• Among convict’s assortment of doomed pro se arguments: blaming Nike for not warning that its shoes might be injurious when used in stomping a victim [Oregon, Lowering the Bar]
• Reinstated University of Colorado “deviance” prof: colleges sacrifice academic freedom to risk/liability fears [Chronicle of Higher Education]
• Wisconsin court ruling “deals major setback to John Doe probe into recall elections” [Daniel Bice and Dave Umhoefer, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, earlier] About that Wisconsin Blue Fist: “what it was noisy about was a desire to be the clunking fist of state power” [Ann Althouse]
• Obama Administration’s “pursuit of group justice actually leads to injustice to individual students” [Mona Charen, syndicated, on the new racial guidelines on school discipline, and thanks for quote]
• Andrew Trask’s picks of 2013’s most significant class action cases and articles;
• Slate legal columns, like horoscopes, should be labeled “for entertainment only” [Ramesh Ponnuru]
• Remembering the days when Americans filed legal challenges against parking meters [Brian Doherty]

Filed under: apparel, class actions, colleges and universities, Dahlia Lithwick, disparate impact, pro se, roads and streets, school discipline, Wisconsin