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Taming the President

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

I just finished reading the decision in Medellin v. Texas, which is being billed as a defeat in the Supreme Court for George Bush, because the court, the conservative justices in the majority, rejected a Bush bid for expanded presidential powers. Since this is the most political court in our history, I smelled a rat. […]

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Conservative jurisprudence

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

I came across a fascinating exchange today between Glenn Greenwald and a right winger named Ed Morrissey. Glenn, a lawyer, commented on the Morrissey post to which I’ve linked. In that post, Morrissey, obviously not a lawyer, criticizes a lower court in Nevada for ordering NBC to allow Dennis Kucinich to participate in a recent […]

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Bad news for New York lawyers

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Via Susie, we learn that times are tough for associates at New York law firms: New York law firms are cutting associates for the first time since 2001 as the collapse of the subprime mortgage and credit markets causes private equity deal volume and structured finance work to slow. Clifford Chance, the world’s highest-grossing law […]

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Great moments in the law

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Upper Darby Township in PA is being sued by an 82 year old man whose civil rights were violated when he protested a visit by George Bush. Defense attorneys have filed a motion seeking to preclude the mention of Bush’s name at the trial, arguing that Bush is so unpopular that mentioning Bush’s name would […]

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Told you so

Sunday, July 22, 2007

As most people know by now, Joe Wilson’s lawsuit against Cheney, et al. has been dismissed by a right wing judge. So far it has played out pretty much as I predicted when it was filed. First, they couldn’t have gotten a worse judge . Judge John D. Bates is a former Ken Starr deputy […]

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Candid advice to Democrats-no charge

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Harriet Miers, she who would have been a Supreme Court justice (could we have done worse than we did?) is going to refuse to even appear to a Congressional hearing to which she has been subpoenaed, because George Bush has invoked “executive privilege” and instructed her not to appear. Congressional Democrats are outraged. After all, […]

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Private armies good-private lawyers bad

Monday, July 9, 2007

Adam Liptak, of the New York Times, has a problem with State Attorneys General who hire private law firms to bring actions against corporations who pollute or otherwise harm the public interest, even though he acknowledges that the use of the private lawyers level the playing field in legal battles against corporate criminals. The problem? […]

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The Supreme Court strikes back

Monday, June 25, 2007

The fan is being hit fast and furiously these days. Joe Lieberman’s gift to the nation-a right wing Supreme Court, has announced itself with force over the last couple of days. Corporate free speech good, student free speech, bad. Corporations good, environment bad. Institutionalized religion good, taxpayer standing bad. What’s interesting is the degree to […]

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Doing poorly be doing good

Monday, May 28, 2007

There’s an old saw that hard cases make bad law. The Second Circuit has just proven that sometimes easy cases make bad law. A hot shot law firm from New York City asked for an exorbitant fee in a Voting Rights case, and the court properly reduced the fee. It then went on to rather […]

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