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
Tagged: law
Wednesday Writs: Mailed-In Edition
I have read through the 100ish page complaint by the Trump administration against Pennsylvania, and I’ll tell you what I saw:
Wednesday Writs: Joseph DeAngelo Gets What He Deserves Edition
DeAngelo, who killed 13 people and raped over 50 women in a known span of 13 years, was sentenced to eleven consecutive life sentences.
Wednesday Writs: SCOTUS, Nevada, and Casinos Over Churches Edition
Our Case of the Week made headlines, carrying on recent SCOTUS story lines like Gorsuch’s veneration and “John Roberts has abandoned his oath!”
Wednesday Writs: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Let’s discuss religious freedom in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, via another new decision fresh off the SCOTUS presses.
Wednesday Writs: Mailing It In Edition
Qualified Immunity, a blockbuster summer for the Supreme Court, lawyers going to lawyer, and a $67 million dollar lawsuit over missing paints in Wednesday Writs.
Unqualified: The Winding Road of Qualified Immunity
Somewhere along the way, Qualified Immunity was twisted to shield officers from consequences of actions no one can argue were ambiguous in wrongness.
Wednesday Writs: Lloyed Gaines Fights the Power Edition
While the significance of Brown v. Board of Education cannot be overstated, a lesser-known predecessor from thirty years prior deserves some attention
The People’s Court: Live-streaming the Supreme Court
People would be better off realizing how often a Supreme Court decision rests on a legal technicality or procedural element, as opposed to the merits of a particular position.
Wednesday Writs: Say It to My Face Edition
The confrontation clause — the right to face one’s accuser — is among the most well-known of our constitutionally guaranteed criminal rights.
Wednesday Writs 4/22: Ramos v. Louisiana
This week, the Court delivered its decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, in what must be among the most fractured opinions in SCOTUS history. Let me try to break that down:
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.
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.
Wednesday Writs: Easterseals Society v Playboy, and Other Assorted Smut
The porn magnate defeats the disabled children. Laissez bon temps rouler.
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.
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...
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...
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.
Lawrence Lessig and Clickbait Defamation
Lessig is suing because he made multiple points in his article and the NYT made a headline out of only one of them and it wasn’t the most important point he made.
Wednesday Writs: US v. 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs of Coca Cola
In this week’s edition of Wednesday Writs: the dangerous ingredients of early 20th century Coca Cola – no, not that; a fight for Tim Horton’s, revelations in the history of GOP redistricting, and more. Don’t miss out!
