After reading Daniel Sockwell's article about writing legal briefs that you expect a judge to read on an iPad, Scott Greenfield is a little bummed out over the suggestion to eliminate footnotes: Initially, Sockwell’s point about eliminating footnotes is a critical one, not just because they’re hard to read on a tablet but because that means footnotes won’t be there to be used. … [Read more...] about A Modest Solution for Handling Multi-Format Legal Briefs
Obamacare Meets Basic Economics
I recently received an email pitch for a Change.org petition: My name is "Sue," and I work at Staples. I can't tell you my full name because I'm afraid I'll lose my job for what I'm about to tell you: Staples recently decided to cut part-time employees' hours just so they won't have to provide health care benefits under Obamacare. Staples is taking advantage of a loophole in … [Read more...] about Obamacare Meets Basic Economics
YPO-SHOT
I was driving home from a trip to the grocery store this morning when I spotted my local Chicago Police beat car ahead of me, and I noticed he had a curious bumper sticker, on which I could make out the letters "YPOSHOT". When I got a little closer, I could see a message about a $10,000 reward for information about anyone shooting at a Chicago police officer, which you could … [Read more...] about YPO-SHOT
Scattershot 2014-01-24
Random shots around the web...After reading the harsh conclusion Scott Greenfield reaches in his response to the Pinal County Sheriff's department's shooting of Manuel Longoria as he was surrendering with his hands in the air, I had this running through my head: When they kick out your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2014-01-24
A Challenge for Prosecutors
Over at Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger writes about one of the philosophical problems with the exclusionary rule: For many years, the U.S. Supreme Court has been pruning back one of the most repugnant notions of criminal procedure -- the idea that a clearly guilty criminal can suppress rock-solid reliable evidence of his crime on the basis of how it was obtained. If … [Read more...] about A Challenge for Prosecutors