Blogs, that is. A couple of months ago I published a review of Your Witness: Lessons on Cross-Examination and Life From Great Chicago Trial Lawyers, a fascinating collection of stories and advice about cross-examining witnesses, edited by Steven F. Molo and James R. Figliulo. At the beginning of last month, I received an email from Molo's publicist: Hi, I wanted to let … [Read more...] about Legal Blogs that Aren’t
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Where’s Scott Greenfield?
I just checked Simple Justice and it looks like Scott Greenfield hasn't posted anything new today. My God, I hope he's alright. The silence over there is frightening. Somebody in New York please check on him. Update: Stand down. Scott's posting at last. The delay appears to have been caused because he was watching one of Ken Lammers' lengthy CLTV sagas. … [Read more...] about Where’s Scott Greenfield?
Is It a Good Idea To Try Ex-Soldiers As Civilians?
As little as I know about the military, I know even less about military law. Still, this sounds wrong: IRVINE, Calif. - A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq. ... Nazario is the … [Read more...] about Is It a Good Idea To Try Ex-Soldiers As Civilians?
Search and Destroy
Rob at the 26th St. Bar Association has a fascinating post, at least to a non-lawyer like me, about the difficulty the state has in proving constructive possession of contraband. What really caught my eye, however, was the description of the police raid: The police still came in, without any information that there would be guns or possible violence, shot all three of the … [Read more...] about Search and Destroy
What I Don’t Like About the Supreme Court in One Sentence
From a post by Eugene Volokh on the subject of Texas's inane anti-sex toy laws: Probably no Justice accepts the libertarian constitutionalist notion that a broadranging liberty to do what one pleases so long as it doesn't directly enough hurt others is itself so important that it should be recognized as a constitutional right. That's pretty much a one-sentence summary of … [Read more...] about What I Don’t Like About the Supreme Court in One Sentence