Month: October 2009

Here is how political cartoonist, Jeff Darcy, responded to the news of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to President Obama: Source:  Cleveland Plain Dealer Online

In its "Ten Things" column this month, SmartMoney Magazine explores "Ten Things Bankruptcy Court Won't Tell You."  Included on the list compiled by author Elizabeth O'Brien are:  "this could actually…

No, this is not an archived post about Sonia Sotomayor.It's a post about Houston appellate judge Eva Guzman, who today was named by Governor Rick Perry to the Texas Supreme…

I've been most quiet of late because I'm recovering from a cold that threw me for a loop -- or maybe a couple of them.  But emerging from the silence…

Dahlia Lithwick outdoes herself in this recap of the oral argument in US v. Stevens (pdf file) (see Calvin’s post on this here).  The ending scene? Katyal ends his rebuttal…

A big shout-out to the faculty, staff, students, and friends of South Texas College of Law who joined together over the weekend to raise over $6,000 in the Susan G.…

In my last post, I began discussing Edward Carr’s excellent article in the Autumn edition of Intelligent Life, The Last Days Of The Polymath.  The (quite lengthy) part of Carr’s…

It appears that Justice Sotomayor will not be a shrinking violet.  She brought her Bronx moxie with her to the Court yesterday.  According to the LA Times, Sotomayor peppered the…

Edward Carr has an excellent article in the Autumn edition of Intelligent Life, The Last Days Of The Polymath.  In it, Carr discusses the lives and careers of several polymaths…

So you're expecting a post about the beginning of the 2009-10 term of the United States Supreme Court?  This isn't it.This is a post about Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers,…