Have you ever been on the train and wanted to go over your notes on that case you’re using for Herzog? Or maybe your laptop’s busted and you need to access a treatise on copyright. If you find yourself in a situation in which you need…
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“Detours and Frolics” may have been out of the office on Monday, but it’s back on Tuesday to clue you in to what happened last week in the world of law: A big week for same sex marriage. Courts in Missouri and Kansas struck down marriage bans there, while the 6th Circuit almost certainly assured…
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What do judges, law makers, and an auction house have in store for us this week? Let’s find out: What should we be gleaning from relative silence of recent Supreme Court orders? (New York Times) A California judge threw out Manuel Noriega’s lawsuit against the makers of Call of Duty (CNN) South African prosecutors will appeal…
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Welcome to this week’s collection of legal miscellany: A judge upheld Puerto Rico’s ban on gay marriage (SCOTUSblog) Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison for the death of his girlfriend, but he’ll likely only serve 10 months (The Atlantic) The DC Circuit ruled that foreign restaurant workers may qualify for visas if…
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More detours than frolics in this week’s installment: The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to enforce its strict voter ID laws this election. Justice Ginsburg is not happy (SCOTUSblog, Slate) Gay marriage is steadily becoming the law of the land, as Arizona and Wyoming have their bans struck down and the Supreme Court denied Alaska’s…
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Catch up on last week’s legal news: If you didn’t notice, there were some major goings on in the gay marriage saga: note the beginning of the week and the end of the week (SCOTUSblog) Eric Holder won’t be held in contempt for withholding Fast & Furious documents (ABA Journal) “Airbnb is now officially legal…
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Time to catch up on some of last week’s legal news and items of interest: What force does international law allow in fighting ISIL? (BBC) Crime and incarceration rates have both gone down in the U.S. (NPR) “Osama bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Sentenced to Life in Prison” (WSJ Law Blog) The EU Court of Justice has…
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Another edition of Detours and Frolics, in which hopefully at least one of these items is fascinating to you: Scotland voted on its independence from the UK. 55%-45% is close enough that you wonder what happens next (The Guardian) Update: atheist airman who was denied reenlistment for refusing to say “so help me God” may…
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