Posts by Tim Zinnecker

The Fourth Circuit issued its en banc opinion earlier today in the case of Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring.  Readers can find the opinion here, with a nice…

With Lucas Glover's win earlier today at Bethpage, the following trivia question comes to mind:Name a multiple-time winner of the U.S. Open Golf Championship who attended a "tier one" law…

OK, so the title of the post is perhaps just a bit misleading.  Maybe it should have read "Obama Nominates Alito's Replacement on the Third Circuit."  But that phrasing was…

I am the son of a potato farmer.I attended Notre Dame University.I was the last player to achieve one of baseball's rarest accomplishments.I was a first-ballot electee into MLB's hall…

A big shout-out to fathers everywhere, as we honor you on Sunday. For many of us, our father is a hero, an inspiration, a teacher, a role model, a mentor,…

Tom Coburn (pictured) is a U.S. Senator from Oklahama.  (We may become more familiar with him in days to come, given his membership on the Senate Judiciary Committee.)  His online…

Many thanks to President Filler for nominating me to an open position at The Faculty Lounge.  No doubt President Filler considered many remarkable candidates for this vacancy.  Critics will wail…

Ben Franklin once remarked, “Fish and visitors stink after three days.”  My stint as a guest blogger started with my first post back on February 23, so I’m waaaaaaay past…

We held our last faculty meeting of the semester this week.  One agenda item that generated robust  debate was the idea of offering a “bounty” for scholarship placement.  For example,…

Richard Danziger received a life sentence in 1990 for the aggravated sexual assault of a Pizza Hut employee who was raped and murdered in 1988.  Several years later, new DNA…