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Reflecting on Roberts’ Role on Court, Importance of Shoe Leather in Winning Elections

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 07/06/2020 - 12:00am

Here’s a few thoughts about recent summer headlines:

• The vote by Chief Justice John Roberts to throw out the Louisiana anti-abortion statute last week did not turn him into a raving liberal.

Bolton’s Book a Win for First Amendment, But May Prove Pyrrhic Victory for Author

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 4:28am

John Bolton won a victory for freedom of the press recently, but he may have lost his shirt in the process.

BigLaw Doesn’t Skimp on Summer Associates

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 12:00am

You’ve been wondering what summer associates at BigLaw outfits are making this year and what they’re doing to earn it?

Graduating High School Seniors Might Learn More Next Fall by Taking Gap Year, Getting Job

Published by Scott Stewart on Sun, 06/14/2020 - 8:53pm

If I had a kid about ready to start college (and if she asked me), I’d say, “Don’t do it.”

Colleges and universities are so screwed up by COVID-19 that they seem to have one of two bad plans for going to school this next semester: do it all online (like the California state colleges) or open up with so many restrictions that it seems more like reform school.

Qualified Immunity Should Meet Unqualified End

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 06/05/2020 - 12:00am

One judge-made rule which is cruel and cold-hearted and should have a stake driven through it is “qualified immunity.”

It stands in the way of justice and a remedy for the poor and oppressed who are victims of police arrogance by slamming the gates of the courts of redress.

Book Explores Shortlisted Women Too Often Overlooked to Serve on Supreme Court

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 6:25am

If you’re still sticking close to home and looking for a good book to read while lounging on the patio and sipping a lemonade, try Renee Jefferson and Hannah Johnson ‘s “Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court” from NYU Press.

Supreme Court Begins Hard Work of Deciding Cases

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/26/2020 - 12:00am

The easy part of the U.S. Supreme Court’s work is finished for the term – the oral arguments – and the hard part – deciding 26 cases – will probably be done sometime in June.

The court was able to dodge the technology of the second half of the 20th century, regular television, and the tool of the 21st century that everyone else who wears shoes has been accustomed to in the last two months, life by Zoom.

For Every Act of Cruelty in These Times, Thousands of Acts Of Kindness Go Unnoticed

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 05/18/2020 - 5:49am

Were you astounded to read of the man in Holly, Michigan, who wiped his nose on the shirt of a dollar store security guard who told him to wear a mask?

Or of murder of the guard in another town over the attempt to get the perp to put a covering on his face?

Arizona Races Reflect Difference Between Republicans, Democrats

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 9:03pm

If you want to see a really exciting ballot race this year, come on down to Maricopa County, Arizona, the fastest growing place in America, and watch the Democrats and Republicans bounce each other around.

Remembering Maylow Phillips

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 7:44am

Mike Fenner sent along the obituary for Maylow Phillips, and I smiled for all the hundreds of the Creighton family she listened to and helped over the many years she served as part of the unsung heroes who hold the law school together.

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