I cannot think of a time in American history, or indeed in world history, in which an entire...
Burt Likko
Pseudonymous Portlander. Pursuer of happiness. Bon vivant. Homebrewer. Atheist. Recovering Republican. Recovering Catholic. Recovering divorcé. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Ordinary Times. Relapsed Lawyer, admitted to practice law (under his real name) in California and Oregon. There's a Twitter account at @burtlikko, but not used for posting on the general feed anymore.
House Likko's Words:
Scite Verum.
Colite Iusticia.
Vivere Con Gaudium.
The dead and injured in West, Texas surely count for the same as the dead and injured...
One way we define a “state” here in the USA is as a unit of regional government....
The courts conduct the nation’s business. The public’s business. The courts stand apart from the rest of...
An explosion has apparently struck very near the finish line of the Boston Marathon today. Someone has...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, has died. It’s difficult...
I learned a long time ago that part of what makes people of different faiths about to...
Let’s say a man is working with a woman in a professional capacity. Let’s further say that, without...
A few days ago I broke down a case from the Ninth Circuit permitting sectarian prayers at...
…And apparently, David Brooks isn’t a suitable candidate since he seems to think it is somehow an ironic...
If you’ve been around lawyers as much as me — or even if you’ve seen a lot...
As part of my continuing intermittent series of posts publicly worrying about California lighting its money on...
Let’s put to rest the trope that the Ninth Circuit is a court where out-of-control liberal activist...
Having been acquitted on the merits, an accused defendant ought not to have to stand trial twice...
Prosecutorial overreach (whether you think the underlying conduct was a crime or not), the nuts and bolts...
