With great power comes great responsibility. Millions of people, including politicians, now use various social media platforms as a way to communicate with their followers easily and quickly. Along with the ability to instantly communicate a message to thousands of people comes the ability to “mute” or block those whose comments the user chooses not [...]
Tune in to Fox News Channel Saturday at 9pm to see John Stossel’s special “War on The Little Guy,” which features my lawsuit on behalf of Kentucky entrepreneur Raleigh Bruner. He’s the guy who wants to run a moving company…only to discover that if you want to run a moving company in Kentucky, you first have [...]
SCOTUSblog is currently taking application from current law school students for its internship program. You DO NOT have to move to Washington D.C., from what the listing says the internship can be performed remotely. The details are here. Submit your application to Kali Borkoski at kborkoski@scotusblog.com.
Last Friday Cockle Law Brief Printing Company said farewell to Shon Hopwood. This week Shon and his family--Annie, Mark, and the new baby on the way--will move to Seattle so that Shon can attend law school at the University of Washington. He promised us three things before he left: that he would always be more [...]
I met Reid last fall while visiting Arkansas State University. I watched him teach undergrad students on how to analyze legal issues and write better legal briefs. He was phenomenal with those students. I also met Reid’s alter ego. This is a guy who is analytical, sarcastic and sometime biting, but in a good way—the [...]
A few months ago we were fortunate enough to have Arkansas State University Professor Hans Hacker join us as a guest blogger for this post. We are now even more lucky, because Hans will be joining us on a full-time basis and provide us with the political scientist perspective currently lacking on many legal blogs. [...]
I forgot to post about the podcast I did with the Josh Blackman Blog. Josh is a prolific writer: he regularly blogs and writes law reviews. In addition, he is the co-founder of Fantasy SCOTUS and president of the Harlan Institute—a non-profit organization that uses social media to bring a stylized law school experience into the [...]
I am happy to welcome our newest blogger Timothy Sandefur. Please give him a warm CockleBur reception. Shon Hopwood Timothy Sandefur is a Principal Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, where he is the lead attorney in the Foundation’s Economic Liberty Project, devoted to promoting constitutional protection for the freedom of business owners and [...]
The Xerox company is sponsoring a cool program to support the troops in Afghanistan. They have a site that allows you to prepare customized postcards which are sent to the troops. It takes all of about 60 seconds of your time and is completely free. You can visit the site and send the troops your [...]