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Oprah banishes “The Education of Little Tree”
Oprah Winfrey has removed the book “The Education of Little Tree” from her book website, which is one of the most influential book-selling sites in the world. “The Education of Little Tree,” published in 1976, purports to be the autobiography of an Indian child who is raised by his grandparents. As it turns out, the […]
Flag Desecration:
I hope to blog in a few days about the $10.9 million intentional infliction of emotional distress / invasion of privacy verdict against the Phelpsians. But for now, here’s more on another Phelpsian case: Security was tight Monday as [Shirley Phelps-Roper] appeared in Sarpy County Court to answer charges that she mutilated a flag and […]
Decanal Finalists at Minnesota:
For the past six months, I’ve been serving on the University of Minnesota Law School’s dean search committee. We’ve now announced the five finalists for dean. In alphabetical order, they are: Nora Demleitner, Interim Dean and Professor of Law, Hofstra Law School Gregory Hicks, Interim Dean and Professor of Law, University of Washington Law School […]
Poetry About Law:
If you share my interest in this, and know Russian, check out Yuliy Kim’s The Lawyer’s Waltz, which I just heard a week ago and much liked. It was written about lawyers who defended Russian dissidents, but setting aside one detail, it can equally well work about defense lawyers generally — whether as praise, or […]
Best Law Blog Race Down to a 25-Vote Margin:
Yes, I’ve been bitten by the bug.
Chessboxing:
“Victory is by knockout, checkmate or resignation, or failing any of those, by points-based scoring system.” Thanks to GeekPress for the pointer.
Who’s Your Inner European?
Check it out. Oddly enough, mine is French. Merde.
Public Notice of Pending Appellate Cases:
Brett Kavanaugh’s comments about the role of amici and online commentary reminds me of an idea I’ve occasionally mulled to provide public notice of pending appellate cases. Here’s the issue: If amicus briefs or online commentary can help judges decide particularly tricky cases, should the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure require appellants to formally state […]
If I’m Not Mistaken,
these comments by D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh create a 1-1 circuit split between the D.C. Circuit and the Ninth Circuit on the relevance of Howard Bashman.
Facebook group:
I invite everyone to join the Muttonhead Quail Movement group on Facebook.
Professor Glendon to the Vatican:
President Bush will nominate Harvard Professor Mary Ann Glendon to be Ambassador to the Vatican.
Advice, Consent, and Statutory Qualifications:
This is the third in a series of posts about my paper, The Two Appointments Clauses: Statutory Qualifications for Federal Officers Sorry for the blogging hiatus; I had an unexpected confluence of deadlines. Fortunately, I managed to meet them all, and I can get back to the fun stuff in life, namely blogging. Our Constitution […]
The Muttonhead Quail Movement:
“[P]ossibly the most unfortunate spell-check blunder I’ve ever seen,” reports a Reuters editor. The error: A line in a May 14, 2007 Reuters story about Pakistan, “The opposition blames the government and the pro-government Muttonhead Quail Movement (MQM), which runs Karachi, for the violence.” In reality, “MQM does not stand for Muttonhead Quail Movement, but […]
Last Week’s Divided Habeas Decision in the Sixth Circuit:
Last Friday, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided Morales v. Mitchell, yet another in a long line of divided habeas decisions from my home circuit. As with many of the divided habeas panels, the case concerned the habeas petition of a death row inmate and the […]