Monthly Archives: July 2012

New Merits Brief Filed by Cockle Printing

Posted July 27th, 2012
Andy Cockle
Brief of Respondent in Tibbals v. Carter, No. 11-218, filed on July 20, 2012
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The State of the NBA

Posted July 21st, 2012
Jon Vaught
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The several years behind us and before us will define the future of the NBA. The denigration of competitive spirit and moral fiber amongst certain players and upper management has left an irreparable stain on the legacy of the game that in the past brought us pioneers and idols like Jordan, Russell, Magic, Bird, Chamberlain, [...]
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The Three Best Places To Read About Law, But Not From A Law Blog

Posted July 20th, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
There are a number of online places to read about law. Blogs are aplenty, as as student-led online law journals. But I tend to enjoy reading about the law from someone who isn’t a practicing lawyer or law professor because I think its important to see law from a bird’s eye view rather than simply [...]
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The New York Times Skewers Law Schools, Again!

Posted July 17th, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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After the ABA published employment statistics for new law school graduates that were the worst since 1994, the media has started to take notice. On Sunday, the New York Times wrote yet again about the struggling state of law school education. But what about law schools? Not so much. For the most part, law schools are [...]
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Ninth Circuit Ruling is Monumental for Those Suffering From Eating Disorders

Posted July 13th, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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Guest Post By Ann Marie Hopwood On July 12, 2012, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals summarily denied Blue Shield of California’s request for rehearing and rehearing en banc for the decision made in Harlick v. Blue Shield of California. In the decision made on June 4, 2012, the Ninth Circuit withdrew its prior [...]
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Erwin Chemersinsky’s sad criticism of Knox v. SEIU

Posted July 9th, 2012
Timothy Sandefur
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky published this article last week on the ABA Journal’s website complaining about the Supreme Court’s decision in Knox v. SEIU. That’s the case in which the Supreme Court said that the union must ask non-members before it takes away their money to run a political campaign. As I explain here, the rule [...]
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Booklist Reviews Law Man

Posted July 6th, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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Booklist Online is a collection of over 130,000 book reviews for librarians, book groups, and book lovers—from the experts at the American Library Association. I was excited to learn that a few weeks ago, David Pitt wrote a Booklist Online review of Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption. At 23, [...]
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Chief Justice Roberts Honors Court Clerk William K. Suter

Posted July 3rd, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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As SCOTUSblog noted yesterday, Chief Justice Roberts, after reading his most famous opinion, issued a public recognition to Supreme Court Clerk William K. Suter for his 50 years in government service. Fifty years at anything is impressive, but Clerk Suter’s dedication to the law is unsurpassed. Clerk Suter has played a profound role at the Court, including syncing [...]
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