A new week, a new collection of legal news and miscellany: You’ve probably heard about the Panama Papers, a collection of papers leaked from a Panamanian law firm detailing numerous shady financial transactions among the world’s wealthy and powerful (NY Times) The 1st Circuit ruled that Puerto Rico’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional (BuzzFeed)…
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This week’s D&F is full of news that should be of interest to hedonists across the nation: The 9th Circuit says that not all habitual drunkards are bad people (WSJ) The Supreme Court will not hear Nebraska and Oklahoma’s complaint against Colorado in the wake of its legalizing recreational marijuana use (NPR) Sandra Day O’Connor…
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I hope spring break provided some respite. To get you into the swing of things, here’s some news you may have missed from the beach: You probably heard that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, chief judge of the D.C. Circuit, to Justice Scalia’s vacancy (SCOTUSblog) President Obama visits Cuba, the U.S. eases sanctions against Cuba…
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It’s spring break, so I imagine this week’s D&F is exactly what you’ve been waiting for: President Obama is reportedly considering three judges for the Supreme Court nomination (Reuters) An immigration judge thinks three-year-olds are perfectly capable of representing themselves in court (Washington Post) Erin Andrews was awarded $55 million in her nude video case…
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As the first signs of spring begin to tease their way into our lives, so too does this collection of last week’s legal news and miscellany : Clarence Thomas started asking questions during oral argument last Monday, which was the first time he’d done so in a decade (NY Times) The saga of Apple and…
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Happy Leap Day! Catch up on some of last week’s legal news and miscellany: He’s crossed the threshold: Justice Thomas hasn’t asked a question during arguments for a decade (MSNBC) Since she clerked for Thurgood Marshall while the Supreme Court sat with only 8 justices, Justice Kagan is the only current justice to know what that’s…
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This week’s Detours and Frolics really is a grab bag. Enjoy: Justice Scalia’s death has given advocates of Supreme Court term limits more fodder (Washington Post/Volokh Conspiracy) Apple is not happy with an order requiring them to unlock a phone at the request of the FBI (Al Jazeera) An 18-year-old in Florida had been treating…
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This week will be dominated by the news and implications of the passing of Justice Scalia. Here’s coverage from SCOTUSblog, which covers most of the salient questions. Now, onto less weighty matters: My favorite copyright story of all time seems to be winding down: “Happy Birthday” is set to be declared in the public domain…
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This week’s collection of legal news and miscellany is destined to be a classic: The FBI is investigating the Flint lead poisoning (The Atlantic) An Indian court ruled that women can be the head of a household (Jurist) It’s been nearly 10 years since Justice Thomas asked a question from the bench (NY Times) What’s…
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Welcome to Detours and Frolics. We have some decent news on relatively grim topics this week (aside from the Arizona thing, which is this week’s outlier): The Supreme Court ruled that the ban on mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile offenders applies retroactively (The Atlantic) Arizona wants out of the Ninth Circuit (Office of the Arizona…
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