Sunday, June 10, 2007
One of those times that it is really important to read the footnote...
Yay, Judge Reggie Walton! You have now written my all-time favorite footnote.
As someone who spent 400 hours in the last year writing briefs and arguing on behalf of people who are not famous in the least, or able to pay anything, I couldn't agree more with the judge. Law matters, visiting those in prison matters, and it matters most when it affects the least of these in our midsts (to paraphrase one of my favorite teachers).
As someone who spent 400 hours in the last year writing briefs and arguing on behalf of people who are not famous in the least, or able to pay anything, I couldn't agree more with the judge. Law matters, visiting those in prison matters, and it matters most when it affects the least of these in our midsts (to paraphrase one of my favorite teachers).
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That's one that you know comes from his honor. If a law clerk wrote it, it probably would have met the almighty editing pen.
# posted by 
: 2:27 PM
: 2:27 PM
B--
That is SO true. As a former clerk, i know that when there is that much spice in an opinion, a clerk did not write it.
That is SO true. As a former clerk, i know that when there is that much spice in an opinion, a clerk did not write it.
Yeah . . . Libby will pursue his appeal from behind bars. I think I may know how the Judge feels on the upcoming hearing about appealing behind bars or not. If the letters re: his sentencing from his former neo-con-federates (Wolfowitz, Pearl, Rumsfeld & Kissinger) have a similar effect, Libby will be waitin' on Dubya in Federal prison for that pardon or commutation.
# posted by : 3:00 PM
: 3:00 PM
That's terrific, that footnote. You could tell he was enjoying his judge-dom as he was writing it.
# posted by : 3:23 PM
: 3:23 PM
Is it unusual to have a footnote in an order?
You can almost imagine the scene . . . Friday noon, or afternoon, judge gets the order to sign, it's been a long week, can't resist adding some opinion . . .
You can almost imagine the scene . . . Friday noon, or afternoon, judge gets the order to sign, it's been a long week, can't resist adding some opinion . . .
# posted by : 3:51 PM
: 3:51 PM
OK, so for those of us Razor fans who aren't in or of the law, who are "the twelve?" I think I heard/read Dershowitz, but who else?
The longballer takes no guff.
The twelve are (and where they teach/taught law)*:
Vikram Amar- UCLA Law/UC Davis/UC Hastings
Randy E. Barnett- Georgetown
Robert H, Bork- (Our old friend!) Yale
Alan Dershowitz- Harvard
Viet D. Dinh- Georgetown
Douglas W. Kmiec- Pepperdine
Gary S. Lawson- Boston University
Earl M. Maltz- Rutgers
Thomas W. Merrill- Columbia
RObert F. Nagel- Is he a Prof?
Richard D. Parker- Harvard
Robert J. Pushaw- Pepperdine
Most of these guys teach Constitutional Law.
*Fellow lawyers, please correct any of this that is wrong!
The twelve are (and where they teach/taught law)*:
Vikram Amar- UCLA Law/UC Davis/UC Hastings
Randy E. Barnett- Georgetown
Robert H, Bork- (Our old friend!) Yale
Alan Dershowitz- Harvard
Viet D. Dinh- Georgetown
Douglas W. Kmiec- Pepperdine
Gary S. Lawson- Boston University
Earl M. Maltz- Rutgers
Thomas W. Merrill- Columbia
RObert F. Nagel- Is he a Prof?
Richard D. Parker- Harvard
Robert J. Pushaw- Pepperdine
Most of these guys teach Constitutional Law.
*Fellow lawyers, please correct any of this that is wrong!
I don't think anyone can accuse Randy Barnett of being a fair-weather amicus. He's represented Angel Raich (and others in that case?) for at least the past several years, litigating Commerce Clause and Ninth Amendment issues that potentially affect thousands of criminal defendants.
Eugene Volokh has some good commentary on this issue over at the Conspiracy.
Eugene Volokh has some good commentary on this issue over at the Conspiracy.
# posted by : 3:40 AM
: 3:40 AM
There is something to the fact that these are high-profile con law guys, not schlubby sentencing profs.
# posted by : 9:03 AM
: 9:03 AM
Oh, and Nagel is a prof, he teaches Conlaw at UC Boulder.
Also, several of these guys were once Deputy AG's, is that common?
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Also, several of these guys were once Deputy AG's, is that common?
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