Posts by Steve Lubet

"You've Been a Good Old Wagon" is a classic Bessie Smith blues number, recorded in 1925, introduced to many in the 1960s (including me) by Dave Van Ronk. It turns ...

If you are looking for a break from indictment and election news, you may be interested in my essay on the new gift disclosure rules for the Supreme Court, and…

Mississippi John Hurt released "Richland Woman Blues" on his 1963 album Folk Songs and Blues. I don't know whether he wrote it, or if it is traditional, but it is ...

My new essay is up at Law&Crime, discussing Robert Costello's grand jury testimony in the Stormy Daniels case. Here is the gist: Attorney Robert Costello May Face Ethics Questions for…

My new essay at Washington Monthly is about a recent proposal to pay law students for their work as law journal editors. I am in favor, although not entirely for…

"Puttin' on the Ritz" was written by Irving Berlin in 1927 and introduced by Harry Richman in a 1930 film of the same name. That was only three years after ...

The Hill has published my take on the recent incident at Stanford, where students shouted down a federal judge who returned the rudeness in kind. Here is the gist: The…

Don Schlitz wrote "The Gambler" in 1976, but at age 23 he had few contacts in the music business and could not find anyone to record it for two years. ...

"Careless Love" is a traditional American folk song, although it was copyrighted in the 1920s by W.C. Handy. More than the usual number of audio clips on this post; so ...

I have a new piece in Slate. It tells the story of Judge Roger Benitez, of the Southern District of California, who ordered the handcuffing of a thirteen year old…