Legal minds on legal matters and whatever else strikes our fancy.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s October 2011 term has already been marked by the issue that will surely define it in the decades to come: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act litigation. The Court has not yet granted certiorari in any of the cases, but the inevitability of Supreme Court review is just about the [...]
So, season four of Breaking Bad was going along great until Gus's crew got shot at and then Gus comes strolling out like he's Tony Montana or something, throwing his hands in the air like, what's up? It was so bad that they even tried to explain it by having Jesse ask, "What was up [...]
Adam Liptak at the New York Times has this fantastic piece on the death penalty and the many years that the convicted wait on death row. Check it out.
Clifford Winston recently published an op-ed at the New York Times entitled, "Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary?" The only words I can really add to it are: Nice work!
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear argument in two of the most important criminal cases this Term: Missouri v. Frye, No. 10-444 and Lafler v. Cooper, No. 10-209. And both cases involve ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Both cases involve instances where defense attorneys must have been huffing glue. In Frye, the attorney failed to [...]
I am officially finished with my first month of law school. I must say it was exhausting. But other than that, I have little to complain about. My professors are great (and I’m not just saying that to kiss their you know what!), my classmates are likeable (my small section is completely devoid of gunners), and [...]
We filed a merits brief this week: Reply Brief for Petitioners in Hall v. U.S., No. 10-875 filed on October 14, 2011.