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Wednesday Writs: Em’s Too Busy to Write Up a Case Edition Attorney

Wednesday Writs: Em’s Too Busy to Write Up a Case Edition

Em Carpenter January 6, 2021

Read and discuss these legal links and stories to distract you from the fact that Em didn't...

Wednesday Writs: Meanwhile, Elsewhere Edition Old court room

Wednesday Writs: Meanwhile, Elsewhere Edition

Em Carpenter September 30, 2020

Vanessa Bryant sues, Bill Murray "feuds" with the Doobie Brothers, NY Times and the President's taxes, and...

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Let Not the Sins of The Client Be Cast Upon the Lawyer

Em Carpenter March 21, 2019

Imagine finding yourself accused of #metoo allegations or worse and being unable to find a lawyer to...

St. George Tucker and the Theology of the Common Law law

St. George Tucker and the Theology of the Common Law

Jon Rowe November 26, 2018

Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Blackstone's notion that "Christianity is part of the common law." Legal jurist St....

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“Judgment” is Not Just the Name of a Document

timk May 9, 2017

Unlike a legislature or even an executive, a judicial officer is obliged to explain the reasoning underlying...

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United States Court of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit

Mike Schilling July 29, 2016

In this one statute, the North Carolina legislature imposed a number of voting restrictions. The law required...

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The Disability Morass

Don Zeko June 3, 2016

Ruling on Disability, a legal perspective.

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