Posts by Tim Zinnecker

Proposal:  “Instead of lifetime tenure, each justice could be appointed to a finite term.  If the justices served for 18 years, every president could appoint two justices during each four-year…

On this day in history -- July 20, 1969 -- two major events happened in my life.First, I celebrated my tenth birthday.  (By my calculations, then, today I'm turning ...…

As was mentioned in yesterday’s “Baseball Trivia” post, Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak came to an end on July 17, 1941.  (The other baseball story that caught the nation’s attention…

Normally I've posted a baseball trivia question on the weekend, but I'll post this one today for reasons obvious from the clues.  Also, mindful that one faithful reader thought last…

Cal-Berkeley law professor, and former Justice Department official, John Yoo (pictured) has an editorial in today's WSJ:  Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps.   You can read the editorial (and numerous…

Having wrapped up my two summer courses earlier in the week (the UCC never takes a vacation!), I looked around for another challenge (perhaps something just a bit less daunting…

The Wall Street Journal has posted some of its archives on the 1916 nomination of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court.  See here, here, here, and here.  (Photo…

Money Magazine has announced its list of America's top 100 "best small towns."  The top ten are:1) Louisville, Colorado2) Chanhassen, Minnesota3) Papillion, Nebraska4) Middleton, Wisconsin5) Milton, Massachusetts6) Warren, New Jersey7)…

1.  I signed African-American superstar and future hall-of-famer Jackie Robinson.2.  I drafted the first Latin-American baseball player, future hall-of-famer Roberto Clemente.3.  I created the framework for baseball's "farm club" system.4. …

Emily Bazelon (pictured), affiliated with Yale Law School and a contributor to Slate magazine, has a lengthy interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appearing in The New York Times, available…