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Chickens come home to roost

Saturday, December 13, 2008

When the Supreme Court allowed nativity scenes on public property several years ago, it did so by adopting the most specious of arguments:that such a scene was permissible if it was surrounded by otherwise secular symbols, since it simply represented “‘the historical origins of this traditional event long [celebrated] as a National Holiday,’ and that […]

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Crazy

Thursday, November 20, 2008

What were these judges thinking? A state appeals court has ruled that a newspaper can be sued for libel for reporting allegations from a lawsuit before any court proceedings have taken place. The ruling reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a libel claim against The Record of Bergen County brought by Thomas John Salzano, […]

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A prediction: You won’t soon be seeing the 7 Aphorisms in a Park near you.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

From the New York Times: PLEASANT GROVE CITY, Utah — Across the street from City Hall here sits a small park with about a dozen donated buildings and objects — a wishing well, a millstone from the city’s first flour mill and an imposing red granite monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Thirty miles to […]

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Paranoia Strikes Deep

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Sarah Palin is campaigning in Pennsylvania and is denouncing the “unconscionable voter fraud” going on in Pennsylvania. While the media is dutifully running with, and misrepresenting the story, it is an issue unlikely to have much resonance with the voters, particularly coming from the representatives of a party that is widely suspected of stealing the […]

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Legal Developments here and there

Thursday, June 26, 2008

When you shine the light on these people they suddenly become reluctant to own up to the opinions they push so vigorously while under their rocks. A bit of John Yoo being questioned by John Conyers. Loathsome is the word. If Yoo tried this in a courtroom he’d be found in contempt for refusing to […]

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Sitting in Judgment

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Yesterday I took a night off from blogging because I was in Hartford, judging moot court at UConn Law School. This gives us practicing lawyers the rare opportunity to play judge. It’s a lot of fun, making the poor law students squirm. The case this year was a civil case, which made me feel more […]

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Shame on the Connecticut Bar Association

Thursday, May 15, 2008

I am absolutely in agreement with Groucho Marx. As a general principle ” I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member”. Case in point: the Connecticut Bar Association. I joined under semi-duress, and they allowed me in, no questions asked. (Well, one question asked: “Where’s the money?”) But they didn’t […]

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It’s a holiday!

Thursday, May 1, 2008

For most of the world, it’s May Day. For George Bush, it’s Mission Accomplished Day. For us lawyers, it’s Law Day, a reaction to May Day, no doubt. Herewith, (via Lawyers, Guns and Money) in honor of Law Day, a liberal lawyer’s wet dream, at least the first half of it is: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GG7sj2APpc[/youtube] Being a […]

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Vote suppressors vindicate vote suppressors

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Eight years ago the Supreme Court ruled that one man’s right to equal protection was more important than the votes of the mass of voters in Florida, or at least the ones that weren’t counted. They would claim, I’m sure, that the fact that the man in question was George Bush was purely coincidental. Since […]

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Defending John Yoo

Monday, April 14, 2008

The Dean of the School of Law at Berkeley defends his school for continuing to shelter John Yoo, who is a tenured professor at that now tainted institution. Some of his argument makes sense. There are issues of academic freedom involved, and if he just stuck to the position that he abhors John Yoo, but […]

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