Tuesday, November 23, 2010

"I have a life to live."

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One of my most vivid memories of our contracts class was our professor joking on one occasion that whenever he signed a car rental agreeme...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

"And, now because he burned his junk, a faceless bureaucrat can see yours."

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A case against the new airport security regime. I have to admit that I don't have a strong emotional reaction against the body scanne...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Mixed messages

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Not too long ago, I noted here the backlash against "Four Loko" -- a malt beverage containing a lot of caffeine.  I lampooned the...
Monday, November 15, 2010

"Driver in fatal crash sues victim's parents"

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That's the headline of an article in today's Chicago Sun-Times.  I think it's a bit overwrought.  Here's what happened.  ...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

An unusual reason to get out of jury duty? Maybe not.

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One of the more difficult things for a new lawyer to figure out is jury selection (or at least it was for me). I think most people, i.e., no...
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Monday, November 8, 2010

Inflammatory stupidity is only a privilege on one's own time.

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Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has fired Andrew Shirvell . A discussion of the very odd blog Mr. Shirvell created is here . As Mr. ...
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Effective Advocacy Doesn't Require You to be a Jackass.

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Jason Brown recently wrote a post for JDs Rising, a blog for new lawyers in Minnesota, setting out why it pays to be courteous. While I do...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Judicial Elections are Always a Bad Idea.

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Back in August , Mr. Torvik predicted that the three Iowa Supreme Court justices facing retention election would win their respective electi...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

What The Country Needs is 5,500 More Members of Congress.

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Mr. Torvik asks what I think increasing the number of congressional districts from 435 to 6000. I think that is an excellent idea in the s...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

We don't want judges to be judicial activists until we want them to be activist judges.

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I have been pondering a lawsuit, and the ensuing outrage, that our friend over at Minnesota Environmental Lawyer brought to my attention. A...