2008

Senate passes repeal of 1913 marriage law -...

Towers of Food - vertical urban farms

Tuthilltown Spirits | Hudson Baby Bourbon |...

China's new buildings

octo-pied building by *FilthyLuker on...

Top 10 TED Talks - Boing Boing

Poll: Obama beats McCain as barbecue guest -...

Central Park running routes

Convictions : What's Up Doc? Why Is Jim...

“Even the Supreme Court, in a 2003 decision upholding the...”
— The New York Times declares...

Maryland elects first black woman to Congress...

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/18/2008 |...

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 05/29/2008 |...

Kent Greenfield: Mukasey's Defense of...

Overloaded

How is it that I—with my Mac, iPhone, blogs, etc.—suddenly feel like I have too many gadgets now...

Meet & Eat: David Chang, Momofuku's...

Photo of the Day: Nom Nom Nom, Mojito Cake |...

Supreme Court Memo - At Supreme Court, 5-to-4...

Liberty-Equality again

Yesterday I commented that one reason I gravitated to O’Connor’s concurrence over...

“1.5 Stars”
— Average rating from 557 iTunes...

Diplomacy

Negotiations between two nations that have officially been at war for 60 years face significant...

Equality-Liberty Debate

I’m enjoying the equality-liberty debate going on over at Slate.  It reminds me of my first...

Yoshino-Gerken on the Liberty/Equality Debate...

Gerken-Yoshino Discussion of Liberty and...

America's Unhealthiest Drinks Exposed

I don't think so

Here is something I picked up at the local Target store. It’s a Hershey’s-brand...

“The new rules require all staff members, including part-time...”
— I think the point, Senator, is...

Obama Eyes Media With Promise Of Antitrust...

Back to school

The California Supreme Court’s opinion is distressingly conclusory. It combines a tortured and...

Activist judges

Conservative radio show host Bill Cunningham quipped last night that the same-sex marriage decision...

Justice in CA

The California decision to legitimize gay marriage highlights how important it is to approach the...

California Court Affirms Right to Gay...

The Rehnquist-Jackson Letters

Interpretation

In fact, Scalia isn’t really an originalist at all. He is what I would call a “New...

Stdnts: U. Shld. Try Out for L. Rev.

“1453 Unread”
— Wait, I can read blogs again?

Taking Intellectual Property exam now…  szymon: ...

Antitrust

Posting has been light because Antitrust has been my sole focus for a week. Hence, the relevance of...

“Influences: warren G, Ronald Reagan, & The Dead Sea...”
— Two Gallants’...

“Wright’s offensive opinions and inflammatory appearances are...”
— Bill Moyers.

Finals

Me: can i just say, finals suck.
SE: ya
Me: i mean, seriously
SE: i hate htem
Me: i had a 4 hour test yesterday. 64 multiple choice questions.
SE: vomit
Me: yes
SE: i have a three hour statistics test on tuesday
Me: vomit on that too

“McCain wants to stay in Iraq until no more Americans are...”
— Hertzberg

“cathexis |kəˈθeksis| noun Psychoanalysis the concentration...”

Don’t Panic. Where’s my towel?

Mocking my busy Sunday

Time to act

The Justice Department has told Congress that American intelligence operatives attempting to thwart...

Why study evidence when you can make lolcatz?

Thanks?

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“I had never been arrested before and the prospect of prison...”
— Worth a read.

Cool

I had no idea that the NBA has a female referee, but here she is, judging the Celtics Hawks contest...

Kentwan Balmer, Niners's Pick

Defensive Tackle6’ 4” 308 lbs.Speed: 5.28North CarolinaSenior Probably one of the most...

Prison Conditions

Often in response to criticisms about the prison’s conditions, defenders of Guantanamo argue...

Puppy cut

BoltBus - Buy Tickets

“cloy |kloi| verb [ trans. ] [usu. as adj. ] (...”
— I’m heading to a wine...

Struggling

The Flight of the Conchords album is the #1 download on iTunes. I’m struggling not to get it....

Pastel de Choclo Sweet corn topping over spiced chicken and,...

BC Law Review

Adventures of a Food Slut: Chinese Five Spice...

Recipes : Pastel de Choclo : Food Network

A plea for accuracy

CLINTON, HILLARY (DEM)    1,237,696    54.3%OBAMA, BARACK (DEM)      1,043,174    45.7%8.6% Hillary...

A name under the radar

“The ages of mankind have been classified by the materials they use: the Bronze Age, the Iron Age,...

Idiot Princess

Is he skittish around her because he knows that she detests him and he’s used to charming everyone?...

“If you do homework very well, you will get a job where you...”
— Justice Breyer

“10%”
— I guess I should go on record...

First Blush

It’s like the news anchors on MSNBC and CNN are surprised Clinton won… like this...

Tough enough

The message from the Clinton campaign these days appears to be that if Obama is going to complain...

“… Look at the valedictorian scared of the future While...”
— Kanye, Good Morning Yeah, law...

(via garfieldminusgarfield) This neatly sums up how I will...

Burritoeater.com

Final weekend

Barack Obama was greeted by the largest crowd of his campaign Friday night in Philadelphia. Some...

… Shut up, emo kid. Here’s $5. 

“The most famous poem in law is the Miranda warning. More...”
— … Kenji Yoshino, who...

Talking Points Memo | Redundant

“I put some whiskey into my whiskey, I put some heartbreak...”
— Felice Brothers, Whiskey in My...

Gtv

The U.S. military will televise the Guantanamo trial of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid...

Obama pedestal

   Just a quick note, mostly for myself. By decrying politics as usual, Obama has in no way decided...

He has a very different law school experience than me

A simplistic view

I love the McClatchy team, but this venn diagram showing where the candidates agree and disagree is...

Really Bravo?

Maybe I’m disqualified from passing judgment—I mean, I am watching reality TV—but c’mon...

A lukewarm invitation

“The time for a dispassionate, impartial comparison of the enormous costs that death penalty...

The Official Village Voice Election-Season...

Part of me wants to cry... and laugh

With the Wright business and now with this, the more nuanced version of the Clinton line has been...

“simulacrum |ˌsimyəˈlākrəm; -ˈlak-| noun ( pl. -lacra...”

Carl Bernstein’s View: A Hillary Clinton...

In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No...

 … Wow. It’s been a while since I’ve lived...

Law Firms Curtail Associate Programs As...

Academic Freedom

John Yoo wrote his memos while employed by the U.S. government. Thus, would firing him actually...

Talking Points Memo | Democrats: McCain...

“Eddie Murphy is 50 years old?”

More on bitterness

This is merely the inverse formulation of Obama’s positive message to not fall prey to...

Bitterness

“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the...

Interviews of United States Supreme Court...

“prolix |prōˈliks| adjective (of speech or writing) using or...”

On Yoo as a professor

John Yoo’s torture memoranda are terrifying exercises in legal advocacy.  I believe they rest...

Yoo on Collective Security

Collective-security ideas that emerged from the First World War nobly sought to end the carnage...

Drinking values

Every morning I am presented with a choice between two very dark coffee roasts. They taste...

"This is nuts"

“[A]rguably the greatest city in the world has to go hat-in-hand to Albany just to be able to...

Framework Originalism and Skyscraper...

theitemswecarry slideshow on Flickr

What is Living Constitutionalism?

Food Fight

Slice - America's Favorite Pizza Weblog!

Brown on Law Blogging

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Lamb, Brussels, Sweet potato gnocchi

Steak, garlicky salad, mushroom salad

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day ceviche

Valentine’s Day mushroom ravioli in mushroom broth

Valentine’s Day lamb shank

Valentine’s day lamb shanks

Valentine’s day Poached Pears

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