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Personality Quiz: Which Supreme Court Justice Are You?

Walter Olson — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:47:01 +0000

It seems I’m Justice Stephen Breyer. [humor, Kyle Graham]

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“Here, I’ve got your Gd-dmn*d ring.”

Walter Olson — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:57:38 +0000

In the South, a wedding engagement gone sadly wrong leads to a compulsively readable opinion by Judge William Pryor for an Eleventh Circuit panel, complete with reference to the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard. [Myers v. Bowman, PDF; summary judgment affirmed against civil rights claim](bad link fixed now)

Tags: Georgia, humor

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“Maryland considering mandatory helmets for drivers”

Walter Olson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:05:06 +0000

Given the bossiness of the legislature in Annapolis these days, I had to check the calendar on this one. [Anita Park, Greater Greater Washington, April 1]

P.S. And from The Onion, where every day is April 1: “Mississippi Bans Soft Drinks Smaller Than 20 Ounces.”

Yet more: Didn’t Ilya Shapiro predict this? “Supreme Court upholds same-sex marriage as a tax” [Tax Foundation]

Tags: humor, Maryland, Mississippi, soft drinks, traffic laws

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Alternative (really alternative) dispute resolution

Walter Olson — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:02:14 +0000

Instead of litigation or other varieties of dispute resolution that might leave hard feelings, why not try arm wrestling, a coin flip, drawing straws, or rock-paper-scissors? [Cracked] Earlier here.

Tags: humor

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January 20 roundup

Walter Olson — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:51:43 +0000

I’m in today’s NYT Book Review reviewing “Foundation,” Peter Ackroyd’s new book on English history up to the Tudors [NYT]
Stanford Law School launches religious liberty clinic [Karen Sloan, NLJ] AALS panel on “The Freedom of the Church” [Rick Garnett, Prawfs]
Party in breach, nasssty thief, we hates it forever: lawyer parses Hobbit’s Bilbo-dwarves contract [James Daily, Wired]
To pay for roads, vehicle-mile fees > gas tax, but either > general sales tax, argues Randal O’Toole [Cato at Liberty]
Steven Teles on the high cost of opaque, complex and indirect government action [New America via Reihan Salam]
I’ve given a blurb to Mark White’s forthcoming nudging-back book on behavioral economics, “The Manipulation of Choice: Ethics and Libertarian Paternalism” [Amazon]
“Internet-Use Disorder: The Newest Disability?” [Jon Hyman]

Tags: churches, humor, law schools, roads and streets, WO writings

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October 31 roundup

Walter Olson — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:07:24 +0000

Not the norm yet, fortunately: “Playgroup suspended for lack of insurance” [Lenore Skenazy, Free-Range Kids]
Chicago pol’s idea for bullet tax may sound clever but isn’t [Steve Chapman]
UK: “Litigation culture draining billions from hospitals and schools” [Telegraph, Independent, Spiked Online; Center for Policy Studies]
Yielding to feds, Oakland will adopted “targeted reductions” in discipline for minority students [Bader]
Judge: Italian businesses should sue over Costa Concordia in Italy, not here [USA Today]
“Deep pockets files: Greensboro apartment complex murder” [Ted Frank, PoL]
Funniest Posner parody ever? [Kyle Graham, Non Curat Lex]

Tags: cruise ships, forum shopping, guns, humor, insurance, Italy, recreation, Richard Posner, school discipline, third party liability for crime, United Kingdom

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Law schools roundup

Walter Olson — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:08:18 +0000

U. Miami: “Law School Email Draws Fire Amid Hotly Contested Retention Election for 3 Top Florida Judges” [ABA Journal, earlier on election]
Janet Jenkins sues Liberty U. School of Law, charging assistance to custody-nappers; school describes suit as baseless [ABA Journal, earlier on Miller-Jenkins custody case]
“Maybe a lawprof is not what you want in a politician. And yet, Bill Clinton was a lawprof. So was Hillary Clinton. And there are different types of lawprofs. They don’t all listen, give ground, and offer complex caveats!” [Ann Althouse]
“Former law student became a chronic litigant” [Boston Globe]
Andrew Morriss on Tamanaha’s Failing Law Schools [Liberty Law]
“Institute for Humane Studies Webcast on the Pros and Cons of Law School” [Ilya Somin]
Fred Rodell knew: reasons not to write law review articles [Matthew Salzwedel, Lawyerist] What a rising law professor should put in a book review [Pierre Schlag via Prof. Bainbridge]
Bradley C.S. Watson on law school progressivism [National Review, pay site, mentions Schools for Misrule]

Tags: Florida, humor, law schools, Miller-Jenkins case, Schools for Misrule

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Lines that made me laugh

Walter Olson — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:17:06 +0000

“This is known as the ‘Canadian girlfriend’ school of legal argumentation.” [Popehat, on the unwillingness of the British government to cite specific legal authority backing up its threats against NearlyFreeSpeech.net, a U.S.-based website]

Tags: humor, online speech, United Kingdom

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October 2 roundup

Walter Olson — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:06:15 +0000

CFPB hopes to fix regulation that has prevented stay-home moms from getting credit [Bloomberg Business Week, earlier]
Uncertified class action: “Federal judge orders cost-shifting for fishing expedition” [PoL] Ted Frank objects to $10 million fee in “cosmetic” Johnson & Johnson settlement [Daniel Fisher, PoL]
“Accused of Providing Blank Arrest Warrants to Police, Georgia Magistrate Resigns” [ABA Journal]
Lester Brickman, Peter Schuck in new podcast on Brickman’s book Lawyer Barons [Federalist Society]
“Wright and Ginsburg on Behavioral Law & Economics” [NW Law Review and SSRN via Adler]
“17th injury claim in 12 years got Chicago cop her disability deal” [Sun-Times]
“Injured while working for the Empire? Call Lando Calrissian.” Law firm ad parody [YouTube]

Tags: Chicago, class action settlements, Georgia, humor, Lester Brickman, loser pays, police

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Humpty Dumpty…

Walter Olson — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:53:41 +0000

…had a great career in litigation after his fall [Pearls Before Swine cartoon, Sept. 23]

Tags: humor, slip and fall

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