It’s common for legal blogs to use some legal phrase as their title, such as Concurring Opinions, Res Ipsa Loquitur, etc. Here’s my question: What are the worst possible names for legal blogs — or at least the funniest or most awkward — based solely on widely used legal phrases?
Assume the blog name has to be the domain name, and offer the really bad blog title in the comments. For example: www.dissentingfromdenialofrehearingenbanc.com.
Crunchy Frog says:
nocontrollinglegalauthority.com
January 25, 2010, 8:24 pmEC2 says:
dissipatingthetaint.com
January 25, 2010, 8:25 pmeyesay says:
How about a Southern United States religious (Judeo-Christian) blog “TheLawdIsMyShepherd.com”? :-)
January 25, 2010, 8:33 pmzuch says:
Least Dangerous Branch. An obvious oxymoron. ;-)
Cheers,
January 25, 2010, 8:34 pmeyesay says:
separatebutequal.com
January 25, 2010, 8:34 pmzuch says:
The law can’t “dis” him. First Amendment and all that.
Cheers,
January 25, 2010, 8:35 pmBZ says:
http://www.fruitofthepoisonoustree.org
January 25, 2010, 8:35 pmBama 1L says:
http://www.charmingbetsycanon.com
January 25, 2010, 8:37 pmU.Va. Grad says:
http://www.trespassquareclausumfregitvietarmis.com
January 25, 2010, 8:41 pmGerard N. Magliocca says:
http://www.badman.com
January 25, 2010, 8:51 pmalex says:
http://www.usufructariesinnakedownership.com
January 25, 2010, 8:52 pmA steamy Louisiana elder law blog.
Steve2 says:
http://www.shockstheconscience.com
January 25, 2010, 8:54 pmBaseballhead says:
Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog. Duh.
January 25, 2010, 8:57 pmDJR says:
http://www.oversizedbriefs.com
January 25, 2010, 8:57 pmAnon321 says:
Assuming that terrible, inexcusable puns are also in play, http://www.fidoucheiarydoody.com? (This would presumably be something like Hot Chicks With Douchebags meets ERISA law.)
January 25, 2010, 8:57 pmSteveMG says:
TheLawIsAnAss.com
January 25, 2010, 8:58 pmresh says:
MoreAndDewRised.com
January 25, 2010, 8:59 pmAnon321 says:
http://www.threegenerationsofimbeciles.com.
January 25, 2010, 9:00 pmVadim says:
http://www.unindicted.co-ejaculator.com
Top That.
January 25, 2010, 9:05 pmAnonsters says:
http://www.TheVolokhConspiracy.com
…wut?
January 25, 2010, 9:07 pmyankee says:
What about http://www.memorandumofpointsandauthoritiesinoppositiontodefendantsmotionforjudgmentnotwithstandingtheverdictorinthealternativemotionforanewtrialorinthealternativemotionforrecusal.com?
January 25, 2010, 9:12 pmGrigor says:
http://www.thefertileoctogenarian.com
January 25, 2010, 9:17 pmBama 1L says:
No, that one is awesome.
Bob Loblaw: Actually, I was going to stay in my office and work on my law blog.
Tobias Fünke: Of course–the Bob Loblaw Law Blog. Wow! You, sir, are a mouthful!
January 25, 2010, 9:17 pmAnon Y. Mous says:
HabeasCorpus
January 25, 2010, 9:23 pmMark N. says:
I was going to suggest Now Comes Plaintiff, but I suppose it’s not totally unreasonable.
January 25, 2010, 9:29 pmLaura(southernxyl) says:
deweycheatemandhowe.com
Prosecutor’s office:
killemallandletgodsortemout.com
January 25, 2010, 9:30 pmMike McDougal says:
Sounds like the best name.
January 25, 2010, 9:32 pmBlar says:
http://www.inflagrantedelicto.com
January 25, 2010, 9:32 pmMike McDougal says:
Sounds like a fine name to me.
January 25, 2010, 9:34 pmCato The Elder says:
Yeah, I was thinking 3 Generations of Imbeciles is a great name for a polemical blog, that guy Cleanville Tziabtz who thinks the 4th Amendment is dead in the US would be just the sort of fellow to use.
January 25, 2010, 9:40 pmPeter Spiegel says:
http://www.justiceisblind.com
January 25, 2010, 9:44 pmmls says:
hungjury.com?
January 25, 2010, 9:47 pmAnon321 says:
Yeah, I kind of like it too, actually.
January 25, 2010, 9:57 pmPaul Horwitz says:
Orin, no suggestions — just a note of thanks for narrowing the scope of the question in a way that rules out Prawfsblawg.
[OK Chimes In: Yes, I specifically opted for "bad" names rather than incomprehensible ones. ;-) ]
January 25, 2010, 10:01 pmSteven Lubet says:
speciesofproperty.com
January 25, 2010, 10:05 pmMike says:
inparentisloco.com
January 25, 2010, 10:07 pmToday's Tom Sawyer says:
cantestopthis.com
or
Restatement2dcontractssection90.com
If we understood what it really said, we’d tell you
January 25, 2010, 10:18 pmjellis58 says:
how about http://www.LengthyDicta.com ?
January 25, 2010, 10:27 pmjellis58 says:
or http://www.FacialAttack.com?
January 25, 2010, 10:29 pmSyd Henderson says:
http://www.nolocontendere.org
(Which actually is the name of a site.)
January 25, 2010, 10:32 pmrmd says:
Or a punk band. How ’bout “emanatingpenumbras.com?”
January 25, 2010, 10:34 pmJohn Jenkins says:
http://www.badfaith.com
January 25, 2010, 10:39 pmjellis58 says:
http://www.BislessthanPL.com
January 25, 2010, 10:41 pmEH says:
mensreamen.com
January 25, 2010, 10:45 pmhieronymous says:
http://www.BloodyAssizes.com
January 25, 2010, 10:56 pmJoseph Slater says:
I was going to go with ImpermissiveJoinder.com, but I actually think Cato the Elder has a winner with Three Generations of Imbeciles.
January 25, 2010, 10:56 pmMarkH says:
I would like to see:
http://IamTheLawGiver.com
featuring this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2_ueohYRhU
January 25, 2010, 11:00 pmbadlaw says:
AbuseofDiscretion.com
January 25, 2010, 11:02 pmAlex says:
http://www.furthertheaffiantsayethnaught.com
January 25, 2010, 11:03 pmghhmaster says:
http://www.ahightechlynchmob.com
January 25, 2010, 11:16 pmDedicated to trashing Justice Thomas, all day, every day
chsw says:
Cole’s Law Blog – a satiric journal by a student at Washington College of Law.
These others do not exist, I hope:
noncompostablementis –
feasersRus –
chasingambulances –
morningconstitutional –
getsonebite –
JudgedDelinquent –
chsw
January 25, 2010, 11:17 pmstillwaiting says:
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Well, if widely-used-legal-phrases include oft repeated legal jokes, then:
20000lawyersunderthesea.com
“A starting point for all things tort reform!”
January 25, 2010, 11:18 pmBlue says:
delegatedauthority.com
January 25, 2010, 11:26 pmRandy says:
100milebulge.com
January 25, 2010, 11:31 pmjbarntt says:
mouthpiece.com
Good name for a mob criminal defense attorney site, old fashioned and not technical, but on Edward G. Robinson’s bookmarks ;)
January 25, 2010, 11:44 pmAnonsters says:
OT, but you gotta LOL at Lindgren not allowing comments on that trolltastic post of his.
As Anderson said in a previous thread, this blog can be creepy.
January 25, 2010, 11:48 pmAugustS says:
Is SixUnknownNamedAgents.gov already taken?
January 26, 2010, 12:08 amKevin! says:
I don’t know why anyone is even trying after Fertile Octogenarian blew the competition away.
January 26, 2010, 12:54 amG Man says:
We can neither confirm nor deny whether it is taken.
In other news: sufficientindiciaofpermenance.com? fairnotice.com? suasponte.com?
January 26, 2010, 12:56 amJeff Walden says:
slipup.com
Legal term, self-descriptive, (potentially) self-referential, and taken in total across all those, extremely bad to boot! Think about it.
January 26, 2010, 1:08 amJim Hu says:
A blog devoted to the law of World Cup football:
soccertort.org
A law blog that takes you to another site
redirect.com
A law blog where css puts all the content in a narrow strip along the left margin of your browser:
sidebar.net
January 26, 2010, 1:16 amdcp says:
nihil_dicit.com
would be an ironic name for a blog, as would the nolocontendere suggestion mentioned above.
January 26, 2010, 1:34 amMatt says:
cometothenuisance.com
Chevrondeference.com
remandedforfurtherproceedingsnotinconsistentwiththisopinion.com
January 26, 2010, 1:34 amDavid K says:
http://www.libertyandjusticeforall_sorta_kinda.com
January 26, 2010, 1:58 amme says:
http://www.underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com
This is just bad, bad, bad.
January 26, 2010, 2:07 amOrin Kerr says:
Anonsters,
Easy for you to say, given that you have long been known as “the anonymous blog commenter from ACORN.”
January 26, 2010, 2:15 amBT says:
wellhungjury.com?
January 26, 2010, 7:15 amGrant Gould says:
improvidentlygranted.com
January 26, 2010, 7:22 amomgponies says:
cravingoyer.com
January 26, 2010, 7:53 amAndy says:
lawexpertsexchange.com
or
lawexpertSEXchange.com
lol
—-
January 26, 2010, 7:54 amAndy
Arkady says:
Stealing from only the best (Not really involving legal terms, but…):
DeweyCheatemandHowe.com (Full-service fleecing)
And then:
Noncomposmentis.com (No posts, only comments)
Negativeamorization.com (The divorce lawyers blog)
Abuseofdiscretion.com (specializing in political sex scandals–there are two divisions: Dem division — 2 associates, Rep division — 20 associates)
January 26, 2010, 8:02 amgreg says:
BeingOfSoundMindAndBody.com
January 26, 2010, 8:11 am17thAmendment.com
PubliusFL says:
http://www.theglomarresponse.com — your source for the most noncommittal legal commentary on the Web!
January 26, 2010, 9:57 amDotar Sojat says:
OopsyDixit.com
January 26, 2010, 10:19 amMaryanna says:
http://suchotherandfurtherrelief.com
January 26, 2010, 10:43 amCameroda says:
http://www.openandnotorious.com
January 26, 2010, 10:49 amfinman says:
itissoordered.com
January 26, 2010, 10:49 amCory J says:
praysforrelief.com. Not bad in itself, but might attract the wrong set of readers.
On the other hand, it might make a funny name for a blog dedicated to Establishment Clause and Free Exercise clause law.
January 26, 2010, 11:05 amAnon321 says:
Grant, Vacate, & Remand (www.gvr.com) would be a good name for a site that combines the ethos of Fail Blog with the subject matter of How Appealing.
January 26, 2010, 11:32 amToday's Tom Sawyer says:
adverseposession.org
Where if you comment enough on a post, it becomes yours
January 26, 2010, 11:32 amjayci says:
http://sophisticmiltonianserbonianblog.wordpress.com/
Real Blog, great when it was regularly updated.
January 26, 2010, 11:35 amtommy paine says:
overlyburdensomedoodies.com
January 26, 2010, 11:37 amJones says:
Lindgren’s post is hilariously bad – highly recommended. Anytime you can rely on a pop-financial TV host for your legal analysis and conclude with some blarb about ACORN … you’ve made it. http://volokh.com/2010/01/25/jim-cramer-analyzes-the-proposed-new-banking-rules/
For a decent analysis by an intelligent conservative, see here: http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2010/01/obamas-proposal-to-take-the-moral-hazard-out-of-banking.html
January 26, 2010, 12:03 pmPlastic says:
http:\\legalopinions.presidentialself-executingprovisions.com
January 26, 2010, 12:06 pmjellis58 says:
http://www.dredscottwasright.com
January 26, 2010, 1:19 pmBob says:
TheDeadHand.com
January 26, 2010, 1:28 pmSnaphappy says:
http://www.hairyhand.com
http://www.eggshellskull.com
But seriously Orin:
A. Who wins from the above? and
January 26, 2010, 1:54 pmB. Aren’t you really just trolling for the name of a new blog? What’s wrong with http://www.orinkerr.com?
pct says:
http://www.contingentremainders.com
January 26, 2010, 2:26 pmcale ehrlich says:
mocktrialwithjreinhold.com?
twentyoneyearsaftersomelifeinbeing.com
January 26, 2010, 3:13 pmGavel to Gavel says:
How about http://www.gaveltogavel.us?
Self-promoting plug, this is a real legal/law blog just started today that serves as a review of state legislation affecting the courts put out by the National Center for State Courts.
Just in case anyone is interested.
January 26, 2010, 3:16 pmGerbilsbite says:
wildandfugacious.com
Sounds dirty…
January 26, 2010, 4:09 pmSenator Christmas says:
judgesforjurynullification.com
January 26, 2010, 4:11 pmech says:
For a criminal defense firm:
January 26, 2010, 6:21 pmconvictionaffirmed.com
AlanDownunder says:
http://www.contumeliousdisregard.com
http://www.contributorynegligence.com
January 26, 2010, 8:23 pmRhymes With Right says:
I think we have a weiner!
January 26, 2010, 8:23 pmJudge Guido says:
lossofconsortium.com
January 26, 2010, 9:27 pmAce says:
Along with HungJury.com, How about PenalCode.com?
January 26, 2010, 11:11 pmarch1 says:
TenNinthsOfPossession.com
January 26, 2010, 11:12 pmLawyersAndWoodpeckers.com (long bills)
WhyWeNeedDisclaimers.com
BestFormOfTyranny.com
BlackIsWhite.com
TheBetterLawyer.com
arch1 says:
..and for a corporate law blog,
ACriminalIsAPersonWithPredatoryInstinctsWhoHasNotSufficientCapital
January 26, 2010, 11:18 pm..ToFormACorporation.com
(Howard Scott)
andrew graham says:
http://www.PainAndFierce.com
(Is it too much to ask that, at some point in time, attorneys named Pain and Fierce decide to start a small tort practice?)
January 26, 2010, 11:47 pmBK says:
ablebodiedseamen.com
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January 27, 2010, 8:18 amMichael Grabois says:
http://IWasStandingOnTheCornerMindingMyOwnBusiness.com
(via Lowering the Bar)
January 27, 2010, 11:38 amchris k says:
http://plaintiffobjectstothisinterrogatoryuponthegroundsthatitisoverbroadvagueandnotreasonablycalculatedtoleadtothediscoveryofadmissibleevidence.com/
http://merespeculationandconjectureastothetruenatureofthefacts.com/
http://replevinforacow.com/
January 27, 2010, 12:26 pmXanthippas says:
I’m going to go ahead and nominate this for my favorite blog comment thread of the year. It’s early, but still.
January 27, 2010, 2:13 pmdslenz says:
Nakedrestraints.com, an antitrust blog, would probably lead to a great deal of disappointed traffic.
January 27, 2010, 4:11 pmDavid Michael Cantor – Arizona DUI Lawyer & Criminal Defense Attorney says:
Bob LobLaw Law Blog is the best/worst
January 27, 2010, 4:27 pmwvufan says:
thisblogdoesnotaidthedecisionalprocess.com
January 27, 2010, 4:51 pmrylaw says:
Someone early on already took dissipatingthetaint.com, but doesn’t quite capture my favorite version of that phrase – cleansingthetaint.com.
January 27, 2010, 5:15 pmLaw Talking Guy says:
TheConstitutionalClam.com
January 27, 2010, 5:31 pmkrs says:
iamnotalawyer.com
January 28, 2010, 10:55 amRichard Careaga says:
SomeOtherDude.com
January 28, 2010, 1:50 pmwarrants for arrest says:
Hey not getting one to suggest but really liked the above few suggested names.
August 20, 2010, 4:45 am