There’s a bit of confusion about how a late season forfeit should affect seeding for the Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs, which are scheduled to start tonight. And so the confusion is being resolved in the typical fashion: A lawsuit. Make that multiple lawsuits that have already resulted in conflicting court rulings. According […]
Archive | November, 2012
An Election Recount without Voter Registrations?
The North Dakota Senate election could be close — close enough to trigger a recount. Given that control of the Senate could be at stake, the party lawyers will no doubt descend ready for battle. But in ND there’s a twist: No voter registration. As Sasha Issenberg explains in Slate, North Dakota is the only […]
Reporter Series
Lawyers know that the Federal Reporter, which started out just as “F.,” is now on “F.3d.” The Northeastern Reporter is “N.E.3d.” Which reporters have a series number that’s higher than 3d?
When Parents Disagree, Should Child Bear the Mother’s Last Name or the Father’s?
Veronica Goudreau and Andrew Lemieux conceived a child, Alexander. (As it happens, they were minors, in high school, but that needn’t matter for the legal analysis.) They then broke up, but Lemieux wants to help raise the child. When the child was born, Goudreau named the child Alexander Bailey Goudreau. But when the child was […]
Pundits and Predictions
I agree with most of Ilya’s post below on why political pundits are overconfident that their side will win elections. I would just add an even more cynical point: A lot of political pundits are overconfident simply because they are entertainers who satisfy their audience by pleasing their supporters. Pundits get on TV if people […]
Jury Acquits Public Defender in Case of Assault on Prosecutor
The Chicago Tribune has the unusual story here. The prosecutor claimed that he was assaulted by the defense counsel, while the defense counsel claimed to have acted in self-defense. From a standpoint of prosecutorial discretion, this seems like an unwise case to have brought no matter how the jury eventually ruled.
Lawson Bader Named President of Competitive Enterprise Institute
Congratulations to Lawson Bader and to the Competitive Enterprise Institute for naming Lawson its new President, as successor to the irreplaceable Fred Smith. (I was honored to be part of the search committee for CEI to recommend candidates to the board.)
Overconfident Pundits Predicting Victory for Their Side
Given the extreme closeness of both the national and battleground state polls, one would think that serious political commentators would avoid making bold predictions about the outcome of the presidential race. After all, an overconfident pundit who turns out to be wrong will have egg on their face in just a few days. This is […]
Ohio School Apparently Banning Pro-Gay-Rights T-Shirt
Here’s the shirt, as photographed by one of the students who organized this: U.S. News & World Report reports: The debate at Celina High School started after two female high school students celebrated the high school’s “Twin Day” last week by wearing shirts to school that read “Lesbian 1” and “Lesbian 2” on the back. […]
Prosecution for Offending Religion Allowed to Go Forward
Thenews.pl reports: “The crime of offending religious sensibilities is committed not only by he who intends to carry it out, but also by he who is aware that his actions may lead to offence being taken,” [Poland’s Supreme Court concluded on Monday]. Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause) points to the court decision, and my father […]
Private Religious Colleges and Free Speech
By Greg Lukianoff, guest-blogging on November 1, 2012 10:38 am in First Amendment, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Speech at Colleges and Universities
I have been guest blogging this week, and Eugene asked me to reserve some of my posts to respond to reader comments. From the moment that Eugene announced I would be posting, a few commenters have decided that the single most important thing FIRE should actually be fighting is the scourge of censorship-happy Christian colleges. […]
Law School Transparency’s “Score Reports”
Law School Transparency has introduced a new website, LSTscorereports.com, which allows individuals considering law school to sort “law school employment outcomes, projected costs, and admissions stats” for different states, schools, and job types. Thanks to Paul Horwitz for the link.