2008

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December 2008

1. 31 DecJust How Much Moral Turpitude is Too Much?
2. 31 DecWill Consumerist Go Legit?
3. 31 DecAnother Good Judge Gone
4. 30 DecHow Many “Law Offices” is Enough
5. 30 DecThe Tradition of God in Office
6. 29 DecAt the Top of the Gizmo Scale
7. 28 DecWhy I’m a Better Business Model Than Biglaw
8. 28 DecER Docs: Cops are Too Violent
9. 28 DecDoes Rehab Do Rehab?
10. 27 Dec10 Things That Every Hotel Should Have
11. 27 DecTrying Cases in Other Time Zones
12. 27 DecAcquitted Conduct Sentencing, By the Numbers
13. 27 DecMarquette Law School: Training Lawyers is Beneath Us
14. 26 DecHousekeeping
15. 25 DecThe Three Wise Men of the Blawgosphere
16. 25 DecWaiting for the Paper on Christmas Day
17. 24 DecI Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
18. 24 DecAttack of the Puppies
19. 24 DecCop to Cop: Don’t Call Me Grunt
20. 24 Dec“Overshared” is the Word of the Year
21. 23 DecThe Death of AV (Update: MH Responds)
22. 23 DecNo Jeopardy. None At All
23. 23 DecA Christmas Gift from Fabio (Ochoa)
24. 22 DecAn Easy $500 Mil
25. 22 DecThe Defendant’s Worst Enemy
26. 22 DecThe Full Miranda
27. 21 DecTrusting Clients Trusting Us
28. 21 DecJustice, eBay Style
29. 21 DecDo It For the Children (Award Update)
30. 20 DecEveryone’s a Victim, The Sequel
31. 20 Dec10 Reasons to Avoid Marquette Law School
32. 20 DecNonrefundable No More
33. 20 DecThe Right Lawyer for the Job
34. 19 DecWhat to Do about Bernie Madoff
35. 19 DecThe Video Stars of Tomorrow
36. 19 DecForward: The W Presidential Library
37. 18 DecThe $605 Question
38. 18 DecThe SEO Revolution
39. 18 DecLawyer Fashionista: The Naked Head
40. 18 DecIs Somebody Running for DA?
41. 17 DecWhy Good Judges Matter, Part 2
42. 17 DecWhy Good Judges Matter, Part 1 (Update: The Lawyerly Excuse)
43. 17 DecThe Tipping Point Between Safety and Freedom
44. 17 DecWhen Lawprofs Wear Black
45. 16 DecHow to Learn If Your Kid is a Junkie
46. 16 DecBut For Video, Officer Pogan Indicted
47. 16 DecThe Criminal Mind
48. 16 DecThe Particular Problem with Crimes Against Children
49. 15 DecLaw Students, Do Not Be Misled
50. 15 DecBill of Rights Day at the Legal Satyricon
51. 15 DecPractical Blawgosphere: We Are Them
52. 15 DecIf Shoes Could Kill (Update)
53. 14 DecBlawgosphere Heroes
54. 14 DecThe Morality Gap
55. 13 DecPost 2000, A Retrospective
56. 12 DecJohn Ashcroft Explains
57. 12 DecThe Ex-Prosecutor’s Epiphany
58. 12 DecWhy Not Carry a Taser?
59. 12 DecThe Face of Justice
60. 11 DecNo Higher Praise Than “Toxic”
61. 11 DecThe Worst Ratio in the World
62. 11 DecA Student By Any Other Name
63. 10 DecTop 10 Reasons to Twit (An Alternative View)
64. 10 DecDear Judge, I’m Sorry. Signed, Your Lawyer Pal
65. 10 DecJudy, Judy, Judy
66. 10 DecNo Bail for Jew (Updated: Comments Deleted)
67. 10 DecHow Quickly They Forget
68. 9 DecWeighing the Risk of a Plea Offer
69. 9 DecHarmless Error, The Last Refuge of Scoundrels
70. 9 DecPolice Officers Indicted and Everyone Yawns
71. 8 DecDreier: The Cupboard is Bare
72. 8 DecSorry, But You’re Not Cut Out For Solo
73. 8 DecWill Kopbusters Screw It All Up?
74. 7 DecNo Layoffs in the Well
75. 7 DecHow Much Collateral Damage is Tolerable?
76. 7 Dec10 Blawging “Dos” and “Don’ts”
77. 6 DecIn the Marketplace of Ideas, Some are Bankrupt
78. 6 DecBut Really, Aren’t We All Victims?
79. 6 DecThe Downside of Gall; Using “Local Conditions” to Enhance a Sentence
80. 5 DecCops and Lawprofs Should Take a Pregnant Pause
81. 5 DecIs It Just Too Hard to Follow Instructions?
82. 5 DecCash & Carry Law Enforcement
83. 5 DecBut What Would Spitzer Do?
84. 5 DecVote For “Defending People” Already
85. 4 DecAvvo’s Really Bad Answers
86. 4 DecWhat Do Some Cops Say About Drugs? LEAP
87. 4 DecWhat If Plaxico Burress Played for Dallas? (Update)
88. 3 DecGive GM a Fish
89. 3 DecDrew Jury Foreperson: “Well, I Always Read The TOS, You Lazy Scum
90. 3 DecUnconstitutional Confusion: An Explanation for Children and Others
91. 3 DecCheney Indictment Tossed, But Nobody Looks Very Pretty
92. 2 DecAnother Year, Another Beauty Pageant, ABA Blawg 100
93. 2 DecNew Federal Rule 60: What’s With That Third Table?
94. 1 DecThe Newest Second Amendment Hero, Plaxico Burress
95. 1 DecThe Hero Mom’s Nightmare Juror Scenario

November 2008

1. 30 NovThe Results of The Experiment
2. 29 NovReader Mailbag No. 5, An Experiment
3. 29 NovEntitlement Ain’t Ipse Dixit
4. 29 NovWhy Terms of Service are a Crime (And Don’t Call Me Ralph!)
5. 28 NovThe Blackest of Fridays (Update)
6. 28 NovThe Internet Speed Trap
7. 28 NovNot My Choice For 1st Amendment Hero
8. 27 NovGive Thanks, But Give Wisely
9. 27 NovHatred of Immigrants Explodes on Long Island
10. 27 NovYale Precision Marching Band Indicted
11. 27 NovThe Lori Drew Drama is Over; Back to the Law
12. 26 NovNo, You Can’t Have 5 Minutes of My Time
13. 26 NovIs the Legal Fee a Crime?
14. 26 NovThe Seduction of Self-Fulfilling Rationalizations (Update)
15. 25 Nov2008 Weblog Awards Came and Went
16. 25 NovThe First Casualty of Solo Practice University
17. 25 NovBut He’s the Vice President and You’re Not
18. 25 NovWhere Does a Juror Turn for Help?
19. 24 NovMarket Elsewhere. This Means You (Update)
20. 24 NovGetting the Government We Deserve
21. 24 NovIf There was Only One Law
22. 24 NovRestoring Which Good Name?
23. 23 NovBonuses Steady in Criminal Law This Year
24. 23 NovThey Started to Fight When the Money Got Tight…
25. 22 NovThe Real Definition of “Seizure”
26. 22 NovObesity is Not a Crime, But Is It a Disability?
27. 21 NovGreenfield to New York Times: Bite Me
28. 21 NovNY Court of Appeals; Lawyer’s “Personal Values” Trump Ineffective Assistance
29. 21 NovThe Wilmington Method: A Pall Over a Funeral
30. 21 NovInterviews Can Be Educational for Both Sides
31. 21 NovAmbivalence on the Lori Drew/Myspace Trial
32. 20 NovThe Jury’s Right to Know the Sentence
33. 20 NovWar Over Wiretaps
34. 20 NovWhen the Commenter Takes Over
35. 19 NovSouth Texas is Cheney Country
36. 19 NovMore Risky Shopping at Target, Courtesy of the Local Cops
37. 19 NovConfessions of an 8 Year Old
38. 18 NovBut What Does Norm Think About Sentencing?
39. 18 NovLearning From Judges Behaving Badly
40. 18 NovNetworking, Thought Sharing and Enough Already
41. 17 NovWe are the UAW (Update)
42. 17 NovThe Vast Mystery of Public Defenders
43. 16 NovNo Place for Nazis in Lawyer Pitch (Update x 3)
44. 16 NovThe Great Twitter Wars Begin
45. 16 NovPeeing into the Wind: The Finances of Petty Crime
46. 15 NovInexplicable Reversal of Fortune
47. 15 NovJust a Country Lawyer and His Privy
48. 14 NovAnybody Got a Motion?
49. 14 NovAir Marshals On the Loose
50. 13 NovSpanglish For Lawyers
51. 13 NovMisery Loves Company
52. 13 NovWhat About the 94? Reject the Deal
53. 13 NovNo Ociffer, Avvo Said I’m Not Drunk
54. 12 NovBut the Chemist Said So
55. 12 NovWhat’s Good for GM? (Obama Update)
56. 12 NovThe J-dog Moves in with Windy
57. 11 NovEight is Enough
58. 11 NovLori Drew Update: No Place for the Suicide
59. 11 NovSCOTUS Denies Cert in Victim Impact Videos
60. 10 NovWhy Promote Pot Smoking? (Update)
61. 10 NovPractical Blawgosphere: Picking Your Battles
62. 9 NovThe Age of Intellectualism?
63. 9 NovBabysitting While White: The Path of Least Resistance
64. 9 NovSquaring Victims’ Rights With the Adversary System
65. 8 NovDid the Lawprof Blawgosphere Add Value?
66. 8 NovChazy Judge Gets Smacked, But Not Nearly Hard Enough
67. 8 NovYoung Lawyers Can Be So Important
68. 8 NovWhat Does The Next Generation Think of Prop 8
69. 7 NovWhat’s on the Criminal Justice Agenda?
70. 7 NovFinally, A New York Judge Thinks of D.C. v. Heller
71. 7 NovSDNY Blows Eliot Spitzer a Kiss
72. 7 NovBabysitting While White: Turning Tables
73. 6 NovSomebody’s Lying, But Who?
74. 6 NovAvvo Update: We’ve Fallen and We Can’t Get Up
75. 6 NovThe Most Corrupt Election
76. 5 NovWhat Can YOU Do for Bernie Kerik? (Great Video Update)
77. 5 NovWill There Be a Place for a Criminal Defense Lawyer in Washington?
78. 5 NovThe Blawgosphere, At Its Best: Congratulations, Barack Obama (Update)
79. 4 NovWhat Jurors Are Really Thinking About
80. 4 NovVote Like a Republican (Under Indictment)
81. 4 NovNo, Defendants Don’t “Know” the System
82. 3 NovAnd the Polls Show . . .
83. 3 NovIs it Really About Sex? (Carlin Update)
84. 2 NovReason Number 49 for Canada to Exist
85. 2 NovGood Interpretation versus Evil Interpretation
86. 2 NovFavoring Business Over People
87. 1 NovShould Non-Lawyer Politicians Get a Free Pass?
88. 1 NovLori Drew Update: The Government’s Negative Response
89. 1 NovThe Blawgosphere Won’t Die Without a Fight

October 2008

1. 31 OctConfusing Reports on Cellphone Searches
2. 31 OctCops: Pick Your Favorite Amendment to Ignore
3. 31 OctShould a Juror be “Death Qualified?”
4. 31 OctNew York’s Sickest Are Back
5. 30 OctThe November Surprise
6. 30 OctApparently, You Can Go Back Again, When It’s Murder
7. 30 OctCool Polygraph Tricks
8. 29 OctAnother Reason to Have a Lawyer (or Leave Louisiana)
9. 29 OctLaw Review: Blame the Defense Lawyers?
10. 28 OctSolo Practice University Professor Number 1
11. 28 Oct$3 Million to the Target of Target
12. 28 OctLaw Crossing Can Get You a Job. As a Spammer
13. 28 OctMcCain’s Position on the Judiciary and DOJ (Update)
14. 28 OctInstapundit Says Palin was Kinda Right
15. 27 OctOne Last Week of Silliness and Delusion (Breaking News Update)
16. 27 OctWhy Eli Can’t Write (Like a Lawyer)
17. 26 OctFrom Laptops to Letters, Beware the Border Search
18. 26 OctLesson For Lawyers From Roseville
19. 26 OctAn Honest Man in Albany
20. 25 OctTroy Davis, Stay Number 3
21. 25 OctSexual Molestation Rejected as Suggestive of Possession of Child Pornography
22. 25 OctLawyer Fashionista: Barrister Edition
23. 24 OctWhat Did Fox Do To Greta?
24. 24 OctIs Proportionality Dead in Child Porn Cases?
25. 24 OctIf There’s Virtual Murder, Is There a Virtual Defense?
26. 23 OctKudos to Judges Campaigning Lawfully (Unhappy Update)
27. 23 OctCharles Etchison Hasn’t Got a Chance
28. 23 OctBritney Spears Hangs ’em Up
29. 23 OctWhen to Say No to an Interview
30. 22 OctAnother Judge Rips Scalia’s Heller Opinion
31. 22 OctNassau County’s DWI “Wall of Shame” Confusion
32. 22 OctTalking to Death
33. 21 OctWhen Did You Stop Bribing Judges? Take 2
34. 21 OctWin the Appeal Battle But Lose the Sentence War
35. 21 OctThe 1st Amendment Ends at a Cop’s Eyeballs
36. 21 OctRedux: Following Up on Drew, Davis and Jesse James Hollywood
37. 20 OctWho Is Stone and Why Won’t He Leave Me Alone?
38. 20 OctWhen Did You Stop Bribing Judges? (Survey Failure)
39. 20 OctNot Just Another Dumb Naked Kid
40. 20 OctMalthus Goes to Law School
41. 19 OctWith Barely a Whimper, the FBI Now Spies on Americans
42. 19 OctIf You Couldn’t Stay Awake…
43. 18 OctCriminal Defense Advertising. What Works and What’s Right (Update)
44. 18 OctShould the Constitution Enshrine Prejudice? (Update)
45. 17 OctHey Blawgers, Look at Me!
46. 17 OctFree Joe! Free Joe! Let Joe the Plumber Go!
47. 16 OctFear of Flying, Bullets Edition
48. 16 OctLawyer Fashionista: ElectionWear
49. 16 OctA Lesson in Criminal Defense Economics
50. 15 Oct2d Circuit’s Judge Newman Explains. Again
51. 15 OctToo Big to Fail, Too Small to Succeed (Update)
52. 15 OctChief Justice Roberts Fiddles, Troy Davis To Die (Update)
53. 14 OctWhat’s Wrong with Propensity Evidence Anyway?
54. 14 OctNo Joy for the Legal Satyr
55. 14 OctTerms of Endearment
56. 13 OctNo Way For a Lawyer to Steal
57. 13 OctMolineux Redux: Common Scheme or Plan
58. 13 OctChange to F.R.E. 502 Protects Against Inadvertant Waiver of Privilege
59. 12 OctBut For Video, Volume 32
60. 12 OctNote to Jailhouse Lawyers: Don’t Expect Me to Lie
61. 12 OctInflammatory Rhetoric is Ugly, But Not Criminal
62. 11 OctProtecting Our Borders from Cozy Copyright Infringement
63. 11 OctTime for PDs to Let Go of Biglaw Envy
64. 11 OctA Lawyer’s Lesson About Inflammatory Rhetoric
65. 10 OctSouthampton Strip Search Policy is Just Plain Nasty
66. 10 OctMiami Criminal Defense Lawyer Brian Tannenbaum’s “Truth”
67. 10 OctLet’s Close Wall Street’s Doors for a Week or Two (Update)
68. 9 OctMcCain: Frank and Dodd are Criminal Co-Conspirators
69. 9 OctWiretaps are Great for Parties
70. 9 OctHerring Argument Went Great! So we Lost?
71. 9 OctThe (Enabled) Lost Cause of Federal Pleas (Update)
72. 9 OctIt’s Not Easy Being Kevin O’Keefe
73. 8 OctThe First Shoe Drops on Maryland Indigent Defendants
74. 8 OctSearch Warrants: The Mess Left Behind
75. 7 OctOutsourcing Prosecutors is a Step Too Far
76. 7 OctDoes The Rest of the 11th Circuit Agree?
77. 7 OctAnyone Can Do It
78. 7 OctIs the ABA Pimping for the FBI?
79. 6 OctDow 10,000 (Market Close Update)
80. 6 OctThirty Days of Smear
81. 6 OctJust Another Manic First Monday
82. 5 OctWorth Doing Right
83. 5 OctWomen Blawg Just Fine
84. 4 Oct13 Years to the Day After (Update)
85. 4 OctDoes Your Tushie Hurt?
86. 3 OctThe Court is Persuaded. So What?
87. 3 OctHow Low Can We Go?
88. 3 OctOT: My Delivery Issues with Newsday
89. 3 OctVideo Appearances: Gain or Loss?
90. 3 OctDebate Lesson, Volume II
91. 2 OctNYPD Taser Lieutenant Commits Suicide
92. 2 OctSenate Averts Crisis, And Throws a Party!
93. 2 OctDershowitz to Wall Street Whiz Kids: Lawyer Up
94. 1 OctWhen “One of Our Own” Goes to Prison
95. 1 OctEven Alaskan Senators Get the Blues
96. 1 OctHeller Hasn’t Made it to New York. Yet.

September 2008

1. 30 SepPaulson’s a Day Trader
2. 30 SepTasers, It’s A Family Thing
3. 30 SepWhy Law Review Articles Were Never Meant for Us (Update)
4. 29 SepHouse Votes NO (Update)
5. 29 SepThe Bonus for being Main Street (Updates)
6. 29 SepConfusing an Execution with a Right
7. 29 SepWhy the Ferrari? Why?
8. 28 SepThe “Claymore Mine” of Tasers
9. 28 SepGrades Make Them Feel Bad
10. 27 SepDebate Lessons, Volume I
11. 26 Sep10 Things I Really Don’t Want to Hear About Today
12. 26 SepThe Day of Cynicism (Update)
13. 26 SepWhat is Your Juror Thinking About Today?
14. 26 SepTattoos; The Next Big Suspect Classification?
15. 26 Sep30 Minutes is All You Get in New York
16. 25 SepMyspace Suicude / Lori Drew Update
17. 25 SepIs Journalism the Cure for Wrongful Convictions?
18. 25 SepOnce a Vulture, Always a Vulture
19. 25 SepA Truly Inspirational Speech From Washington
20. 24 SepThe USA Patriot Bailout Act
21. 24 SepThe Old “Stop Having Childen” Condition
22. 24 SepThe Value Movement: Should New Associates Pay for the Privilege?
23. 24 SepTroy Davis Execution Stayed; Family “Furious”
24. 23 SepWhen Burt Pugach Calls, Hang Up. Fast.
25. 23 SepWill the Execution Proceed Anyway? (Update: Stay Granted!)
26. 23 SepAs If Money Was No Object
27. 22 SepBig Blog Bailout?
28. 22 SepElecting the New Supreme Court
29. 22 SepChicago Cops Feeling Unloved
30. 21 SepIt’s Good to Work for the LIRR
31. 21 SepA Victim of Success
32. 21 SepDear Mr. Lawyer, Please Help, I’m Innocent
33. 21 SepColorblind Blawging
34. 20 SepAre the Guidelines the same for Diet Coke?
35. 20 SepShould Landlords be Subject to Free Excercise of Religion?
36. 20 Sep“Fashion” Police Pack a Punch
37. 19 SepHard Choices Sentencing a Kid Drug Dealer
38. 19 SepBail All You Want, But…
39. 19 SepWhat Does Recession Mean for Criminal Lawyers?
40. 19 SepMafia Cops: Conspirators Forever
41. 18 SepLay Judges, Screw Litigants
42. 18 SepHow to Impact a Senator? Through His Mercedes
43. 18 Sep“Six-Pack” Scalia Excoriates Liberal Chicago Law School
44. 18 SepThe Outrageously High Price of Special Prosecution (Update)
45. 18 SepBunkbenches Save Money at Too High a Price
46. 17 Sep“I’m A’Fixin’ to Tase You” Rag
47. 17 SepWhen Murder Loses its Meaning
48. 17 SepGoing for Broke
49. 17 SepWhat Not To Wear, Republican Edition
50. 16 SepBlawger Victimized by Brooklyn Legal Aid Lawyer (Update!)
51. 16 SepThe Lawprofs Respond: The Slackoisie are Differently Abled
52. 16 SepClearance Sale – Burglary is a Loss Leader
53. 16 SepLawblog 2008 a Smash in London
54. 15 SepToday would be a Good Day to go Solo
55. 15 SepBanking and Brokerage Got its Wish
56. 14 SepIs Anybody Listening?
57. 14 SepGalveston, Oh Galveston (Update)
58. 14 SepSomebody Should Help
59. 13 SepThe Certainty of Simplicity (Hannity/SNL Update)
60. 13 SepBarry Kamins Turns Honorable
61. 13 SepBut it was only 3 Taser Jolts, Judge
62. 13 SepAmEx to Disabled Children: Drop Dead
63. 12 SepSitting or Standing, Passengers Lose Again
64. 12 SepThe Bright Line of Privacy Ends at a Brooklyn Stoop
65. 11 SepBob Simels Indicted in Plot to “Eliminate” Witnesses
66. 11 SepDoes Asserting Rights Equal Reasonable Suspicion?
67. 11 SepI’m Not a Judge but I Play One on TV
68. 11 Sep9/11 There’s No More to My Story
69. 10 SepA Real American Hero Outside the RNC
70. 10 SepAmerican Express: Scam “Member Projects” Contest Exposed
71. 10 SepJudge Lippman Wins 2008 Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence
72. 10 SepJunk Science: Lie Detection Outsourced to India
73. 9 SepJudge Cassell’s Latest Modest Proposal
74. 9 SepUtah AG Attacks Lawyers for a Vigorous Defense
75. 9 SepDouble Deference Brings an Angry Dissent
76. 8 SepFannie, Freddie and Me
77. 8 SepWhen Lawyers Get Too Close to Clients
78. 7 SepDisappointment Follows when there is No Murderer
79. 7 SepJudicial Fashionista: Does This Robe Make Me Look Fat?
80. 7 SepCrystal Blue Persuasion, and Other Failings
81. 6 SepWhen Lawprofs Meet Wikipedia
82. 6 SepLawyer Fashionista: When Suits Shrink, Help Somebody Else
83. 6 SepSo Whatever Happened to…Judge Tills and Lori Drew
84. 6 SepWhere Do Sleazebag Ideas Come From?
85. 5 SepPrisoner Re-Entry, Even with Bells & Whistles, is Still a Problem
86. 5 SepWhen Cops Aren’t Cops at All
87. 5 SepSomeone in Washington Who Finally Get’s It?
88. 4 SepHe Said, She Said, Jon Stewart Version (Update)
89. 4 SepJournalism 101: Don’t Get Busted
90. 4 SepAfter Further Deliberations, I’ve Got Nothing
91. 4 SepThe Way to Plea
92. 4 SepAlthouse Knows The Inside of the Onion (Update)
93. 3 SepToo Much Information Costs a Chance at Freedom (Update)
94. 3 SepProtester Etiquette; Go Quietly into the Night?
95. 2 SepTeen Pregnancy is Not a Virtue
96. 2 SepNew Crime, But No Perp
97. 2 SepSheriff Fletcher’s Day in the Sun
98. 1 SepWearing the American Hat
99. 1 SepThoughts on the Return to the Bench
100. 1 SepLabor Day 2008, (Surf’s Up?)

August 2008

1. 31 AugWhere are they now?
2. 31 AugObama Saved by the Palin Debate
3. 31 AugRumors of the Death of the Exclusionary Rule
4. 30 AugTrust Me, I’m from the Government (Part 2)
5. 30 AugLesbians, The Latest Threat to Homeland Security? (Update)
6. 30 AugBad Thing to Say During Summation #3
7. 30 AugInitial Reactions to Sarah Palin (Update)
8. 29 AugBrooklyn Lawyer Marina Tylo Deserves a Good Spanking
9. 29 AugThe Hidden Purpose Behind Law Enforcement Advertising
10. 29 AugDismissal for Government Interference with Right to Counsel Affirmed by Second Circuit
11. 28 AugTrust Me, I’m from the Government
12. 28 AugThree Ponies is Enough for Anybody
13. 28 AugControlling the Rabble Outside (Update)
14. 27 AugAttack of the Killer Breasts (Updated)
15. 27 Aug“Just Trying to Help” May Cost 15 Years
16. 27 AugMeasuring Success: What’s a Lawprof to do? (Update)
17. 27 AugFeige’s “Raising the Bar” to Air September 1st
18. 26 AugCLTV 38: Film Noir Meets Wiggle Words
19. 25 AugNo Hallmark Cards For You!
20. 25 AugBegging for a Crash
21. 25 AugCan 51% of Americans be Wrong?
22. 24 AugWill “Tough on Crime” Still be the Only Choice?
23. 24 AugComputer Forensics Expert as Private Investigator
24. 23 AugHomestyle Custodial Interrogation
25. 23 AugBuild Schools, Not Jails
26. 23 AugThe Slackoisie go to Law School
27. 22 AugOne Part Harmony at the DOJ
28. 22 AugWhat Does a Winning Defendant Do?
29. 21 AugCops are Cops, 24/7
30. 21 AugA Person of Interest
31. 20 AugDropping a Kid Off at College
32. 20 AugSpecial Prosecutor is not Always the Answer
33. 19 AugDoes Presumed Innocent Mean Less Than Innocent?
34. 19 AugCallousness Toward a Dog is Different
35. 18 AugTainted by Google Forever
36. 18 AugAnd What Would Loose Originalists Do?
37. 18 AugAt Least They Didn’t Get Medals (Yet)
38. 17 AugThe Professional Business of Law
39. 17 AugCops Just Can’t Catch a Break
40. 16 AugTeach Your Judges Well (Update)
41. 16 Aug2d Circuit On a Roll
42. 16 AugICE Screws Up, Someone Dies
43. 16 AugWhy Must Juries Be Unanimous Anyway?
44. 15 AugWhat Heller Hath Wrought? (Update)
45. 15 AugOkie DA Wants Names of his Critics (Update: Texas Comp)
46. 15 AugShould Federal Judges be Selected by Used Car Salesmen?
47. 14 AugAny Buyers?
48. 14 AugThe “Guilty-Plea” Machine
49. 14 AugEven Lawprofs Get the Blues (Update)
50. 14 AugGovernment Responds to Lori Drew Dismissal Motion
51. 14 AugSolo Practice University Launches its New Home!
52. 14 AugNYC Tracking Plan: Expensive, Intrusive and Pointless?
53. 13 AugBut What Do the Experts have to Say?
54. 13 AugJohn Lennon’s Killer Denied Parole Again
55. 13 AugWhy Police Can’t Police Themselves
56. 13 AugWay Too Much Good Stuff in the Blawgosphere
57. 12 AugOf Feeds, Time and Courtesy to Fellow Blawgers
58. 12 AugJurors are Jurors, Unless They aren’t On-Board (Update)
59. 12 AugThe Risk of the Witness Interview (Update)
60. 11 AugThe Cop Experience, From the Horse’s Mouth
61. 11 AugThe Return of the Freebie at Starbucks
62. 11 AugThe Secret To Winning Meme
63. 10 AugCocaine Residue Conundrum Goes International
64. 10 Aug“J” Schools Fail to Keep Up (Update)
65. 10 AugComments as Lawyer Advertising? Don’t Bother (Update)
66. 9 AugSlowly, Slowly, Heller Makes Headway…
67. 9 AugJudges Bash Media Bashing
68. 9 AugIt’s Easier to Say “I’m Sorry”
69. 9 AugSeeing Road Rage Through Other Eyes
70. 9 AugKuehne Revisited: Now it was All a Mistake?
71. 8 AugUndercharged? Tough Break, Says 9th Circuit
72. 8 AugIt’s Just the Internet, Folks
73. 8 Aug66 Months Sounded Too Good to be True
74. 7 AugA Death in Swissvale that Defies Explanation
75. 7 AugSo Maybe a Siesta is a Good Idea?
76. 7 AugThe Secret to Winning, Finally Revealed!
77. 7 AugThe Price of Texas Bravado (Update)
78. 7 AugNot the Way to Influence a Federal Prosecutor
79. 6 AugA Silly Millisecond Longer
80. 6 Aug“War for Oil” Comes Back to Bite Us
81. 6 AugConflict of Laws: California versus United States
82. 5 AugBreaking News: John Gotti Arrested. Again.
83. 5 AugDon’t Ignore the Sentencing Floor
84. 5 AugTeaching “Justice,” Prosecutor-Style
85. 5 AugMimi Coffey Asks: What About My Kids!
86. 4 AugDefendants Exposed in Courthouse Confessions
87. 4 AugThe Second Wave of Mortgage Fraud
88. 4 AugThe Laptop Quarantine (Los Angeles Update)
89. 3 AugIs a Judge Like an Umpire?
90. 3 AugExperience as Deep as a Puddle
91. 2 AugUndecided or Ignorant, The Swing Voter Rules
92. 2 AugHow to Entice a “White Collar Associate”
93. 2 AugSympathy for the Biglaw Devil
94. 1 AugWhat Kind of Idiot… (Twisted Update)
95. 1 AugChallenging Acquitted Conduct Sentencing
96. 1 AugFollow-Up on the “Big Shove”

July 2008

1. 31 JulStill in Jail? Blame the Cellphone
2. 31 JulClearly, It’s Obvious
3. 31 JulThat’s Why They Call Them Rats
4. 31 JulStealing the Intangible Right to Honesty
5. 30 JulNew York Times to Sex Offenders: Drop Dead (Sorta)
6. 30 JulDoug Berman Needs a Break!
7. 30 JulThe Next ATL Blawging Star
8. 29 JulMessage or Messenger?
9. 29 JulOne Lecture By a Cop with Many, Many Lessons
10. 29 JulWhat to do when the PSR is Really Wrong
11. 29 JulBut For Video, Volume 31 (Update)
12. 28 JulBlawg Review #170
13. 28 JulCorporations Just Don’t Behave Like Other Defendants
14. 27 JulCop Love Sunday
15. 26 JulThe Birth of a New Niche, Hired-Gun Prosecutor?
16. 26 JulJudge Gertner Rejects “False Uniformity” in Sentencing Guidelines
17. 26 JulMore DNA Follies: The Context Effect
18. 25 JulA “Spam King” Snaps (Update)
19. 25 JulIf a Defense Lawyer Ruled Texas
20. 25 JulThe Apple Didn’t Fall Far From Rudy’s Tree
21. 24 JulJudge John Gleeson’s Moral Compass
22. 24 JulLori Drew Dismissal Motion: Is It Enough?
23. 23 JulSafer or Sicker: A Peek into your Neighbor’s Lives
24. 23 JulPromises of Privacy Give Way to the Cops (Update)
25. 23 JulBad Court Thingy Explains the Screwed Pooch Thingy
26. 22 JulBlawg Review from the Trenches (Update)
27. 22 JulWhat Happens When You’re Run Down by Former DA Pirro?
28. 22 JulAre Lawyers Stealing From the (not so) Poor?
29. 21 JulAn Originalist’s View of the Exclusionary Rule
30. 21 JulInvestment Tip: Taser International
31. 21 JulThe “Science” of Plea Bargaining
32. 20 JulSlackoisie: Boomers Screwed the Pooch
33. 20 JulThings That Won’t Survive, Part 1 (Update)
34. 20 JulDNA, What are the Odds?
35. 19 JulThe Re-Education of Adam Liptak
36. 19 JulWhat’s the Rusch to Search a Law Office?
37. 19 JulCan’t You Smell That Smell
38. 19 JulGerry Spence, Blawger (Update)
39. 18 JulWill Cuomo Dig Deep Enough?
40. 18 JulCops, Coffee and Crime
41. 18 JulWhat the Constitution Ought to Say
42. 18 JulIf Physicians Dislike Malpractice, They Will Really Hate This
43. 18 JulOral Argument on NY Judicial Salary Case
44. 17 JulWhen the First National Bank of Criminal Law Closed Its Doors
45. 17 JulAn Early Morning Knock on the Door
46. 16 JulScalia’s Emanations and Penumbras
47. 16 JulDanger Jim Robinson — Making the Terror List
48. 16 JulConvictions Suspended Indefinitely
49. 15 JulBronx DA Subpoena Tries a Scam and Gets Caught
50. 15 JulThings to do While Waiting For a Verdict in Texas
51. 14 JulNew Yorker: Only for Really Cool People (Update)
52. 14 JulSheriff Gets a Pass on Stupid Cop Tricks
53. 14 JulCompelling Disclosure of Anonymous Posters (Update)
54. 14 JulThe Non-Aggression Pact on Judicial Nominations Expands: Lawyers Now Included?
55. 13 JulReader Mailbag No. 4
56. 13 JulProposed “Non-Aggression Pact” on Federal Judicial Appointments of Law Profs
57. 12 JulBut For Video, Volume 29
58. 12 JulSome Will Die This Winter
59. 12 JulIf It Makes No Sense in English, Then What About Spanish?
60. 11 JulBrandishing a Right After Heller
61. 11 JulShould Troopers Prosecute?
62. 11 JulTwo Pimps Meet Face to Face
63. 10 Jul“Sorry” Does Not Make for a Federal Judicial Nomination
64. 10 JulJust Doing What Comes Unnaturally
65. 10 JulJust Doing What Comes Naturally
66. 9 JulAre Criminal Defense Lawyers Targets of Violence?
67. 9 JulConfrontation, Counsel and a Defendant Who Just Won’t Behave Himself
68. 8 JulWhen Law Schools Cheat (Update)
69. 8 JulMemo to Paterson: Give us a Leader
70. 8 JulThe Politics of FISA Capitulation
71. 7 JulCan You Tell if Someone is Lying?
72. 7 JulTo Serve the Elderly
73. 7 JulThis Year’s Loser Job
74. 6 JulMeeting the Neighbors
75. 6 JulBetter to Be Lucky
76. 5 JulDwe
77. 5 JulWanna Fight with Snow White?
78. 5 JulMessages Sent, Messages Received
79. 4 JulSitting in the Dock of the ‘Bay
80. 4 JulAre You a Justice Maker?
81. 4 JulAn Unholy Alliance
82. 4 JulOur 232nd* Year and It Doesn’t Look Promising
83. 3 JulIs This What They Think of Criminal Defense Lawyers?
84. 3 JulStop Thinking — Like a Lawyer
85. 3 JulAitzaz Ahsan: U.S. Silent About Ousted Judge in Pakistan
86. 2 JulAnd More Videos of “One Bad Apple(s)”
87. 2 JulThere’s a Disruption in the Force Contest
88. 2 JulConsent to Search — Writing Required?
89. 2 JulWhen the “Castle Doctrine” Goes Nuts
90. 1 JulDriving with Cellphones, The Anti View
91. 1 JulMorgenthau Responds: No One Forced Bibb
92. 1 JulTankleff, Finally Over But No Closure
93. 1 JulTestify or Jail, A Connecticut Lawyer’s Dilemma

June 2008

1. 30 JunCops Pay Homage (and Cash) to Skelos, New King of the Senate
2. 30 JunTaking Judge Posner’s “Ostrich” Debate to the Mats (Update: Roberts/Liptak Mud Wrestling)
3. 30 JunOne Juror’s Thoughts on Acquitted Conduct Sentencing
4. 29 JunThe Fallacy of Original Intent
5. 29 JunAre Law Professors Afraid of the Practical Blawgosphere? (Update: Justice Scalia’s Comment)
6. 29 JunLexMonitor Week 2: Francisco Franco is Still Dead
7. 29 JunNew Florida Chief Justice: Treat People Fairly
8. 28 JunAsk Mr. Simple Justice, Gun Edition
9. 28 JunSteven Hatfill is still a Person of Interest
10. 28 JunBut What Would Justice Jackson Say About Heller?
11. 28 JunNYT: Oil Speculators are our Friends
12. 27 JunAitzaz Ahsan to Speak at New York City Bar
13. 27 JunSilence from the Grave
14. 27 JunPraise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
15. 26 JunAnother Thought on Heller
16. 26 JunThe Heller Decision: A Massive Disappointment For All
17. 26 JunD.C. v. Heller Decision: Individual Right, Maybe, Sorta
18. 26 JunScruggs Judge Biggers: Blogger Is Worthy
19. 26 JunBook Review: Your Witness, Lessons on Cross-Examination (Update)
20. 25 JunNo Death Penalty for Child Rape
21. 25 JunSpecial Districts Try Their Hand at Spinning
22. 25 JunDrunk Driving, Crime or Not?
23. 25 JunNew York’s Finest Get Tasers
24. 25 JunWas DOJ Hiring “Corrupt”?
25. 24 JunJustice Thomas says I’m a Sword
26. 24 JunThe Problem with SCOTUS
27. 24 JunNice Letter, Lawyer Letter
28. 24 JunCreating a Master List of the Practical Criminal Law Blawgosphere
29. 23 JunRothgery Gets a Lawyer
30. 23 JunBernstein at Volokh: I’m One of the Little People!
31. 23 JunThe Public Defender Blawgosphere; It’s Huge!
32. 23 JunFormer ADA Admits Throwing the Palladium Murder Case
33. 23 JunGeorge Carlin, 71, Dead of Heart Failure
34. 22 JunDo Real Lawyers Use LexMonitor?
35. 22 JunWhy Lawyers Letters are Scary, But Shouldn’t Be
36. 21 JunBrutal Attack on Memphis Cop’s Fist By Transexual’s Face
37. 21 JunWho Does Al Sharpton Call?
38. 21 JunWhen It Happens To a Cop
39. 21 JunObama on Telecom Immunity
40. 20 JunTelecoms Get Immunity; The Nation is Safe
41. 20 JunThere’s Competency and There’s Competency
42. 20 JunThe Missing Defendant
43. 20 JunBear Stearns Pair Walk the Walk
44. 19 JunHelp Wanted: Chief Judge, No Experience Necessary
45. 19 JunHow To Wiretap, or Not
46. 19 JunA Lesson in Real Law (or A Bad Day in Court)
47. 19 JunJust Say No to More Law Schools
48. 19 JunMy Problem With the Innocence Project is… (Update)
49. 18 JunDoctors’ Orders
50. 18 JunMichigan Fails to Defend Its Poor
51. 18 JunJohn Yoo Ain’t Afraid
52. 17 JunAP to Blawgosphere: Drop Dead (Update)
53. 17 JunWho’s at Fault For the Kozinski Kerfluffle?
54. 17 JunIs She “Yer Honor” When She Leaves the Bench?
55. 17 JunJersey Goes Way Wrong on Bail
56. 17 JunBreaking News: Tiger Wins in Sudden Death
57. 16 JunBullying: Editors Murder a Tree
58. 16 JunBefore You Hit the Send Button
59. 16 JunIndigent Defense Attacked At ACS
60. 16 JunHow to Spoil a Good Day
61. 15 JunSponsorship Opportunity
62. 15 JunThe Bully Pulpit
63. 15 JunWho Do You Want to Represent?
64. 15 JunSouth Carolina Gets Its Voice in the Blawgosphere
65. 15 JunTiger Woods Plays Golf
66. 14 JunKozinski Bails: Now It’s a Problem
67. 14 JunTaking Stock of the Supremes
68. 14 Jun6th Amendment Fire Sale
69. 14 JunWhat If Someone Threw a Celebrity Trial and No One Came?
70. 13 JunAn Unpleasant But Necessary Lesson in Legal Economics
71. 13 JunGun Control Gives Up and Shifts Gears
72. 13 JunWhat Can Boumediene Do For You?
73. 13 JunSo Just How Many Innocents For One Guilty Man?
74. 12 JunThe Ties That Bind
75. 12 JunIncrease Ordered for New York Judges
76. 12 JunJudge Alex Kozinski: “I Didn’t Know it was Public” (With Photo Update!)
77. 12 JunViewsday: Journalists Trying to Blog, But …
78. 11 JunSnapple-osophy: Mind Your Own Business
79. 11 JunDishonor in the NBA
80. 11 JunThe Disinhibition of Debt
81. 11 JunHospital Indictment Is Not a Cure
82. 11 JunNewspapers: 44% Say No Bloggers Allowed
83. 10 JunTechnorati Free Fall (Update: Loop Closure x 2)
84. 10 JunMaintaining Minimum Standards (Update)
85. 10 JunArbitration versus Captive Arbitration (Updated)
86. 10 JunRehabilitating a Verdict
87. 10 JunCounseling Crime
88. 9 JunOde to Cornell University, Ivy and All
89. 9 JunWelcome Home, Willie Horton
90. 9 JunNow That Fieger’s Acquitted, Was He Wrong?
91. 8 JunLegal Funnies: A Potential Human Being
92. 8 JunJust Do What The Cop Says
93. 8 JunAlberto Gonzalez Finds Gainful Employment
94. 7 JunRiots in the Street
95. 7 JunWelcome to Peking Law School
96. 7 JunLiberals Want Their Constitution Back
97. 7 JunThe Slackoisie Fight Back
98. 7 JunDoes Incarceration Reduce Public Safety?
99. 6 JunWhat Smells About the DC Checkpoint Scheme
100. 6 JunBarry Kamins Heads NY Task Force on Wrongful Convictions
101. 6 JunKSM Wins at Gitmo Tribunal
102. 6 JunNo Money Laundering, But They’re Keeping the Cash
103. 6 JunRestaino Gets The Boot
104. 5 JunThe Indigent Defendant’s Right to a Jury Consultant
105. 5 JunKuby Flying on Air America
106. 5 Jun90 Days Rejected for Female Teacher’s Student Obsession
107. 5 JunSpiderman, Spiderman, Climbing for the Environment
108. 4 JunAmbulance Chasing, Criminal Law Edition
109. 4 JunRisky Business: Chinese Lawyers Fighting for Rights
110. 4 JunHahvahd Ain’t What She Used to Be
111. 4 JunThe Blawgosphere Loves a List
112. 3 JunThe Federal Numbers Game Debunked
113. 3 JunGerry Spence, Superstar
114. 3 JunBreaking News
115. 2 JunSerious Blawgers
116. 2 JunThe “Allen” Charge, Democracy and Dinner Reservations
117. 2 JunWill the Sky Fall Today on New York Justice?
118. 2 JunFascination with Crime and Criminals
119. 1 JunBad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha gonna do…
120. 1 JunToying With Children’s Emotions About Death

May 2008

1. 31 MayAn American in Paris
2. 31 MayPractical Blawgosphere: More Ebb Than Flow?
3. 31 May10 Commandments Redux in Ohio
4. 31 MayMel Weiss to WSJ: Unfair and Demeaning
5. 30 MayThe Late Night Email
6. 30 MayA Civics Lesson From a Young Woman
7. 30 May2d Circuit Affirms in Doninger Appeal: Student Speech Crushed
8. 29 MayTeacher Du Jour: Wendy Portillo of Port St. Lucie, FL
9. 29 MayThe Silent Majority is Back
10. 29 MayGun Anecdote Proves Nothing
11. 29 MayThe Same-Sex Marriage Fight is Over; Sanity Wins
12. 28 MayLitigator Whines, Fly Me! (Update)
13. 28 MayShame First, Convict Later
14. 28 MayHumanizing Mel Weiss
15. 28 MayWhy We Think Like Mush
16. 28 MayMillennials: It’s Awesome to be Us
17. 27 MaySJ to WSJ: Stop Stealing My Stuff!
18. 27 MayDo Baby Governments Need Their Own Sarbanes-Oxley?
19. 27 MayA Prosecutor Discovers the Joys of “Clients”
20. 27 MayHarvard Law Review Activist Ripped to Shreds
21. 26 MayHas a College Education Reached Oversaturation?
22. 26 MayCriminal Lawyers Market with Class
23. 26 MayThe Start of a Hamptons Summer
24. 26 MayIs the Death Penalty the Worst Punishment?
25. 26 MayMemorial Day 2008
26. 25 MayJudges Around the World (Update)
27. 24 MayTexas Plans to Fight Return of Children
28. 24 MayEight Months Later, The Lie Revealed
29. 24 MayIs Voter Education the Answer for Judges?
30. 24 MayFieger: David or Goliath?
31. 24 MayWhen White Powder Law Meets White Collar
32. 23 MaySympathy For The Devil
33. 23 MaySlip Sliding Away
34. 23 MayDonninger Update: Better Timely Than Never
35. 23 MayThat Shiny New SUV
36. 22 MayHow Many Miracles Do We Have Left?
37. 22 MayOnce There Was a Bluebook
38. 22 MayDepartmental Charges Against Sean Bell Officers
39. 21 MayPayback For Camera Boy’s Father
40. 21 MayHull to Gen Y Lawyers: Get It or Get Out
41. 21 MayNew Poll: No Raise For Judges
42. 21 MayThe Latest Flavor, Vito Fossella
43. 20 MayCop Solicitations, The Veiled Threat
44. 20 May4 Cops Fired. Big deal.
45. 20 MayChild Porn Anyone?
46. 19 MayThe Judicial Death Penalty
47. 19 MaySpitting Bullets Is Deadly
48. 18 MayThe Danger of Tape Recorders
49. 18 MayIs Same-Sex the New Racism?
50. 18 MayContraction and Expansion of the Media Universe
51. 17 MayCops Gone Wild No. 49
52. 17 MayGetting Away With Murder
53. 17 MayRandazza To Wed; Feminists Aghast
54. 17 MayNY School Lawyers Fight Back
55. 16 MayPain From the Other Side
56. 16 MayFighting the Tyranny of the Reasonable
57. 16 MayAnother Reason We Need Gay Marriage
58. 16 MayCrossed I’s, Dotted T’s, Enough
59. 16 MayMegan Meier Suicide Brings Lori Drew Indictment
60. 16 MayNew Blood in the Blawgosphere
61. 15 MayFieger Takes: Gerry Spence, Abusive Agents and the Norm in Detroit
62. 15 MayPicking Juries, Federal Style
63. 15 MayHitting the Internet Wall
64. 14 MayJudges, Don’t Make Us Spank You
65. 14 MayWhen Prosecutors Go Hollywood
66. 14 MayIndigent Defense Problem? Study It!
67. 13 MayCommerce and Crime
68. 13 MayWe Need an Innocence Commission of One
69. 13 MayWhen Twitter is Too Deep
70. 12 MayScratch Bill O’Reilly
71. 12 MayThrough Windy’s Eyes
72. 12 MayTestilying Without Fear
73. 12 MayA New District Attorney for Manhattan?
74. 11 MayOT: Futzing With Blawgs
75. 11 MayMom, Revisited
76. 11 MayChallenging a Cop’s Simple Truth
77. 10 MayNY Courts: Nobody Does Too Well
78. 10 MayLaywer Fashionista: Décolletage or Disaster?
79. 9 May“The Predominant Class Will Be Lawyers”
80. 9 MayMcCain: All Mom and Apple Pie
81. 9 MayRockefeller Drug Laws Turn 35
82. 9 MayA Blawger Sits in the Balcony Because He’s Not Real
83. 8 MayAnother Proud Moment in Law Enforcement History
84. 8 MayIf You Don’t Already Agree, Get Lost!
85. 8 MayUma, Meet Emily
86. 8 MayOver 200 Arrested, But Nothing Accomplished
87. 7 MayBrady Violations Come Home to Roost
88. 7 MayDetention or Lawsuit? The Angry Professor’s Choice
89. 7 MayWould You Buy A Used Car From A Blogger?
90. 7 MayA Most Extraordinary Raid
91. 6 MayIf You Thought Judge Judy Was Bad…
92. 6 MayWho Makes the Rules At The ABA?
93. 6 MayFrom Cablevision, With Love
94. 6 MayStarting a Movement
95. 6 MayNew York’s Finest Back to its Old Tricks
96. 5 MayThe Unexplained 9 Months
97. 5 MayPaul Cassell: Blacks Deserve To Be In Prison
98. 5 MayReal Harm That Happens in School
99. 5 MayKeeping Prosecutors Honest
100. 4 MayWhen Government Causes Small Damage
101. 4 MayConfronting the Dead Witness
102. 4 May“It’s My Job” and other Stupid Pet Tricks
103. 3 MayIf We Did What Mastercard Does
104. 3 MayKaye to Judges: Don’t Rock The Boat!
105. 3 MayGeeklawyer, Available For Trials and Birthday Parties
106. 3 MayStealing Sex, the New Frontier?
107. 2 MayCourt of Appeals Bucks The Trend
108. 2 MayLaying Blame For Prisons on the Dems
109. 2 MayThe Presumption of a Fraudulent Democracy
110. 1 MayNew Flavors of Spam: Ciallis is Passe; Now It’s Lawyers
111. 1 MayOut-Sourcing May Have Its Burning Issues
112. 1 MayMaking Children the Gatekeepers of the Courthouse
113. 1 MayBlawg Stuff: How To Keep Up With Alltop (Updated)
114. 1 MayHow Not To Announce You’ve Arrived

April 2008

1. 30 AprDo Cops Save Lives, Ruin Lives, or Run?
2. 30 AprNo Druggies in College Upheld
3. 30 AprLawyer Fashionista: Jurors Care Too
4. 29 AprCivil Disobedience Can Start A Revolution
5. 29 AprCheap Tricks at the Fieger Trial
6. 29 AprPractical Blawgosphere: Lawyers In 3D
7. 28 Apr“Writing the Brief,” Excerpts From Scalia’s New Book
8. 28 AprOT: “Blow” Is Only A Figure of Speech
9. 28 AprThe NACDL Comes to Town
10. 28 AprA Prosecutor’s Eyes Wide Shut
11. 28 AprThe Charming Nino Scalia
12. 28 AprWhat Do 100 Blacks Know?
13. 27 AprActions, Reactions, Over-reactions
14. 27 AprOpening Bravado Undermines Conviction
15. 27 AprShould Courts Consider The Efficacy of Police Tactics?
16. 26 AprA Big Win For A Young Lawyer
17. 26 AprIs It Too Broken?
18. 25 AprSean Bell Verdict Aftermath
19. 25 AprSnipes: Is General Deterrence Enough of a Reason?
20. 25 AprLoving Losing Arguments
21. 25 AprThe Dignity of the Court At Stake
22. 24 AprBut Will the Church Insure You?
23. 24 AprVirginia v. Moore: The Cynics Win Again!
24. 24 AprAnticipating the Sean Bell Verdict
25. 24 AprThe Scoundrel Among Us
26. 24 AprAshcroft: Mean or Just Stupid?
27. 24 AprCop Busted By Fed-Up Attorney
28. 24 AprShocking Turnaround, Yates Declines Albany Post
29. 23 AprWhy Is It So Difficult to Execute Someone?
30. 23 AprNew York, The Law School State
31. 23 Apr“But This Other Guy…” and Other Fine Questions
32. 23 AprJustice Stevens’ Rights, Unless He’s Wrong
33. 23 AprWhat’s The Reasonable Cost for Trial?
34. 23 AprLock ‘Em Up America, Part 2
35. 23 AprThe Right to Defend
36. 23 AprBranded
37. 22 Apr5th Grade is a Tough Year in New York
38. 22 AprHard Times for Hard Drives At The Border
39. 22 AprSkewering For Sport
40. 22 AprThe Undisputed King of Quantity
41. 22 AprEarth Day Still Matters
42. 21 AprWhere to Draw The DNA Line
43. 21 AprLA Prosecutors Get Split Ends
44. 20 AprThe New Subjugation
45. 20 AprIt’s The Economy, Stupid
46. 19 AprAnother Way For Lawyers to Embarrass Themselves
47. 19 AprThings That Should Always Happen
48. 19 AprSchools Have Rules, No. 17 – Gale Ladehoff
49. 18 AprSchools Have Rules, No.16
50. 18 AprGenius Stewardesses Save Flight From Religious Fanatic
51. 18 AprNo Free Rides in Vancouver, eh?
52. 18 AprJudicial Foot Stamping, And Still No Love
53. 18 AprThe Death Penalty Outside the Box
54. 18 AprA New Neighbor From The Hinterlands – Judgment Day
55. 17 AprOpen Thread on Newsday Op-Ed
56. 17 AprConsentus Interruptus
57. 17 AprAll Quiet on the West Texas Polygamist Front
58. 17 AprBatterer “Forfeits” Right to Confrontation
59. 17 AprAvvo To Bloggers: Promote Us, Baby!
60. 16 AprThe Baze Underbelly
61. 16 AprThis Apple Fell Far From The Tree
62. 16 AprWe’re Martians to Civil Litigators
63. 16 AprObama: Elitist But Right?
64. 16 AprWhat to do with Chronic Subway Groper
65. 15 AprIf Smearing Doesn’t Work, Blame Osama (Updated)
66. 15 AprThe Boom Days Are Over, According to Hall
67. 15 AprImmigration Law, The Ugliest Duckling
68. 15 AprAre Prosecutors Worthy of Total Immunity?
69. 15 AprThings That Should Never Happen
70. 14 AprOp-Eds Must Still Be Grounded In Reality
71. 14 AprA Heartfelt Reply to Alberto Gonzalez
72. 14 AprSCOTUS Reporting: Just the Facts?
73. 13 AprMaking America Safe for the Chi-Coms
74. 13 AprStay Pending Writ of Prohibition Granted in Filipino Nurses Case (Update)
75. 13 AprTapped to Represent “Orphans” at SCOTUS
76. 12 AprReader Mailbag No. 3
77. 12 AprWho’s Seeking Justice Anyway?
78. 12 AprSenator Sessions Gets Religion
79. 12 AprClinton on Crime: Me Too!
80. 12 AprLessons From Sean Bell: Conflicted Prosecution
81. 12 AprHey Sailor, Wanna Date?
82. 11 AprFree Consultations No More
83. 11 AprIndigent Defense Caps Make Rates a Joke
84. 11 AprChief Judge Kaye Pulls The Trigger
85. 11 AprWhen Grocery Clerks Run Schools
86. 10 AprFBI: This Is Our Cash Now
87. 10 AprTorch Trumps Constitution in San Francisco
88. 10 AprGiving Meaning to Jury Instructions
89. 10 AprCops Trained to Testify: Fair Game To A Point
90. 10 AprNYT Bullying Story: Less Than Perfect
91. 9 AprDon’t Mess With The Donald
92. 9 AprRusty Hardin Wrongly Maligned For Roger Clemens
93. 9 AprTax Assessor, Heal Thyself
94. 9 AprWhat Should Law School Be? A Mobblog
95. 9 AprJudicial Selection: Does Any Method Work?
96. 8 AprSelbin Update: The Case Settles (Update)
97. 8 AprShould Youtube Be Responsible?
98. 8 AprPassing the MPRE: Knowing vs. Having Ethics
99. 8 AprThe Perks of Office
100. 8 AprLawyers: Can’t Live With Them
101. 7 AprRules, Misconceptions and Conspiracy Theories
102. 7 AprUnderstanding Judge Weinstein
103. 7 AprJester Judge and Creative Sentencing
104. 7 AprLife and Death in the Blawgosphere
105. 7 AprStossel’s Folly: Selbin Responds
106. 6 AprComments From the Jesters Raise a Question
107. 6 AprDon’t Twitter Me
108. 6 AprSean Bell: 50 Wasted Bullets
109. 5 AprThe Limousine Liberal Syndrome
110. 5 AprCome Out For Literacy Nassau
111. 5 AprA Scathing Dissent From Judge Merritt, 6th Circuit
112. 5 AprNYSACDL: Compounded Failures and Deep Disappointment
113. 5 AprLiptak Headed To Washington
114. 4 AprNaked Co-Ed Lawprof Mud-Wrestling
115. 4 AprJohn Stossel, American Patriot
116. 4 AprBad Business Is A Crime
117. 4 AprWork-Life Balance or Professionalism: Who Wins?
118. 4 AprFederal Restitution Changes Could Be A Disaster
119. 4 AprHow To Explain Why the Lawyers Were So Wrong
120. 3 AprLawyer Fashionista: What Not to Wear Shopping
121. 3 AprGiuliani, For the Defense
122. 3 AprWhat Do Doctors Think About Guns?
123. 3 AprBuying Talent Around the Ivy League
124. 3 AprDiscarded DNA: Fair Game For Cops?
125. 2 AprOld Lawyer in the Hallway
126. 2 AprCongestion Pricing and The Cost of Life
127. 2 AprDefying Gravity: Supreme Decline to Hear Acquitted Conduct
128. 2 AprHow Dangerous Can One Man Be? (Updated)
129. 2 AprThe Best April Fool’s Post Ever
130. 1 AprThe Price of a Public Trial
131. 1 AprOT: First Show of the Season
132. 1 AprIgnorance of the Law
133. 1 AprDone Deal: NY Judges Get 67% Raise

March 2008

1. 31 MarWho Bears the Cost of a Strip-Search?
2. 31 Mar150 Years Is A Very Long Time
3. 31 MarHero Lawprof Backs Practical Education
4. 31 MarVermont Supremes Raise Privacy to the Sky
5. 30 MarMovie Review Review: Stop Loss
6. 30 MarThey Want Grades Too?
7. 30 MarWhen Worlds Collide: Law As Savior of Science
8. 29 MarBut You Knew The Bill Would Come (Update)
9. 29 MarPractical Blawgosphere: Maintaining Civility
10. 29 MarCorruption Follows When One Lawyer Is In Charge
11. 29 MarNowhere Left To Go For Sex Offender
12. 29 MarCop Tases 11 Year Old Learning Disabled Girl
13. 28 MarYates Named Paterson’s Counsel
14. 28 MarComo Se Dice, “Slammer?”
15. 28 MarMeet The Newest TV Idols, The DEA!
16. 28 MarJudge Cassell Offers The Rationale Behind Victims’ Rights
17. 27 MarHe’s Such a Jerk That He Should Be . . . What?
18. 27 Mar36 Years In Solitary Ends
19. 27 MarOprah’s Big Give Considered
20. 27 MarLegal Gibberish Blows The Plea
21. 27 MarThe Right To Fly Solo, Because…
22. 26 MarVouching For Your Client’s Innocence (Update)
23. 26 MarBanks New Tactic: Smear DataTreasury
24. 26 MarFear As A Legitimate Prosecutorial Tactic
25. 26 MarHow Many Wrongful Convictions Are Acceptable?
26. 26 MarTexas Win Could Cost American Lives
27. 26 MarApology To Cookeville Cop, More or Less
28. 25 MarJustice Is Circular in Alabama
29. 25 MarA Criminal Failure to Protect
30. 25 MarNewsflash! Governor Paterson Is Human
31. 25 MarJust Paint A Target On His Head Already
32. 25 MarLegislators Caught In Partisanship Grinder
33. 24 MarJust Don’t Annoy the Stewardess
34. 24 MarBeware The Permanent Underclass
35. 24 MarIs Felony Mediation The Cure?
36. 24 Mar“Neither Force Nor Will, But Merely Judgment”
37. 24 MarDirty Words Aren’t As Bad As Censorship
38. 23 MarMore Neighbors in the Practical Blawgosphere
39. 23 MarSettlement Demands Have Their Risks
40. 23 MarNo Role for Religion. None. (Update)
41. 22 MarA Moron Plays 5000 Questions
42. 21 MarWhen The Jester is a Clown
43. 21 MarGreat Stuff Elsewhere
44. 21 MarLittle “Girls Gone Wild,” Again
45. 21 MarNY Judges and Lawyers Square Off Over Pay
46. 21 MarBen Brafman Worked a Miracle
47. 20 MarEyewitness IDs, Problem No. 16
48. 20 MarThe Blogging Assasin
49. 20 MarConvicted For What? Nixzmary Aftermath
50. 20 MarAn Easter Invitation – BAT08
51. 19 MarJohn White Sentenced to 2-4 in Cicciaro Killing (Update)
52. 19 MarAnother Simple Solution to Prison Costs
53. 19 MarJunk Science, Jersey Edition
54. 19 MarThe Heller Oracles Speak (Update)
55. 19 MarManslaughter Conviction In Nixzmary Case
56. 19 MarWhy “No Problem” Is A Problem
57. 18 MarThe Constitution, As of 1868
58. 18 MarWhy A Death Penalty? Cuz They Need Killin’
59. 18 MarCavity Epidemic in Albany
60. 18 MarGov. Paterson Admits Affair!
61. 18 MarDo NOT Try This At Home
62. 18 MarEven Meltdowns Have Silver Linings (Update)
63. 18 MarRothgery Oral Argument: It’s Easy to be PC
64. 18 MarWill Convictions Be A Blank Slate?
65. 17 MarThe Contingent Greening of America
66. 17 MarSome Nagging Questions on the Economy
67. 17 MarSCOTUS Today, When Does Right to Counsel Attach?
68. 16 MarAn Imperfect But Critical Balance of Power (Update)
69. 16 MarPass The Torch to the Left
70. 16 MarWhen Secrecy Was King — The FISA Court
71. 15 MarWhere’s My Bailout? (Update)
72. 15 MarThe High Price of Hookers For Judges
73. 15 MarSmall Courtesy: Just Let Them Know
74. 15 MarThe End of the Line
75. 15 MarBut It’s the Cops
76. 14 MarFeige Hits the Small Screen
77. 14 MarAvvo Sues Jersey to Share The Wealth
78. 14 MarThe Washington & Lee Experiment
79. 14 MarPoor Alan Dershowitz; Where Did He Go?
80. 13 MarTasered Again: Dudley DoRight Is Gone
81. 13 MarStuff You Ought to Know
82. 13 MarWhen Candy Goes Underground
83. 13 MarForgotten, But Not Gone
84. 13 MarThe Second Chance Act — A Good Start
85. 13 MarSpitzer Aftermath; What to Expect
86. 12 MarCries in the Dark: Decriminalization
87. 12 MarCrimes of the Times
88. 12 MarWhy Is Spitzer Silent? (Update)
89. 12 MarUniversal Legal Representation
90. 12 MarWhy Would He Do It? Letterman’s Top 10
91. 11 MarHershman (Who?) For The Defense (Update: Mystery Solved)
92. 11 MarRejecting Ruling, School Bars Student. Again (Updated)
93. 11 MarSpitzer Aside: Money Laundering Considered
94. 11 MarWhy Eliot Spitzer Should Get Better Than He Gave (Update)
95. 10 MarEliot Spitzer: I’m a Jester Too! UPDATE: Spitzer Does NOT Resign!
96. 10 MarKentucky, Center of the Anonymous Universe
97. 10 MarWhat Does More of the Same Prove?
98. 10 MarShame On You
99. 10 MarJudges, Jesters and “Mirth is King”
100. 10 MarGhost of the Flea: Litigants Never Learn
101. 9 MarSome Facts About Teaching Facts
102. 9 MarWhen The Phone Rings; Stages in a Lawyer’s Career
103. 9 MarPractical Blawgosphere: Perpetrating Fraud
104. 9 MarProof of Truth in the Blawgosphere
105. 8 MarThe Antidote For a Lousy Education?
106. 8 Mar$42M? I Can Do It For Less
107. 8 MarEthics 101 Midterm
108. 8 MarSimplistic Assumptions: Confusing The Person With the Job
109. 7 MarThe Last Charitable Dollar
110. 7 MarWho Is WordPress And Why Is He Stalking Me?
111. 7 MarWhy Lawyers Shouldn’t Use Photoshop
112. 7 MarThe Worst Time to be a Criminal Defense Lawyer?
113. 7 MarEnilightened Self-Interest: It’s Showtime!
114. 6 MarHave Neo-Cons Put Judges At Risk?
115. 6 Mar5 Myths; Truth or Fiction?
116. 6 MarDoninger: Student Speech Gets a Second Chance
117. 6 MarNino Scalia: Pinup Babe
118. 5 MarWhen He Says “Jump”, You Ask “How High?”
119. 5 MarIn Tough Times, Should Government Have a Free Hand?
120. 5 MarWhen Plea Bargains Go South
121. 5 MarGeragos Finally Wins One!
122. 5 MarSo What Does Tribe Think of Heller?
123. 4 MarLawyer’s Labors Result in Indictment
124. 4 MarLawfully Forcing a 13 Year Old Girl
125. 4 MarWhy Definitions Matter: Politics versus Ideology
126. 4 MarMore Bad 1st Amendment Spam Law
127. 3 MarIt Pays To Have A Good Lawyer in Buffalo
128. 3 MarWhat 2d Lt. Wales Now Knows
129. 3 MarA Blogger Comes of Age Under Fire
130. 2 MarEconomics 101
131. 2 MarAvvo: Dinner is Served
132. 2 MarAre Liberals Responsible For Mass Incarceration?
133. 2 MarBiglaw Blawgosphere: Does This Tie Match?
134. 1 MarYarmulkeGate: Jews and Texas Justice
135. 1 MarThe General Deterrence Presumption
136. 1 MarSchool Massacres: It’s Not Just The Weapons
137. 1 MarA Healthier Tension In Academia

February 2008

1. 29 FebDefending Cellphones to the Death
2. 29 FebCheap At Half the Price
3. 29 FebThe Spinning of The Pew Report
4. 28 FebSome Alternatives to Sentencing Are Just Plain Bad
5. 28 FebThe Justices on Writing and Advocacy
6. 28 FebIf It’s Squeaky Clean, Then It’s Not Quite New York
7. 28 FebLove Letters to Men of Honor
8. 28 FebThe Panamanian President, John McCain
9. 28 FebMoney For Nothing
10. 28 FebGuess Who?
11. 27 FebWilliam F. Buckley, 1925-2008
12. 27 FebWith the DEA’s Permission
13. 27 FebLogical Fallacies and Non-Lawyer Commentary
14. 27 FebLaw Students: Starting Out Wrong, Ending Up Miserable
15. 26 FebWhat Juries Can Never Know
16. 26 FebGraced with Another New Blawg, And One Previously Unmentioned
17. 26 FebThe Great Divide: China Edition
18. 26 FebThe Great Equalizer
19. 26 FebCar Searches: Supremes Take On Arizona v. Gant
20. 25 FebAnd The Award Goes To…
21. 25 FebWill The Nader Effect Strike Again?
22. 25 FebIf You Don’t Believe Me, Then Read This
23. 24 FebThe Blogosphere, Mainstream Media, and Pain
24. 24 FebBut For Video, Volume 28
25. 24 FebWhy Is A Cop’s Death Different?
26. 24 FebAre Videotaped Confessions The Answer? (Updated)
27. 24 FebBalance in the Work-Life Continuum
28. 24 FebPractical Blawgosphere: Pushing For the Objection
29. 23 FebGetting More Than You Paid For
30. 23 FebHas Miranda Outlived Its Usefulness?
31. 23 FebRental Cars Find New Revenue Stream
32. 23 FebHousekeeping: Anon Comment
33. 23 FebDie or Comply: The “Right” of Self-Defense
34. 23 FebOnly One Post Today?
35. 22 FebBreaking Blog News: Don’t Break News
36. 21 FebHow Hard On Restaino?
37. 21 FebEncouraging Incompetence: The Supremes Munch on Herring
38. 21 FebSecret Blawgers, Pro and Con
39. 20 FebBut For Video, Volume 27
40. 20 FebPunditry In A Perfect World
41. 20 FebMore Than One Way To Prove Your Credibility
42. 20 FebThe Fastest Growing Specialty in Law? You Dog!
43. 19 FebNow It’s The Trains Too
44. 19 FebThe Measure of Prosperity, And Why People Steal
45. 18 FebSalute to Presidents Day
46. 18 FebWhy Committees Create Camels
47. 18 FebI Want A Real Attorney
48. 17 FebAn Honest Politician
49. 17 FebDeparture From What?
50. 17 FebCan We At Least Finish The Trial First?
51. 17 FebExplaining Our Government To Our Children
52. 17 FebLet’s Not Forget Who’s Minding The Store
53. 17 FebA Game The Whole Family Can Play
54. 16 FebClemens Isn’t Guilty Because of Race
55. 16 FebOf Northern Illinois University and Death
56. 16 FebYou Can’t Make This Stuff Up
57. 16 FebPreservation of Error, The Magical Escape
58. 15 FebThe Busiest Lawyer on Long Island
59. 15 FebHappy-Slapping, Another Sick Fad, Kills One And Puts Another in Prison
60. 15 FebLike Your Clients
61. 14 FebWhat’s That Smell? Yesterday Telecoms, Today Banks
62. 14 FebWhat If Someone is Tasered And There’s No Video?
63. 14 FebDaily Dose of Heller
64. 14 FebDNA Exoneration Takes Another Weird Turn
65. 14 FebA Politically Incorrect, But Unfortunately Accurate, View of Taxes
66. 14 FebClemens Caught in the Perjury Trap (Update)
67. 14 FebSimple Justice Now Has One Rule
68. 13 FebScalia Has Outsmarted Us Again
69. 13 FebSimple Justice is 1 Year Old Today
70. 13 FebThe Senate Has Voted: Privacy is Dead (Olbermann Video Update)
71. 13 FebWhen the Lawyer Fails
72. 12 FebCalling a Witness to Plead the Fifth (Updated)
73. 12 FebMore Heller: What Do The States Think?
74. 12 FebHow The Other Half Thinks About Wiretaps
75. 12 FebWhy Law Review Will Make You Rich!
76. 12 FebABA Calls for Prosecutorial Ethics
77. 11 FebAvvo Giveth and Avvo Taketh Away
78. 11 FebYou Could Be President, If They Let You In
79. 11 FebWhen Private Practice Isn’t For You
80. 11 FebWill Lawprofs Really Loosen Up?
81. 11 FebFor the Sake of Our Safety From Foreign Threats, and Pizza
82. 10 FebRandom Thoughts on the State of the Blawgosphere
83. 10 FebPresident Bush, Embodiment of America
84. 10 FebTrading Cash For Junkets At The Federal Courthouse
85. 10 FebCommon Sense As the Easy Alternative To Thought
86. 9 FebNRA Says No 2d Amendment RKBA For You!
87. 9 FebThe Hidden Risks
88. 9 FebWhere Did Those Years of Work Go?
89. 8 FebMukasey’s Logical Disconnect on Crack
90. 8 FebThe Most Disturbing Post in the Blogosphere? (Updated)
91. 8 FebRebirth of the Megatrial
92. 7 FebBut How Did They Know?
93. 7 FebLawyer Advertising: Separating Content From Delivery
94. 7 FebSurviving Prison, Part II
95. 7 FebLife Without Parole: Children Thrown Away
96. 6 FebThe Need for Campaign Finance Reform, If You Happen to Hate it
97. 6 FebWaiving the (Red) Flag
98. 6 FebThe Unusual Politics of Connecticut
99. 6 FebMartindale-Hubbell Blog Makes Avvo Look Classy
100. 6 FebA New Rule That Smells Really Bad
101. 6 FebOhio’s Finest Make Me Sick, Thanks To Gideon
102. 6 FebWall Street Journal: Peter Lattman Goes Legit
103. 5 FebJail on $40 a Day?
104. 5 FebSurvivor: Blawgosphere Version
105. 5 FebThe New York Democratic Primary Primer
106. 5 FebAn Unpleasant View of Seattle
107. 5 FebALM’s Legal Journalist versus ALM’s Citizen Journalist
108. 4 FebMoney Talks Louder Than Fear
109. 4 FebThe Forgotten 9th
110. 4 FebThe Morning After The Giants Won
111. 3 FebHow Many Blogs Are Too Many?
112. 3 Feb“Dear S–t Face” Is Just Not The Way To Collect
113. 3 FebCan The Nonviolent Offender Survive Prison?
114. 3 FebCampaign to Undermine Counsel, But No Remedy (Updated)
115. 2 FebFinally, A Good Reason to go Republican
116. 2 FebNew Blawgs in the Hood
117. 2 FebNew York (Unlike Texas) Has Boring District Attorneys
118. 2 FebBut Lawprofs, It’s Just A Story
119. 2 FebWesley Snipes Aquitted: Lessons Learned and Blown
120. 2 FebCourt To NY Lawyers: If You Do It, It’s Advertising
121. 1 FebVictims Want Veto Over Plea Agreements
122. 1 FebLegal Fashionista: Biglaw Says They Ugg-ly
123. 1 FebIt’s Clouds Illusions I Recall . . .
124. 1 Feb“Appreciable Diminution of the Coercive Sequelae of Prior Illegality” And Other Good Stuff

January 2008

1. 31 JanThe Great Cultural Divide: The Chinese View of Punishment
2. 31 JanThe Unlearned Lesson of False Confessions (Updated)
3. 31 JanPublic School: Debit Cards Are Cooler
4. 31 JanMore On Heller; Gun Crimes Turned Upside Down
5. 30 JanLynne Stewart Argued Before The 2d Circuit: No “Freewheelers” Wanted
6. 30 JanThere’s No Party When It’s Ex Parte
7. 30 JanRudy Crushed, Vows Indictment
8. 30 JanThe TV Time Out
9. 30 JanOur Friend, The Bail Bondsman
10. 30 JanPredator By Association (Updated)
11. 29 JanWhat Do Judges Know About Technology Anyway?
12. 29 JanCops Go Non-Jury in Sean Bell Killing
13. 29 JanMidnight Cowboy
14. 29 JanCharge It on the Fear Card
15. 28 JanNYT: Target Blows Off Blogger
16. 28 JanCar Searches May Be Supressible Again!
17. 28 JanSorrow Felt By Police Nationwide: Why, They Ask?
18. 28 JanThe Prison-Industrial Complex
19. 28 JanBoucher Redux (Again) and the 5th
20. 27 JanThe Editorial Advertiser
21. 27 JanSpotlight on Rats, Thanks to Scandal
22. 27 JanWindow Tint, the New Threat to Humanity
23. 27 JanDeconstructing the Boucher Confusion On Password and Privilege
24. 26 JanStudent Loans Got You Down?
25. 26 JanSympathy For The Devil
26. 26 JanPractical Blawgosphere: The Art of Really Listening
27. 26 JanFederal Judges on Sentencing: But What Do They Really Think?
28. 25 JanBook Review: “Solo by Choice” by Carolyn Elefant
29. 25 JanThe “Drug Court” Conundrum
30. 25 JanAnother Kerik Lawyer Bites the Dust
31. 24 JanA Message To All My Relatives in Nigeria (and Lawyers Soliciting Links)
32. 24 JanThe Hidden Cost of Our Latest Bailout
33. 24 JanHeavy Hitters Debate “Judicial Activism”
34. 24 JanReason #37 Why PI Lawyers Shouldn’t Represent Criminals (Updated)
35. 24 JanIt Wouldn’t Be The NYPD Without A Scandal
36. 23 JanThe Coffee Mug Defense
37. 23 JanAnd Then There Was Rudy (Update)
38. 23 JanCan Britney Cure Dr. Phil?
39. 23 JanThe Padilla Sentence: Terrorism Unraveling
40. 23 JanOde to Howard Bashman
41. 22 JanThe Original Pilot Revealed — 24
42. 22 JanLawyers Need Hobbies
43. 22 JanTalking About the Prospects For Law Students
44. 22 JanIf You Are Really That Good . . .
45. 22 JanPatriots QB Brady Caught
46. 22 JanNewly Minted and Flying Solo (Updated)
47. 22 JanThe Guilty Innocents: The Hardest Choice
48. 21 JanReader Mailbag No. 2
49. 21 JanToo Many Lawyers, So We Blame The Victim
50. 21 JanRecession, or Playing By New Rules?
51. 21 JanPrivatization of The Police Power
52. 21 JanMartin Luther King Today
53. 21 JanTHE GIANTS ARE IN THE SUPERBOWL (Updated)
54. 20 JanPractical Blawgosphere: Attack of the Coward
55. 20 JanA Nation of Men, Not Law
56. 20 JanIs Texas a “Rogue” State?
57. 20 JanOne Nation, Under God, Under Attack
58. 19 JanBiglaw Poised To Make A Killing on Subprimes
59. 19 JanWitness For The Defense
60. 19 JanWhy Is It Never The Majority That Gets It? (Updated)
61. 18 JanSkadden Screw-Up Costs CEO Extra 6 Months
62. 18 JanTV Commercials: Hire Me, I Ain’t No PD
63. 18 JanBenefits of Blawging: Half a Load to Go
64. 18 JanPanel Discussion: Lawyers’ Reputations in the e-Court
65. 17 JanGWB: Spend, Baby, Spend!
66. 17 JanSCOTUS To NY: You Get The Judges You Deserve
67. 17 JanBecause It Wasn’t True . . .
68. 17 JanJohn Yoo, American Patriot, Responds
69. 17 JanThe Flea Exposed, He Returns to Tell His Story
70. 16 JanWell, Somebody’s Not Having a Good Day
71. 16 JanMake Room in the Well For Paul Cassell
72. 16 JanDOJ: Still Disingenuous, But At Least Amusing
73. 16 JanBiglaw Loves a Star
74. 16 JanBook Review: Snitch by Ethan Brown
75. 15 JanPolitical Cynicism Close Up
76. 15 JanCautious Praise For Solo Practice
77. 15 JanAnother Reason Why Justice Scalia Isn’t the Devil
78. 15 JanFormer Federal Judge Joins Conspiracy
79. 14 JanIt’s the Economy, Stupid?
80. 14 JanDOJ: Disingenuous on Justice
81. 14 JanA Horrible Situation All Around
82. 14 JanMeet Your Moral Compass, Utah Version
83. 14 JanIs Home Safer Than The Street?
84. 14 JanVermont Juror Roundup, Or Else
85. 13 JanREAL ID: We Know Who You Are
86. 13 JanWhat If The Second Amendment Does Apply to Everyone?
87. 13 JanOT — A Post-Consumer Utopia
88. 13 JanAuctioning Professional Misery on eBay
89. 12 JanPaul Cassell: Victims are Second Class Citizens
90. 12 JanSpeaking Ill of the Dead (Update)
91. 12 JanThe Right To Be Left Alone
92. 12 JanDeath and Dying in the Blawgosphere
93. 12 JanLaws and Rulings That Embarrass Real Americans (Updated)
94. 11 JanBut What Would a Reasonable Scalia Think?
95. 11 JanAnswers to Pop Quiz
96. 11 JanNew Ideas Must Be Wrong
97. 11 JanPed’ Proof: Voir Dire is Voodoo
98. 10 JanHow To Explain A Low Grape Point Average
99. 10 JanLawyers Place in Pop Culture
100. 10 JanITAP: Great Kids, Students and Lawyers
101. 9 JanAre They All Bad?
102. 9 JanResources Depleted, It’s Time To Go
103. 9 JanThe Underbelly of Brady Revealed
104. 8 JanWhere Do Physicians Fit In With Lethal Injections?
105. 8 JanLawline’s Look at CLE
106. 8 JanAdjunct Accused of Misblawgary
107. 8 JanThe Bicycle Menace
108. 8 JanThe First Murder in Lima, Ohio
109. 7 JanSCOTUS: No Ineffective Assistance Today
110. 7 JanSo You’re A Lawyer? With What Firm? (Updated)
111. 7 JanBanishment, The Perfect Solution
112. 7 JanPrivacy Ends at the Border
113. 6 JanPadilla and Yoo: Lawyer Approved Torture
114. 6 JanThe Cottage Industry of Snitching (Update)
115. 6 JanOne Hand Giveth, The Other Hand Kills
116. 5 JanA Personal Indulgence (Or Dip into Stagnant Waters)
117. 5 JanThis Is Your Brain On War
118. 5 JanThe Other Side of the Judicial Pay Raise Debate
119. 5 JanChief Judge on “Let’s Make a Deal”
120. 5 JanWhy Law Reviews Don’t Fascinate Us
121. 5 JanIn Memoriam: Andrew Olmsted
122. 4 JanNews Around the Blawgosphere
123. 4 JanA Reasonable Doubt at a Reasonable Price
124. 4 JanWhen The Investigation Is The Cover-Up
125. 4 JanThere’s No Arguing With “Sua Sponte”
126. 3 JanRight, Wrong and Consensus
127. 3 JanThe Conflicted World of Assigned Counsel
128. 3 JanSCOTUS, Never Trust Anyone Over 30
129. 3 JanReturn of the Texas Tornado
130. 3 JanTankleff Tossed! (Update)
131. 2 JanRIP Court TV
132. 2 JanWhy Are Incompetents So Certain?
133. 2 JanThe Post-Appeal Question: Why Did You Fail?
134. 2 JanCollateral Consequences: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
135. 1 JanHow Can a Pink Kitty Be Bad?
136. 1 JanSize Does Matter
137. 1 JanThe Things We Do For Love
138. 1 JanIt Was The Rush, Not The Race, That Convicted John White
139. 1 JanWelcome to 2008, When Everything Will Change