Month: February 2008

Just a reminder for those interested in such things that Larry Solum is continuing to aggregate data on entry level law school hiring here.  Yale and Harvard are way out…

How easy it would have been to miss the news that Matt Gonzalez, a former San Francisco County public defender, has agreed to serve as Ralph Nader's running mate on…

According to today's news accounts, Linda Greenhouse - the Pulitzer winning Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times - has accepted a buyout offer from her employer.  This is…

One of the remarkable things about this primary season is that Clinton and Obama are contesting some states that rarely receive signficant attention from Dems in either the primary or…

Jeffrey Rosen has offered up his view that the Democrats have a very short list of viable Supreme Court appointees, should a member of the party be elected President.  Doug…

I must not have been paying attention but I've only recently discovered, watching a Volvo ad, that the car now offers an optional "heartbeat sensor" - or psycho killer detector…

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won the Oscar for Best Song tonight for Falling Slowly.  After Hansard gave his thanks, Irglova started to speak as the music ran her down. …

As we bid adieu to Charles Rosenthal, the Houston DA accused (among other things) of sending racist emails, it's a good time to remind ourselves that race and prosecution is…

The Wall Street Journal reports today that Hans Smit, a legendary Columbia law professor, is holding firm in his efforts to sell his Manhattan home for $30 million.  He turned…

Cass Sunstein is headed to Cambridge, Mass.  I'll include this morsel in the next update of the lateral move list.  Hat tip: David Bernstein.