If I may say, there is some fascinating (and outré) stuff in this week’s Detours and Frolics. Check it out:
- We touched on this last year, and I’m pleased to say the outcome is a happy (if much delayed) one: the California Supreme Court awarded a posthumous law license to a Chinese immigrant who was barred from practicing 125 years ago because of his race (LA Times)
- Oregon has enacted a law that automatically registers people with drivers licenses to vote (Washington Post)
- Apparently Jesse Ventura won a defamation suit against “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, and First Amendment advocates are crying foul (WSJ Law Blog)
- Following the verdict in the “Blurred Lines” case, Willie Nelson has been sued for copying a song called “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” (Abnormal Use)
- A Brazilian judge was caught driving the car of a defendant (who once happened to be the eighth richest man in the world). Sure, why not? (Lowering the Bar)
