Wednesday Writs: Em’s Too Busy to Write Up a Case Edition
Read and discuss these legal links and stories to distract you from the fact that Em didn’t write up a Case of the Week
Category: Common Law
Wednesday Writs: Meanwhile, Elsewhere Edition
Vanessa Bryant sues, Bill Murray “feuds” with the Doobie Brothers, NY Times and the President’s taxes, and more.
Let Not the Sins of The Client Be Cast Upon the Lawyer
Imagine finding yourself accused of #metoo allegations or worse and being unable to find a lawyer to take your case because of public opinion.
St. George Tucker and the Theology of the Common Law
Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Blackstone’s notion that “Christianity is part of the common law.” Legal jurist St. George Tucker may have provided an Enlightenment alternative to Jefferson’s notion while revising Blackstone for America.
“Judgment” is Not Just the Name of a Document
Unlike a legislature or even an executive, a judicial officer is obliged to explain the reasoning underlying a judicial action.
United States Court of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit
In this one statute, the North Carolina legislature imposed a number of voting restrictions. The law required in-person voters to show certain photo IDs, beginning in 2016, which African Americans disproportionately lacked, and eliminated or reduced registration and voting access tools that African Americans disproportionately used. Id. at *9-10, *37, *123, *127, *131. Moreover, as the district court found, prior to enactment of SL 2013-381, the legislature requested and received racial data as to usage of the practices changed by the proposed law.
