Monday, January 31, 2011

Update on the Broccoli Objection

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The other day I did a little post on the "Broccoli objection" to the individual mandate aspect of Obamacare.  I mistakenly -- or ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

The solution to the problem of too many lawyers: more lawyers!

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I recently read a curious essay called "The Secret is Out About Law Schools," by George Leef .  The primary thrust of the article...

Thoughts on "The Broccoli Objection"

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Over at Balkinization , Andrew Koppelman discusses what he calls "the Broccoli Objection" to the constitutionality of the individu...
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"I honest-to-gosh don't understand why this is such a hoop-de-do"...

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...says Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Patience Roggensack, regarding her (withdrawn) request for $600 to cover mileage to study racial dis...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

A very strange way to die UPDATED

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Sneaking into an airport and hitching a ride in the wheel well of a commercial jet, only to fall your death when the landing gear is lowered...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Phony lawyer

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WGN reports that Tahir Malik, a Skokie, IL man -- and convicted burglar -- has been arrested for falsely posing as a lawyer for some five y...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

"Chet Haze, baby, yeah, make it hot"

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Apparently Tom Hanks's son Chet -- aka Chet Haze -- goes to Northwestern here in Evanston.  He has tons of school pride.  So much that h...

Jurisdictional jurisdiction

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Have you ever wanted to shout at someone, "You're out of your jurisdiction!!"?  I have.  In fact, I've done it a couple of...

Scalia stands up for the little guy

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Today the Supreme Court decided a statutory interpretation case involving bankruptcy law that turns more or less on the meaning of the word...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Beware the unlicensed attorney (UPDATED)

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UPDATE on 1/9/2011: See below for my original post about Jonathan Moss, an in-house attorney whose inactive bar status led a magistrat...
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