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Mouthy, Gun-Toting Law Student Talks Back To Police Officer, Doesn’t Get Shot...
Talking back to cops while black is a dangerous game. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Guns, Guns / Firearms, Police, Search and Seizure, Second...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 05.15.13
* New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg commissioned a report on SDNY Judge Shira Scheindlin in advance of her ruling on the NYPD’s controversial “hey, you’re black, come get a pat down” “stop-and-frisk”...
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Eric Holder Wants to Stop and Frisk the NYPD
Federal monitors for the NYPD on the table if stop and frisk declared unconstitutional. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Alex Pareene, Crime,...
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Non-Sequiturs: 06.18.13
* As we noted last week (third item), Judge Rosenbaum recognized that the government was bound to have phone records of the defendant since they were dragnetting the whole friggin’ country. Now the...
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Mike Bloomberg Is Right, NYPD Does Stop and Frisk Too Many Whites
Mayor Bloomberg’s “math” lesson doesn’t help him as much as he might hope. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Eric Holder, Michael Bloomberg, NYPD,...
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SCOTUS on Parade: A Legally Themed Pride Slideshow
How many parades feature Supreme Court litigants and signs about federal statutes? Some photos from yesterday’s Pride March in NYC. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on...
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New York Can No Longer Stop And Frisk The ‘Right People’ For Being The ‘Wrong...
It is now considered unconstitutional to stop and frisk New Yorkers solely on the basis of race. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: 14th Amendment, 4th...
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Morning Docket: 08.13.13
* In the latest round of musical chairs, Skadden Arps managed to scoop up products liability queen and top woman litigator Lisa Gilford from Alston & Bird. Congratulations! [The Recorder (sub....
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Morning Docket: 08.16.13
* Former SCOTUS clerks earn more money for having clerked at the high court than SCOTUS justices earn for their yearly salaries. Consider how ridiculous that is. [The Economist] * As it turns out, the...
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Morning Docket: 08.22.13
* The NSA has violated the Constitution for years, you say? And it’s been misleading the FISA court about all of its domestic spying activities? As of this moment, the NSA is on double secret...
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Morning Docket: 08.29.13
* Is Justice Ginsburg, our favorite judicial diva, foiling her own jurisprudential legacy by refusing to retire from the Supreme Court before another president takes office? [Daily Beast] *...
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Non-Sequiturs: 09.03.13
* Sagging is one of the best anti-crime tools going. Since it stymies people who actually commit crimes, it seems to work better than stop-and-frisk… [Lowering the Bar] * From an appellate brief in New...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 09.18.13
* As previously discussed, Morgan Lewis partner Leslie Caldwell hopes to take over where Lanny Breuer left off at the DOJ Criminal Division. Her nomination was formally announced this afternoon. [Blog...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 11.01.13
* In 1967, Hunter S. Thompson explored the wild and crazy world of the Hell’s Angels. In 2008, FX premiered Sons of Anarchy. In 2013, the Hell’s Angels are filing intellectual property suits. Hard....
View ArticleMorning Docket: 11.04.13
* Judge Richard Posner is the latest judge to have admitted to making a possible error (which he later endlessly recanted), but hey, if he was wrong, at least he was wrong in a “responsible, informed,...
View ArticleOuch! So What Does That Make Magistrate Judges?
A federal district judge offers his thoughts on judicial hierarchy -- and criticizes the Second Circuit.
View ArticleMorning Docket: 11.07.13
* “What about devil worshippers?” Justice Scalia may think Satan’s gotten “wilier,” but that doesn’t mean his supporters don’t deserve religious representation in their public meetings. [WSJ Law Blog]...
View ArticleJudge Scheindlin Appeals Her Benchslapping From The Second Circuit
Stop-and-frisk trial judge argues that the Second Circuit denied her due process.
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 11.07.13
* The trial of a Utah doctor accused of murdering his wife-to-be with a mistress 20 years his junior has kicked off a battle of medical experts trying to guide the jury through the competing theories...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 11.13.13
* I’ve never heard of a “copyist.” Apparently it’s what you call people who “steal” intellectual property that isn’t actually protected. I’d care, but I’m too busy trying to figure out how The Onion...
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