Thanksgiving with the family, stuffed to the gills with turkey and pie. In between gluttony, I played lots of gin with my grandfather and my sister had her fourth birthday celebration. I stayed over and hung out most of Friday, eating and playing cards. Occasional reprieves from the studying are nice. Over the weekend I […]
As my Torts exam approaches, it’s good to see that all this proximate cause stuff is useful in the real world: A piece of grilled shrimp flung playfully by a Japanese hibachi chef toward a tableside diner is being blamed for causing the man’s death. Making a proximate-cause argument, the lawyer for the deceased man’s
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) That’s some damn useful advice. Twainquotes.com has more of his writing quotes, but oddly doesn’t have the one above. The Mark Twain Wikiquote site does,
Will Baude has a thought-provoking commentary about law schools taking sides on political issues at Crescat Sententia: The trouble with Dean Koh’s sentiment is most clear with his suggestion that a school should not be neutral “when it comes to questions of law and justice.” The trouble is that people– especially professors and students of
I turned in my open memo for Legal Rhetoric last night. After a month of reading and synthesizing Connecticut case law on prescriptive easements, it’s a relief to have it all behind me. No more thinking about poor Ms. McGregor and her rose-lined path to the lake that mean Mr. Zuckerman wants to fence off.
Good: It looks like Senate tradition will win out over conservative mass emailing/calling, resulting in Arlen Specter being named chairman of the Judiciary committee. Bad: The Republicans changed their party rules to allow Representatives under indictment to serve in leadership positions. So much for ‘sauce for the goose…’ One of the NPR commentators pointed out
Well, that’s over with. What a successful campaign. Bush/Kerry managed to work the American people up to a fever pitch with bugaboos of Supreme Court nominations, gay marriage, and other elements of the culture wars, ensuring that they won the election. Shockingly, on November 3rd, Kerry nicely conceded and everyone became friends again. Almost like
From Michael Kielsky: The Arizona Libertarian Party and co-plaintiff Warren Severin were represented by attorney David Euchner. Arizona State University was represented by Carrie Brennan of the Attorney General’s office. Commission on Presidential Debates was represented by Glen Hallman of the firm of Gallagher & Kennedy, physically in court, as well as Lewis Loss, General
There will be a hearing this morning in Maricopa Superior Court on an order to show cause issued against Arizona State University and the Commission on Presidential Debates. Each side will be given 30 minutes for oral argument. See all of the related lawsuit documents at The L Factor. Here’s hoping that David Euchner, lead
Last Friday, the Libertarian Party of Arizona filed a lawsuit against Arizona State University and the Commission on Presidential Debates, alleging that the University’s sponsorship of the October 13th debate amounts to an illegal campaign contribution to Bush and Kerry. David Euchner, the self-described “gonzo lawyer” who filed the suit, has written an article at