Blum Plans To Siege West Point’s Affirmative Action Usage
Go Army, Beat Blum!
Fox & Friends Sued For Throwing Ax Into Little Drummer Boy
Respecting the troops by throwing axes at them is so late-Republic America.
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Non-Sequiturs: 05.04.16
* Remember how Villanova won the NCAA men's basketball championship on a crazy buzzer beater? It didn't hurt to have support from the man upstairs or at least from the priest on their bench. Father Rob Hagan is a criminal lawyer turned chaplain for the Villanova men's basketball team. [Coverage Opinions] * The Department of Justice has come to the completely obvious conclusion that North Carolina's potty police bill violates the Civil Right Act, and now millions in federal school funding are in jeopardy. Just what the world needs, a decline in the education of the people that passed HB2. [Charlotte Observer] * An interesting proposal says law schools and engineering programs should share curriculum. But I was assured there'd be no math... [Chronicle of Higher Education] * The West Point debate team may have lost to a team from the Bard Prison Initiative, but they gained a lot in the process. [Washington Post] * Yeah, bar exam results from everywhere have been bad, but these Kansas results are really bad. [Bar Exam Stats] * An illuminating interview with author Anthony Papa, who was granted clemency after serving 12 years for a non-violent drug offense. [Keri Blakinger] * How well do states do when they are in front of the Supreme Court, and which are the most successful? [Empirical SCOTUS]
Non-Sequiturs: 11.17.15
* A true model of what political discourse should look like in this country: West Point cadets and Bard College students squared off in a debate over individuals' right to privacy over national security concerns. [Huffington Post] * The debate over bail reform in New York gets real, and some judges get angry. [Wise Law NY] * Oof! Which Massachusetts law school saw a 14% drop in its bar passage rate? And other trends from the latest states to release its bar exam results. [Bar Exam Stats] * Lawyers fighting the good fight, and standing up for your right to wear a pasta strainer over your head in your driver's license photo. [Boston Globe] * So it looks like the Supreme Court will be revisiting the reproductive choice rights set forth in Roe, but how did we get here? [RH Reality Check] * Tom Hanks plays a lawyer that can predict the future. [Guile is Good]
Law Journal Apologizes For Article About Executing Law Professors, Professor Resigns
Insane law review article prompts professor's resignation... but how did he get hired in the first place?