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.
Tagged: law
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!
Wednesday Writs: PGA Tour v. Martin
This week’s writs include SCOTUS on golf, a death row reprieve, Breaking Bad comes to life, Assange whines about his crappy jail computer, and more!
Wednesday Writs: Myra Bradwell Fights the Power
This week, Myra Bradwell fights the power, Atatiana Jefferson, SCOTUS, lawyer misses court for the best possible reason, gig economy, and more.
Wednesday Writs: The Case of the Too Short Fish
This week’s packed Wednesday Writs include not real big fish, the ACLU siding with the NRA, those poor Sacklers, a big change to the LSAT, the worst kind of dumb criminal, faux legal Facebook disclaimers, and more.
Wednesday Writs: The Scales of Justice on Trial in Chapman v. United States
The defendants appealed their sentences for a logical reason: when weighing the LSD for sentencing purposes, the blotter paper was included in the weight.
Wednesday Writs: Schmuck v. United States
Today’s case, though, is not of great import to our daily lives, it’s just a case about some Schmuck. Literally, it is the case of Wayne T. Schmuck.
Wednesday Writs: The Case That Broke Two SCOTUS Justices
To many, Baker v. Carr represented the real beginning of the politicization of the Supreme Court. And it is also the case that essentially did in two justices.
Wednesday Writs for 9/11: Willie Francis is Executed, Twice
Writs are back this week, with the story of a prisoner who was executed twice, an ill-tempered judge throwing an ironic fit and another who appoints himself prosecutor, space law, the NFL lawsuit fumbles, dumb criminals and more.
Wednesday Writs for 8/28
Your Wednesday Writs this week include a soap opera of a SCOTUS case, a record breaking opioid settlement, space crime, a creative judge, a dumb criminal and more.
