telling his story. [xoJane] * Time for a Team Prenda update! Now they are making really embarrassingly terrible “your mom” jokes. [Popehat] * Contrary to Elie’s tweet, there is kind of a legal angle to the debacle at the VMAs that was Miley Cyrus dancing with an aging Michael Keaton dressed as Beetlejuice Robin Thicke. MuckRock has submitted a FOIA request to find out how many complaints were filed with the FCC. Unfortunately, my bet is that the number is more than zero, despite the FCC having no legal authority over indecency on MTV. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, here’s a collection of GIFs. [MuckRock] * Shots fired! Law Librarian Blog snarks on Law Professor Blogs 2.0 re-design. Palace Intrigue: Blogger Edition. [Law Librarian Blog] * A new website provides an online course in general deposition prep for witnesses. Will this work? Pro: Deposition prep involves haphazard application of life lessons from a lawyer’s individual career and a professionalized course is beneficial. Con: Why would a firm forfeit all those billable hours to a third-party? [The Perfect Witness] * Not every law school is cutting back. San Joaquin College of Law is expanding its enrollment. It’s not ABA-accredited, so all these students are sure to land on their feet. [KFSN] * Since we’re likely to be at war with Syria by the end of the week, here’s a thoughtful piece on the legality of intervention in light of the UN charter and moral obligations. [Boston Review]

[T]he imperatives of law enforcement distract soldiers and intelligence agents from their primary war-fighting mission. We don’t want our soldiers pausing on hostile battlefields to read detainees Miranda warnings, take down witness statements, and collect evidence in plastic baggies. They should remain focused on finding and killing al Qaeda terrorists. — Professor John Yoo, in […]