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December 2011

1. 31 Dec(Sticky) Nominations Open for Third Annual Best Criminal Law Blawg Post
2. 31 DecSilent Running: The Absurdity of Judicial Elections
3. 31 DecAlan Gura’s Expensive Lesson
4. 30 DecWhy Ken White Matters
5. 30 DecTwitting With The Enemy
6. 29 DecClouds’ Illusions
7. 29 DecA Sniff Too Far (Update)
8. 28 DecThe Bad Guy Bias
9. 28 DecAn Anonymous Threat
10. 27 DecYour 75 Best Arguments
11. 27 DecSlap or be Slapped?
12. 26 DecThat Magical Disappearing Reversal
13. 25 DecLauren Kaeseberg’s Gift From Judge Zagel
14. 24 DecNot St. Nick
15. 24 DecBefore The Deluge
16. 23 DecBecause The Playing Field Doesn’t Sufficiently Favor the Government
17. 23 DecCops Settle For “Best Efforts”
18. 22 DecKerr’s Balancing Act
19. 22 DecThe Grinch Who Smoked Christmas
20. 21 DecWhen Numbers Lie, Kiddie Edition
21. 21 DecCrossland II: Sit Back and Enjoy It
22. 20 DecSomething We Can All Agree On, Blame the ABA
23. 20 DecCrossland I: Back to the Default
24. 19 DecA Prison Guard Gets What He Deserves
25. 18 Dec7 Inches
26. 18 DecBook Review: Targets of Opportunity
27. 17 DecNewt’s Wrong, But Not As Wrong As He Seems
28. 17 DecNathan Burney: For The Children (and their parents)
29. 16 DecSo When Did It Occur To You?
30. 16 DecThe Empiricist’s Dilemma: When Numbers Lie
31. 16 DecBreaking News: Crazy Joe is, Well, Crazy
32. 15 DecCongress: Comfortably Numb
33. 15 DecComments, Anonymity and Credibility
34. 15 DecBut There Was A Warrant For Lamont Pride
35. 14 DecAmendola, The Tactician
36. 14 DecShooting Fish in a Barrel
37. 13 DecThe FBI Reads the Internet Too
38. 13 DecShpoonkle: Selling by Shills? (Update)
39. 11 DecNo Choice But Death (Update)
40. 11 DecThe Price of Noise
41. 11 DecWhat Else Could The Cop Do?
42. 9 DecBut For Video: A Two Way Street
43. 9 DecJudge Kenneth Post Outed: Dangerous (Updated)
44. 9 DecJailhouse Snitch: A Tutorial
45. 8 DecA Bulgar in Hoboken
46. 8 DecWhy Bother?
47. 8 DecGet ‘Em While They’re Young
48. 7 DecFear of Freightliners
49. 7 DecNew Meaning to the Phrase, “Drug Court”
50. 7 DecDrop A Bomb on the Savages, They Say
51. 6 DecSure, It’s Funny, But It’s Not
52. 6 DecBut For Video: Old Lady Knickers Edition
53. 6 DecPoints Toward the Sky
54. 5 DecThe Gray Lady Has Too Much To Say
55. 5 DecFrom Your Good Buddies at the Neutral RIAA
56. 4 DecHeck of a Deal
57. 4 DecMatz: Pretty Soon You’re Talking Misconduct
58. 3 DecCy Vance Threatens The Supremes (and us)
59. 3 DecHave Gun, Will Travel
60. 3 DecProving Segal Wrong: Exhibit 2, Michael O’Hear
61. 2 DecMiss Congeniality
62. 2 DecBlack is Back
63. 2 DecProving Segal Wrong: Exhibit 1, John Pfaff
64. 1 DecProving Segal Right: Exhibit A, Marc DiGirolami
65. 1 DecClient Relations

November 2011

1. 30 NovWhen Bullying is Bull
2. 30 NovThe New Rule of Lenity
3. 29 NovWhat? Are You Deaf or Something?
4. 29 NovNo Way Out
5. 28 NovRed Alert
6. 28 NovWhen A Court “Forcefully Condemns” Prosecutors
7. 27 NovLawyer Smurf
8. 27 NovThe Crisis Is Now Official (And Wrong)
9. 26 NovLove You Like A Rock
10. 26 NovThose Who Can’t, Teach Law
11. 25 NovOccupy Walmart
12. 25 NovDA to 6-Year-Old: Because I Can
13. 25 NovShingle Success Stories
14. 24 NovMy Obligatory Thanksgiving Post
15. 23 NovThe Ethics of Unbundling: Still In Doubt
16. 23 NovWhen To Burst The Bubble
17. 23 NovToo Much, Too Late
18. 22 NovA National Conversation, But About What? (Fox News Update)
19. 22 NovThe Turow Amendment
20. 21 NovDouble Dip When No One’s Watching
21. 21 NovNYT: Law Profs Have Short Legs
22. 20 NovUC Davis: Perfectly Reasonable, Completely Wrong
23. 20 NovBehind Closed Doors
24. 20 NovThe Kids On Your Baseball Team (Update)
25. 19 NovNo Excuse. None
26. 19 NovAnd Another N00b Moves Into the Blawgosphere
27. 19 NovA Stroll Around The Neighborhood
28. 18 NovMemo to Posner: Coddled ≠ Deference
29. 18 NovSay What?
30. 18 NovIt’s True, The Internet Said So
31. 17 NovThe Food Was Good
32. 17 NovWhen A Scholar Speaks
33. 16 NovThe 7 “P”s and the iPad
34. 16 NovExplain It To the Gap Guys
35. 16 NovJust A Good Old Boy Who Won’t Take Crap
36. 15 NovBad Attitude and Bad Adjustment
37. 15 NovWhat Happens After #Occupy?
38. 14 NovBut For Video: Did Anybody Watch It?
39. 14 NovIt’s Just Math
40. 13 NovA Criminal Culture, The FCPA
41. 13 NovGot Guts? Do Something
42. 12 NovCall Me Ishmael
43. 12 NovThe Practice of Law Will Never Be The Same
44. 11 NovBest Sex Discrimination Discussion Ever
45. 10 NovJed Rakoff and Bobby McGee
46. 10 NovMike McQueary’s Choices
47. 9 NovNew Orleans Materiality
48. 9 NovMaking Enemies For A Reason
49. 8 NovThe New Discrimination: Invisible
50. 8 NovBut For Video: Don’t Shoot The Photographer Edition (Update)
51. 7 NovWay OT: Kansas City Here I Come
52. 7 NovLet’s Throw A Commission!
53. 7 NovThe Jury Has Spoken
54. 6 NovDesperate Nation
55. 6 NovName That Cop
56. 5 NovWhy do Libertarians Hate Claudio?
57. 5 NovBut For Video: Philly Edition
58. 5 NovRecipe For Disaster
59. 4 NovThe Skinner Connundrum
60. 4 NovIn Defense of Grass
61. 3 NovThe Third Wave of Blogging: Isolation
62. 3 NovGuilty or Innocent, Pick One
63. 3 NovSCOTUS: Prohibit Admission of Eyewitness Testimony
64. 2 NovReader’s Mailbag, Suck-Up Edition
65. 1 NovDo Better
66. 1 NovA Fool’s Errand

October 2011

1. 31 OctHow It’s Supposed To Be (Update)
2. 31 OctLawyers Would Never Do That (Update)
3. 30 OctLow Expectations, and Twitter Meets Them
4. 30 OctEthical Amici (Update)
5. 29 OctOld Tickets Revisited
6. 29 OctResisting Temptation
7. 29 OctBuy Me
8. 28 OctOne Man’s Garbage is Another Man’s Gold (and other beefs)
9. 28 OctFourth Time the Charm
10. 27 OctBut For Video: The Biker’s Dilemma
11. 27 OctRakofsky’s Dedicated Life
12. 26 OctWhen You Kill The Wrong Guy
13. 26 Oct#OccupyEmpathy
14. 26 OctThe New York Times Still Matters
15. 25 OctRetaining Counsel, The Internet Way
16. 25 OctKids are for Practice
17. 24 OctHow Deep Is Your Love?
18. 24 OctJudge To Denver Cops: Turn It Over
19. 23 OctLoose Lips Sink Ships
20. 22 OctNaked and Stupid is No Way to Go Through Life
21. 22 OctRepugnant Verdicts: Facts Don’t Count
22. 21 OctNY Court of Appeals Approves Expert Attack on the Unreliability of Multiple Eyewitness Testimony
23. 21 OctDust Off Your Disclaimer, Blawgers
24. 21 OctHammers and CyberSecurity
25. 20 OctLies, Damned Lies and Protected Lies
26. 20 OctYour Cash Is No Good Here
27. 19 OctReader’s Mailbag, Guest Post Request Edition
28. 19 OctSpending the 99%
29. 19 OctTo Taser or Not To Taser
30. 17 OctA Career in Law Enforcement: Filler
31. 17 OctRespect for the Verdict
32. 16 OctA Judge of Conscience
33. 15 OctLessons From LinkedIn
34. 15 OctDual Sovereignty is a Double Edged Sword
35. 14 OctThe Future of Customer Service: Rapid and Vapid
36. 14 OctThrowaways
37. 13 OctWhy “Squat and Cough” May Prevail Over Human Dignity
38. 13 OctTrust Us, Ferrari Edition
39. 12 OctBe There: Social Media in the Workplace 10/18
40. 12 OctThe Rational (but total nonsense) Basis Test
41. 12 OctRespectfully Fashionable
42. 11 OctInsuring the Slackoisie
43. 11 OctFree Speech in Hunter’s Hands
44. 10 OctA Judge’s Job Training on Other People’s Lives
45. 10 OctColumbus Day Stroll
46. 9 OctDHS: The Eyes are the Windows to the Soul
47. 9 OctA Demand Too Far
48. 8 OctKitchenAid: “There’s Nothing Else We Can Do”
49. 8 OctGrow Up
50. 7 OctBlumenfeld Prevails, And Yet
51. 7 Oct#Occupy Something
52. 7 OctTen Years and Counting
53. 6 OctMartindale-Hubbell Gets Really Creepy
54. 6 OctWhen Women Won’t Talk
55. 6 OctThank You, Steve Jobs
56. 5 OctSympathetic Sam and Nasty Nino
57. 5 OctVirtual is Where the Heart Is
58. 5 OctChristie, Perry and Troy Davis
59. 4 OctSCOTUSBlog: The Business, Confirmed (Update)
60. 4 OctBennett’s 16 Rules Redux
61. 4 OctWorking For A Living (For The TSA)
62. 3 OctConrad Black’s Lawyer Responds
63. 2 OctThe Outsider’s Guide to the Criminal Justice System
64. 2 OctAn Educated Consumer
65. 1 OctAn Interested Witness

September 2011

1. 30 SepDo It For The Children: Proportionality Edition
2. 29 SepUsed By Your Evil Client? Tough Nuggies
3. 29 SepA Sore Loser (Update)
4. 28 SepAnd Generalissimo Francisco Franco Is Still Dead
5. 28 SepThe Hidden Cost of Blogging
6. 28 SepIt Costs More To Win
7. 27 SepSilence Isn’t Inconsistent
8. 27 SepSCOTUSBlog: The Business
9. 26 SepSo What’s New?
10. 26 SepThe Day Lawyers Died
11. 25 SepMeanwhile, Miami Cops Protect Us From Down Syndrome
12. 25 SepOccupy Wall Street: What’s a Protest Without Cops?
13. 25 SepIf It Works For You
14. 24 SepThe Murder that Wasn’t
15. 24 SepTen of the Irvine 11 Convicted
16. 23 SepChief Judge Lippman: Do it for the Children
17. 23 SepBut For Video: Nothing Happened Edition
18. 22 SepTroy Davis’ Body
19. 22 Sep“especially a crew of criminal defense lawyer blogs”
20. 22 SepSixteen Bucks, and What Do You Get?
21. 21 SepOn a Silver Platter
22. 21 SepLegal Writing: From Suck to Suckiest
23. 20 SepAttorneyFee.com, When It’s Only About Money
24. 20 SepGraceless
25. 20 SepHandicapping Troy Davis (Update)
26. 19 SepJudge Posner’s Mind
27. 19 SepThe Gap in Duane Buck’s Case
28. 18 SepHanging with Elie Mystal
29. 18 SepLessons From Joe
30. 17 SepBook Review: Reasonable Doubt by Peter Manso
31. 17 SepHow to Kill Your Practice
32. 16 SepSarah and the Professor
33. 16 SepHalf the Distance to the Goal
34. 16 SepHeidgen: Bad Law Distinguished
35. 15 SepEyeballs without Purpose
36. 15 SepPress Enter, You Felon (Update)
37. 14 SepCommon Sense Sentencing
38. 14 SepTSA to Children: Trust the Random Touch
39. 13 SepSnakes on a Plane
40. 13 SepWho Blinks First (Update)
41. 12 SepKeeping Up With the Jones’
42. 11 SepThe Ludicrous Extreme
43. 11 SepThe 9/11 Generation
44. 10 SepMeet the New Cool: An AOL Email Address
45. 10 SepWelcome To Legal Ethics Class, Students
46. 9 SepThe TSA Meets Elie’s Testicles
47. 9 SepClient Revealed
48. 8 SepBut For Video: Pushed Too Far
49. 8 SepDoes the Rabbi Believe?
50. 7 SepWhat Makes TSA Agent Thedala Magee So Special?
51. 7 SepPicking The Wrong Black Men
52. 6 SepThe Exclusionary Rule and “Unknown” Evidence
53. 6 SepThe Price of Admission
54. 5 SepThe New Position: The Legal Practitioner
55. 5 SepThe Countdown Begins
56. 4 SepThe Robot Overlords Are Here
57. 4 SepHe Ain’t Heavy, He’s The Filler
58. 3 SepLaw Students: Starving, But Not Hungry*
59. 3 SepClemens Back For Second Inning
60. 2 SepThe Exercise of Sound Discretion
61. 2 SepIn Defense of the Bully
62. 2 SepRevenge of the Effete

August 2011

1. 31 AugWeathering the Storm
2. 27 AugWhere’s the Proof?
3. 26 AugTalk the Talk and Walk the Walk
4. 26 AugThe Camera Cure and the Constitution
5. 25 AugNo Lawyers, All Lawyers
6. 25 AugTough Choices
7. 24 AugIs Hot Sauce the Line?
8. 24 AugI Agree* (*Except When I Don’t)
9. 24 AugAn Eye for an Eye (Update)
10. 23 AugThe Wait
11. 23 AugDeconstructing DSK
12. 22 AugWhen Illiberal Meets Higher Education
13. 21 AugBrian Leiter Smears ScamProf
14. 21 AugLessons from the Lemonade Stand
15. 20 AugThe Deal in West Memphis
16. 20 AugAcceptable Stupid (Update)
17. 20 AugAs If Law School Wasn’t Enough of a Problem Now
18. 19 AugAnd For Our Next Magic Trick…
19. 19 AugJail Break in Florida
20. 19 AugOn Sale, Motion to Suppress
21. 18 AugToo Good for the Government
22. 18 AugDo What For the Children?
23. 17 AugLike a Lead Balloon
24. 17 AugStruck Lawyer
25. 16 AugBest Practices For Dash Cams
26. 15 AugTyranny of the Mediocre
27. 14 AugAnd If They Kill Her?
28. 14 AugEven Paranoids Have Enemies
29. 13 AugWhat If Ethics Came First?
30. 12 AugCivility Rules: Cause and Effect
31. 12 AugThe Price of a Child’s Life
32. 11 AugUnequivocally Unambiguous Undone
33. 11 AugLaw School Undressed
34. 10 AugFree Legal Advice*
35. 10 AugThe Google Instruction
36. 10 AugDog as Witness
37. 9 AugDeal or No Deal
38. 9 AugBranding KitchenAid: It’s No Fridge
39. 9 AugWhen Agents Aren’t So “Special”
40. 8 AugThe Idiot’s Guide to Government
41. 8 AugFinger Pointing, But at Whom?
42. 8 AugUnderdefining Crime
43. 7 AugNavel Gazing: Nothing to Write About
44. 7 AugDon’t Ask, Don’t Tell
45. 7 AugScratch Widener Off The List
46. 6 AugA Surprise to James Cayce
47. 6 AugWhat If It Was All Just A Big Joke?
48. 5 AugAren’t You Special
49. 5 AugThe Shrink was a Dog
50. 5 AugOn The Radio, Former Ohio AG Jim Petro
51. 5 AugThe Weakest Link (Space Alien Update)
52. 4 AugThe Untouchables
53. 4 AugLawyers: The Lame, The Halt and The Blind
54. 3 AugIf Words Had Meaning
55. 3 AugWhen Faith is Lost
56. 2 AugJust Down the Road Apiece (Update)
57. 2 AugRejecting the Jailhouse Snitch
58. 2 AugKeep It In The Family
59. 1 AugA Public Spectacle
60. 1 Aug8.845 Like The Utica PD’s Facebook Page

July 2011

1. 31 JulCourt To Irv: Hands Off The Banks
2. 31 JulDo It For The Slackoisie (Updated)
3. 31 JulA Tale of Two Lawyers
4. 30 JulThere’s No Explanation For This
5. 30 JulWhy Lawyers Can’t Control the Web
6. 30 JulOne Lawyer at a Time
7. 29 JulThe Anti-Innocence Effect
8. 29 JulDiminished Expectations (of Privacy)
9. 28 JulForms Over Substance
10. 28 JulThe Accidental Criminal
11. 27 JulBlame First, Blame Fast, Just Blame
12. 27 JulWhen Work Won’t Work
13. 27 JulMake No Mistake
14. 26 JulWhat’s My Crime?
15. 26 JulThe Value of a Cop
16. 25 JulAn Accuser Takes to the Airwaves
17. 25 JulThe Death of Bad Lawyer
18. 24 JulThe Fabulous Eve of Destruction
19. 24 JulCan The Internet Survive Another “Thing”?
20. 24 JulBook Review: Nothing to Hide By Dan Solove
21. 23 JulTo Prosecute, To Promote
22. 23 JulAvvo’s Turn for the Worst
23. 22 JulA Split of Authority
24. 22 JulPitching ‘Vators
25. 22 JulQuitter (Update)
26. 21 JulBecause No Moron Would Prosecute
27. 21 JulThe Nancy Grace Hours
28. 21 JulCertain Defense Lawyers (Nevertheless)
29. 20 JulIf You See Something, Say Something
30. 20 JulSwartz Caught in a Closet (Update)
31. 19 JulA Cop Gets It
32. 18 JulMemo to Turley: Don’t Be A Weenie
33. 18 JulMatasar’s Dilemma
34. 18 JulAn Emotional Woman
35. 18 JulIn The Land of Knuckleheads…
36. 17 JulWhy Curmudgeons Go Nuts
37. 17 JulThe Best Lawyer in the Room
38. 16 JulEPIC Fail
39. 16 JulComment Cringe
40. 15 JulFramed (Bad)
41. 14 JulDoes Clemens Get A Walk? (Update)
42. 14 JulThe Interlock of Money and Morality
43. 14 JulAnybody Want This Case?
44. 13 JulDid You Really Want Attention That Badly?
45. 13 JulOverwhacked
46. 12 JulTurley’s Many Wives (Update)
47. 12 JulNot Fit For Television
48. 11 JulToo Popular For His Own Good
49. 11 JulWho Will Save Us?
50. 10 JulA Series of Unfortunate Events
51. 10 JulDeath is Different
52. 9 JulThe Death of NASA and the iPad
53. 9 JulBut For Video, Jackass Edition
54. 7 JulProblem Created, Problem Solved
55. 6 JulLike Day Follows Night, Meet Caylee’s Law
56. 6 JulQuestions Without Answers
57. 5 JulWhat If Avoiding Force Was Possible?
58. 5 JulCasey Anthony Jury Is Out (Update)
59. 3 JulJust Send the Check
60. 2 JulWhen Dunning Met Kruger
61. 1 JulBut Victims Never Lie
62. 1 JulOne War is Still Alive

June 2011

1. 30 JunIt’s Not Dead; It’s Just Sleeping
2. 30 JunThe Biggest Little City
3. 29 JunOn the Road Again
4. 28 JunBut It’s Civil Jail (So It Doesn’t Really Count)
5. 28 JunThe Trouble With Children
6. 27 JunDoudna Takes a Magic Bullet
7. 26 JunFirst The Airports
8. 26 JunSPF 120, and Why Lawyers Burn
9. 25 JunSo It’s Not Just Lawyers?
10. 25 JunThe Scholarly Perspective
11. 25 JunPrice, Revenue and Cost
12. 25 JunTwelve Inches in Rochester
13. 24 JunBullcoming: Confronting the Machine Operators
14. 24 JunPlay One On TV
15. 23 JunThe Whitey Plan
16. 23 JunThe Two Dimensional Teacher
17. 23 JunChump Change
18. 22 JunThe Trade-Offs of War
19. 21 JunRat Nation
20. 21 JunUsefully Immodest
21. 21 JunTrust Your Mother
22. 20 JunJustices of All Trades
23. 20 JunTrivial Differences
24. 19 JunThe First Rule of Policing: A Demonstration
25. 19 JunUnsafe At Any Speed
26. 18 JunLawyers, With Extra Cheese
27. 17 JunIt Was 40 Years Ago Today
28. 17 JunChildish Questions
29. 16 JunForget Biglaw: You Want To Make Real Money?
30. 16 JunSmile
31. 16 JunIt’s All in the Details
32. 15 JunNothing To Hide
33. 15 JunChuck Schumer Banks a Boner
34. 15 JunTruth is, It Wasn’t a Big Deal
35. 14 JunMemorial for Jdog
36. 14 JunMemo to Predecessor Counsel
37. 14 JunTop 10 Reasons Why Not To Be Twinkie Cream
38. 14 JunThe Internet on ICE
39. 14 JunIn Praise of the Media Whore
40. 13 JunA Dog from Georgia
41. 13 JunNo Good Reason Required
42. 12 JunBarber Shop Lessons
43. 12 JunMantras Matter
44. 12 JunJust Doing Her Job
45. 11 JunA Disruption in the Force
46. 11 JunThe Cow Was Not Laughing
47. 10 JunWhere’s The Tipping Point?
48. 10 JunA Point of Clarification
49. 10 JunHigh Society
50. 9 JunDo You Really Want To Be A Cow?
51. 9 JunGirls Do It Too
52. 9 JunA New Science Passes The Smell Test
53. 8 JunA Shameless Shakedown
54. 8 JunTeaching Brady
55. 8 JunText and Subtext
56. 7 JunA Book Unreviewed: Norm Pattis (Update)
57. 7 JunSorry For The Inconvenience
58. 6 JunRobin, Nancy and Dan
59. 6 JunMedia Created Expectations
60. 6 JunSeparating Sentence From Proof
61. 5 JunWords Slip, Words Fall
62. 4 JunBest Taser Practices
63. 4 JunBowing to the Binary Boss
64. 3 JunGood-Bye, Jdog
65. 3 JunOne Law That Does So Much
66. 3 JunNever is Heard, A Discouraging Word
67. 2 JunImpact of Social Media on Access to Legal Information
68. 2 JunBut She Hit Like A Girl
69. 1 JunIf Orderly Isn’t Good Enough, Why Be The Janitor?
70. 1 JunWhen “Likely” Is Close Enough
71. 1 JunA Second Bite of the Cop Rape Apple

May 2011

1. 31 MayA Good Test Gone Bad
2. 31 MayOvercrowding, The Simple Solution
3. 30 MayMemorial Day, 2011
4. 30 MayThe Never Ending Story
5. 29 MayToo Much Time On Your Hands?
6. 29 MayThe Untouchables
7. 28 MayResonating Rakofsky
8. 28 MayFederal Judges: You Can’t Be Trusted
9. 27 MaySpreading the Hate
10. 27 MayLawprofs to SCOTUS: Don’t Hate Us Because We’re Scholars
11. 27 MayCops Win and Lose Anyway
12. 26 MayTexas, Without Cattle
13. 26 MayEli’s Message
14. 26 MayRepresenting Junior Birdmen
15. 25 MayBut For Video: Handicap Edition
16. 25 MayRat v. Lawyer
17. 25 MayA Bent Juror
18. 24 MayJudge Using Sharp Objects
19. 24 MaySaving California
20. 23 MayFollow the Money
21. 23 MayNew Kid in the Well
22. 22 MayJustice, Heal Thyself
23. 22 MayInto the Valley of Death Rode the 18B 1000
24. 21 MayInnovation is Worth the Price
25. 21 MayThe Gift of a Sentence Suspended
26. 20 MayPSA: Prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse Now, via the CDC
27. 20 MayA Peer of the Realm
28. 20 MayOnly Yourself To Blame
29. 19 MayIf You Liked the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution…
30. 19 MayThe Perp Walk, Redux
31. 18 May600 White Men Can’t Be Wrong
32. 18 MayNobody Wants To Hear Bad Things
33. 17 MayWar Declared Against France (Update)
34. 17 MayYour Old Kentucky Home
35. 16 MayToo Close For Comfort
36. 15 MayThe Toilet Half Full
37. 15 MayWho Was Saved?
38. 14 MayLaw is Easy
39. 14 MayResistance is Futile
40. 13 MayRakofsky v. Internet, Part Deux (A Juror Verdict)
41. 13 MayRakofsky v. Internet*
42. 12 MayPSA: Numbers Don’t Lie
43. 12 MayThe Ten Foot Tall Prosecutor
44. 12 MayElie’s $50 Million Oops
45. 12 MayPraising Pimping Pedagogues
46. 11 MayWould An Atheist Moan, “Oh God”?
47. 11 MayA Fabulous Defense
48. 11 MaySkyping It In
49. 10 MayThe Savvy Consumer
50. 10 MayProsecutor + Misconduct = ?
51. 9 MayAvvo Shows Its Integrity
52. 9 MayTake The Train
53. 8 MayA Decent Lawyer Violates Turk’s First Rule
54. 8 MayEven Scalia Has Contractor Issues
55. 7 MayWhat Did You Do With My Judge?
56. 7 MayMaybe Today is Tom’s Day
57. 7 MayBook Review: Don’t Shoot, We’re Republicans
58. 6 MayMozilla to Homeland Security: Why?
59. 6 MayAre You Hip Enough?
60. 6 MayHome Is Where The Heart Is
61. 5 MayA Long and Glorious Tradition
62. 5 MayWagner Elliot, LLP Is Hiring
63. 5 MayWhy The Tie?
64. 4 MayWords Alone Can’t Harm You
65. 4 MayWhile Courts Squabble Over Words
66. 3 MayAn Emotional Decision
67. 3 MayPractical Padilla: Too Much or So What?
68. 2 MayThis Changes Everything and Nothing
69. 1 MayEat At Randazzo’s. Beware Randazza
70. 1 MayThis Is Not (yes it is) Legal Advice

April 2011

1. 30 AprTo Tell The Truth
2. 30 AprNothing Nice To Say
3. 29 AprMarketing Made Simple
4. 29 AprTwo Lashes = One Year?
5. 29 AprThree Felonies By Coffee Break (Royal Wedding Crime Spree Update)
6. 28 AprStuff You Should Know, Volume 29
7. 28 AprA Judge Learns The First Rule of Policing
8. 28 AprProfessional Responsibility for Torture
9. 27 AprThe Reliable Magic Sniffing Dog
10. 27 AprThe Meaning of Trust
11. 26 AprSurveillance Takes A Village
12. 26 AprBut For Video: Vegas P.O. Derek Colling’s “World of Hurt”
13. 25 AprPaul Clements: Guts; King & Spalding: Not So Much
14. 25 AprEmpowering Hysteria
15. 25 AprOut of Whack
16. 24 AprJudges Think Private Defense Lawyers Suck
17. 23 Apr“Deeply Troubled,” and So What?
18. 23 AprTake The Lead
19. 22 AprHipster Priorities
20. 22 AprTwo Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words
21. 22 AprValuing Legal Scholarship
22. 21 AprExhibit A, Your iPhone (Updated)
23. 21 AprHate and Twitter
24. 21 AprRationalizing Restitution Revisited
25. 20 AprFatal Vision Redux: Maybe Acid Is Groovy?
26. 20 AprSome Liars Are More Professional Than Others
27. 20 AprNo Habe For You (Update)
28. 19 AprResistance is Futile
29. 19 AprBecause He Copped a Plea
30. 18 AprIs Social Media (brain) Dead?
31. 18 AprThe Fix Is In
32. 17 AprThe Future of Music
33. 17 AprSays Who?
34. 16 AprA Proper Sentence for a Murderer
35. 16 AprThe SJ Art Collection Grows
36. 16 AprCheap at Half the Price
37. 15 AprWhat Would A “Good Lawyer” Do?
38. 15 AprTSA Offers Sophie A Choice
39. 14 AprI’m Your Wicked Uncle Sam
40. 14 AprFakes At The Gate: Challenging Phony Science
41. 13 AprNot A Lawyer’s Mentor
42. 13 AprThe Price of Fame
43. 12 AprStrength in Numbers
44. 12 AprForfeiture Follies
45. 11 AprFear of Ethics
46. 10 AprTenure on the Table
47. 10 AprExperience Matters (Along With a Discount)
48. 10 AprOral Argument Etiquette: Shut Up
49. 9 AprMeaning Owned
50. 8 AprLate Life Lessons
51. 8 AprSkilling Screwed
52. 7 AprCavity Search: Do It For The Prisoners
53. 6 AprA Regrettable But Necessary Injustice
54. 6 AprSix Steps Backward
55. 5 AprAdvise and Consent
56. 5 AprAn Open and Shut Case
57. 4 AprBut They Don’t Get Their Life Back
58. 4 AprIf One Registry, Why Not More?
59. 4 AprThe Truth Free Zone Eats One Its Own
60. 2 AprBooks Pointing in the Wrong Direction
61. 2 AprClouds Illusions
62. 1 AprShot For Nothing (or Something)
63. 1 AprWill The Times Ever Learn?

March 2011

1. 31 MarPraise the Lord (and Get Out Early)
2. 31 MarThe Grass Isn’t Always Greener
3. 31 MarWhy Can’t Probable Just Mean Probable?
4. 30 MarItch Scratching, Mike’s Way
5. 30 MarIt’s Not All About You
6. 29 MarThe Sound of a Tree Falling in the Blawging Woods
7. 29 MarSouthern District of the World
8. 28 MarThe Other George Wallace
9. 28 MarA Public Policy of Failure
10. 28 MarThe Second Lawyer Syndrome
11. 27 MarForget Klondike Bars
12. 27 MarFinally, An App Worth Getting
13. 26 MarTerrorist Talk
14. 25 MarBut Cash Got In Their Eyes
15. 25 MarMy Bid? 2 Cents
16. 24 MarWhere There’s Smoke, There’s Nancy Grace
17. 24 MarThey All Ate Well That Night
18. 24 MarThe Judge Was Crazy. No, Really
19. 23 MarWho Needs Juries Anyway?
20. 23 MarNo Reason for Balko
21. 23 MarCourt to Government: You Can Do No Wrong
22. 22 MarThat’s It? Let it Be?
23. 22 MarWorking for the B-Man
24. 21 MarMonkey See, Monkey Do?
25. 21 MarBlame The Victim
26. 20 MarJail Without Crime
27. 20 MarDead Lawyers Have No Enemies
28. 19 MarRocks For Jocks, Young Lawyers Edition
29. 19 MarRocks For Jocks, Law School Edition
30. 18 MarThe Last Game of Chicken
31. 18 MarMaybe Body Scans Were Never The Point?
32. 18 MarHaters to Althouse: We Know Where You Live (Update)
33. 17 MarConfrontation Lost
34. 17 MarThe Steel Menagerie
35. 16 MarYou Don’t Own Me
36. 16 MarA Billionaire’s Cross
37. 15 MarUnceremoniously Dumped (Update)
38. 15 MarSaving the Family Farm
39. 14 MarThe Art of the Deal
40. 14 MarChernobyl Certainty (Update x 2)
41. 13 MarThe Simple Justice World Headquarters
42. 13 MarFor The Love of Tech
43. 12 MarLive Free or Die (Update)
44. 12 MarThe Truthiness About Real Lawyers
45. 11 MarReader’s Mailbag, V. 96 (On Sale NOW!!!)
46. 11 MarMusic By Rossini, Lyrics By Madison (Update)
47. 10 MarOdds Are, They Screwed Up
48. 10 MarPolitician in the First Degree
49. 10 MarNino Scalia Writes Too Loud (Update)
50. 9 MarOne Lawyer Too Many
51. 9 MarShpoonkle By Any Other Name (Update)
52. 8 MarA Weapon in the Hands of Children (Update)
53. 8 MarIs It Really That Funny (Junk)?
54. 7 MarIntellectual Validation (from the Comment Spammers)
55. 7 MarI am a Rock, I am an Island
56. 6 MarShake It Up: Schools For Misrule
57. 6 MarNumber 9, Number 9, Number 9
58. 5 MarThey Report, We Decide
59. 5 MarSuspiciously Mundane
60. 5 MarAttack of the Killer IANALs
61. 4 MarNiki Black: Blogging Is Dead, Dead, Dead (Update)
62. 4 MarThe Three Ponies Rule, Blackberry Edition
63. 4 MarMore Proof That Jurors Pay Close Attention
64. 3 MarWill This Be On The Test?
65. 3 MarBut For Video, Consent Edition
66. 3 MarIn Defense of Sam Alito
67. 2 MarKeeping Up Appearances
68. 2 MarThe Instrumentality of a Crime
69. 2 MarTechnoLawyer’s New Low
70. 2 MarTradition is Dead. Long Live Tradition
71. 1 MarRespect For The Classics
72. 1 MarCrawford Undone (Or How Our Bright, Shining Moment Is Over)

February 2011

1. 28 FebCrowd Pleasing
2. 27 FebPregaming Schools For Misrule
3. 26 FebLegal Fiction Gives Way To Truth in Pennsylvania
4. 26 FebJulian Heicklen and A Point Lost
5. 26 FebEarly Release, State By State
6. 25 FebThe Houston Yawn
7. 24 FebLinks to SCOTUS 4th Amendment Decisions
8. 24 FebBut Twit What You Really Think
9. 24 FebThe Promise of Marketing Lost
10. 23 FebThe Wisconsin Syndrome
11. 23 FebShield Law Must Yield
12. 23 FebRevolution Spreads to Miami
13. 22 FebThe Happy Racketeer
14. 22 FebBest Testimonials Ever
15. 22 FebToo Many Lessons
16. 21 FebOn Wisconsin (Update)
17. 20 FebDogs are Cute and Cuddly
18. 20 FebThe Jury Has Spoken
19. 19 FebBecause A Judge Signed It
20. 18 FebCongress to DOJ: Use The Front Door
21. 18 FebName That Crime
22. 18 FebOur Tax Dollars At Work
23. 18 FebNot The Meat But The Motion (Update)
24. 17 FebThere Should Be A Name for This One, Too:
25. 17 FebRacist, Sexist, Whinist
26. 17 FebHe Swings; He Misses; There’s No Ball
27. 17 FebHate Your Judge? Give Him a Check
28. 16 FebTruth or Consequences
29. 16 FebTop 3 Reasons Why There Was No Plea Offer
30. 16 FebChecking the List: Actual Innocence (Update)
31. 15 FebDriving That Train . . .
32. 15 FebA Higher Education
33. 15 FebThe ABA Resolves: Leave Brady to the Grocery Clerks
34. 14 FebSimple Justice: Four Years of a Sentence Served
35. 14 FebDead Man Writing
36. 13 FebA Blogger’s Slice
37. 13 FebShould A Justice Up The Ante
38. 12 FebBlinded by Politics
39. 12 FebName Your Price
40. 11 FebLearning Tricks From An Old Dog
41. 11 FebLuis’ Vindication
42. 11 FebA Magistrate’s Evolt
43. 10 FebThe Easy Answer: Change Clothes
44. 10 FebApps Down, But Seats Remain The Same
45. 9 FebStop The Rumors, Green Weenie
46. 9 FebIf It Walks Like A Duck, Cellphone Edition
47. 9 FebNeediness Elevated
48. 8 FebA Dedicated Follower of Fashion
49. 8 FebA Judge Gets The ‘Net
50. 8 FebAdventures in Mentoring
51. 7 FebHuffPo and Me
52. 7 FebThe Gentler Sex
53. 6 FebThis Is Your Brain On Drugs
54. 6 FebCivil Disobedience Has A Price, But How Much?
55. 5 FebIntolerable
56. 4 FebRocket Doesn’t Matter
57. 4 FebOddly, Arizona May Have a Point
58. 4 FebAvert Your Eyes, Texans
59. 4 FebDr. LaPaglia’s Excuse: It was Gonna Happen Anyway
60. 3 FebHeroes of the Revolution
61. 3 FebWhen Dropsy Was Always The Answer
62. 2 FebA Rose By Any Other Name
63. 2 FebWhy Should I Promote You?
64. 2 FebPublic Pretenders
65. 1 FebDo You ♥ Law?
66. 1 FebWar on Cops, Second Try

January 2011

1. 31 JanThe Sentence Is Nuts
2. 31 JanThe Power Behind The Shield
3. 30 JanAh, To Be An Expert
4. 29 JanGot Reputation?
5. 29 JanSwords to Plows
6. 28 JanPresident Obama Takes A LEAP
7. 28 JanBlame It On Spandex
8. 28 JanIsn’t Influence The Whole Point?
9. 27 JanThe Risk Of Criminal Defense Malpractice
10. 27 JanBecause We’re Not Really Friends
11. 27 JanCan You Hear Me Now?
12. 26 JanA Mission for the Bar
13. 26 JanGhailani and the Government’s Farce
14. 26 JanDecorum, Or Else
15. 25 JanA Loaded Finger
16. 25 JanBut For Video: A Cure For Swearing Contests?
17. 25 JanThe Fifth Page Movement (Update)
18. 24 JanBook Review: Taking Out The Trash in Tulia, Texas*
19. 24 JanRinging in our Ears
20. 24 JanAn Isolated Incident Per Day (Update)
21. 23 JanA Fool For A Client (Update)
22. 23 JanWorst Advice Ever
23. 22 JanWhat If They Ran Out of Drugs?
24. 21 JanThe iPhone, A Real Game Changer
25. 21 JanClass and Reclass: A Better Controlled Substance Table
26. 20 JanThe Bridges of Harris County
27. 20 JanNo Rights Until We Say You Have Rights
28. 20 JanLegal Writing Tip #12: Lead with Strength
29. 19 JanBullies, Pranks, Gender and Prison
30. 19 JanNot Getting Any Younger
31. 18 JanVolokh Talks Dirty
32. 18 JanThings The Law Doesn’t Do Well
33. 17 JanBargaining with Martin
34. 16 JanFlat Fees and the Last Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer
35. 14 JanAt The Appropriate Time
36. 14 JanBad Test, No Test; So What?
37. 13 JanThe Flee Opens Old Wounds
38. 13 JanBut Avvo Promised
39. 12 JanThe Worst Gang in Milwaukee
40. 12 JanPrivacy Policy and Bending Over
41. 11 JanDid You Make The List?
42. 11 JanFormer COA Judge Bellacosa on Ethics: Wanna Rumble?
43. 10 JanAll Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go
44. 10 JanOld Nuts, New Threats (Update)
45. 9 JanThe Pima County Sheriff’s Thoughts
46. 9 JanA Beauty Pageant For Small Minds
47. 9 JanThe Age of LegalZoom
48. 8 JanNot Scraping But Still Infringing?
49. 8 JanFlattery Will Get You Everywhere
50. 7 JanITAP, The Movie
51. 7 JanThree Good Reasons to Pay Your Taxes
52. 7 JanIf They Knock, Then What?
53. 6 JanTrench Lawyers and Glitter Don’t Mix
54. 6 JanName Your Poison
55. 5 JanScraping: But Aren’t We On The Same Team?
56. 5 JanBecause You Can’t Smoke a Cellphone
57. 4 JanCase or Cause: Blaming the Lawyer
58. 4 JanWhy They’re Called “Civil Lawyers”
59. 4 JanABA To Potential Law Students: Do You Like To Eat?
60. 3 JanA New Crime Greets The New Year
61. 3 JanIn Fairness To Prosecutors
62. 2 JanInstitutional Memory
63. 2 JanMr. Cuomo, Tear Down That Wall
64. 2 JanPick 2: Quick, Cheap or Fair
65. 1 JanBest Criminal Law Blawg Post of 2010