Wednesday Writs: The Eulogy of the Dog Edition
His speech, which became known as The Eulogy of the Dog, was a general tribute to man’s best friend. The jury delivered a swift verdict in Burden’s favor.
Author: Em Carpenter
Going for the Grocery Gold
I just ribbed him good-naturedly, while the two of us sat out on the back deck, washing our groceries down with Clorox wipes.
Telehealth: Make Sure You’re Connected, the Writing’s on the Wall
It is reasonable to suspect that the trend toward telehealth will continue, even after the pandemic has been tamped down.
Wednesday Writs: Schoolboy Innuendo Edition
The School District was not willing to concede, and took our case of the week Bethel School District v. Fraser, to the Supreme Court.
Big Jim vs The Corona
When West Virginia’s governor “Big Jim” Justice speaks, the residents hold our breath to see what sort of colorful (read: embarrassing) babble will come out
In Which Em Goes Into Hiding
In general, things are not so bad. Yet. In the back of my mind there is a niggling feeling of impending large-scale disaster that will lead to unmanageable anxiety if I allow it to.
Wednesday Writs: Quarantine Edition
Reeled with economic struggles after each outbreak, with businesses closing, unemployment up, services reduced and overwhelmed. In an effort to contain the disease, quarantines were declared in various localities…
Wednesday Writs: Easterseals Society v Playboy, and Other Assorted Smut
The porn magnate defeats the disabled children. Laissez bon temps rouler.
Liz Warren Drops Out
Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination comes to an end after a disappointing Super Tuesday.
Wednesday Writs: Kimble v. Marvel
That time the Supreme Court cited the Peter Parker principle and Marvel found itself in the center of patent law and policy.
They Don’t Have a Clue
Symposium: There was a murder, and justice must be done. Someone killed Mr. Boddy in his own mansion. Trouble is, no one knows who…But I intended to tell them.
Wednesday Writs: The Daubert Standard
L1: In 1973 in California, a woman gave birth to a baby boy who, although tests would later reveal him to have normal chromosomes, was born with severe deformities in his limbs. Doctors could...
Weinstein Convicted of Rape
After five days of deliberation, the jury in Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial returned a mixed verdict
Wednesday Writs: Silkwood Showers and Plutonium Flowers Edition
In the The Simpsons, Homer carelessly tosses a glowing plutonium rod. But in 1974, an employee at the Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant did, somehow…
Wednesday Writs: SCOTUS and Almighty God Edition
L1: A Pennsylvania law passed in December 1959 required, at the outset of a school day, the recitation of ten verses from the Holy Bible, to be read over the school intercom or in...
Of Poverty, Cancer, Bureaucracy, and Death
This is how a vibrant 50 year old woman goes from active to death’s threshold in a few weeks’ time. It all happened faster than the wheels of bureaucracy turn.
Wednesday Writs: Betamax and Kramer Was Right About the Mail Rewind Edition
Em is away this week dealing with a family matter, so a good time to review two of her Case of the Week write ups, along with some current links to legal issues in the news.
Wednesday Writs: Illegal Search and Seizure in Wolf v. Colorado
Illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible in a court of law. What many may not know is that this fact is a relatively modern development in constitutional law
