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Category Archives: Lawyer stuff

New trends in lawyering

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

I’ve only been retired from the law for a few years, but it is becoming clear to me that the practice of law has changed dramatically since my days before the bench. In the olden days, if you were taking a legal position in a case, you would try to convince the judge that your […]

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Another legal mystery

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Okay, this is sort of a continuation of yesterday’s post, inasmuch as once again I can’t quite wrap my head around whatever legal theory the plaintiff will be relying on in this case: Now, it’s entirely possible that Meadows did make such a “warranty”, but won’t it be just a bit hard for All Seasons […]

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A quick glance at my crystal ball

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

I received the latest issue of Church & State today. It’s a publication of Americans United for the Separation of Church & State, an organization which should not even have to exist, but alas, it is sorely needed. The lead article is about a challenge that Americans United, along with other usual suspects like the […]

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I don’t think it works that way (or at least it didn’t use to)

Friday, August 18, 2023

I practiced law for many years, but as I’ve confessed countless times, I know very little about the areas of the law that usually crop up in the news. Never handled a RICO case, for instance. But here’s a case in Nashville that I do know something about: People already struggling to make ends meet […]

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Fun reading

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

I just finished reading the Georgia indictment. A bit of a slog, since you have to go through so much boilerplate legal language, but still a fun read. I didn’t practice criminal law, and RICO wasn’t a thing when I took criminal law in law school, but it looks like a pretty strong case to […]

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Want to discriminate? Blame Jesus!

Friday, July 14, 2023

I’m sort of beating a dead horse here, but I like to think the horse was a Republican. A short while ago I asked how Clarence and his pals would explain why it’s okay for someone to refuse service to a gay couple but not an interracial one. Now we learn that the same folks […]

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A challenge for Clarence

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

In most of the mainstream media coverage of the recent Supreme Court decision allowing a person who has never been asked to design a website for a gay couple to refuse to design a website for a gay couple, an obvious corollary to the court’s ruling is never mentioned. If I can refuse services to […]

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Somewhat good news?

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

So, the Supreme Court has rejected the so called “independent state legislature” theory, , a legal argument so flimsy that in my law school days, had anyone attempted to make the argument in a constitutional law class, he or she would have failed. But, all is not lost for the fascists and racists pushing this […]

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How will the Supreme Court get around this. They will you know.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

This is interesting. It appears that there’s been some language missing from one of the most important Reconstruction statutes, 42 USC 1983, a statute that has been used to protect Americans from “deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States”. There has been a lot of important litigation […]

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Rudy’s been naughty

Monday, May 15, 2023

So Rudy is being sued by a former employee for sexual harassment in the extreme. You can read many of the gory details here. Among them: [The] 70-page suit cites audio recordings and accuses Giuliani, 78, in graphic detail of subjecting her to sexual assault and harassment throughout her employment, forcing her to engage in […]

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