Tag: Brett Kavanaugh

Also, some salty law school talk.

If Kavanaugh piles onto U.S. News, maybe we'll forget the other big recent story about the Justice.

* There’s a lot to say about Brett Kavanaugh’s speech at Notre Dame Law School, but he used the opportunity to bash the US News rankings blasting the idea that the publication’s reputation survey can capture the quality of an education. His clerks this Term all went to Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. [CNN]

* Shearman & Sterling used to be a top 5 earning firm. Now it’s banking on a merger — that feels more like a takeover — to save it. What happened? [American Lawyer]

* Forum shopping has gotten to the point where attorneys pushing fringe legal theories have a 100 percent chance of landing a friendly judge. [The Nation]

* Ted Lieu proposes resolution to regulate AI written by AI. I guess we already let oil companies write environmental laws so this isn’t much different. [NBC]

* John Eastman disbarment proceedings coming soon. [The Guardian]

* Republicans target ESG rules. It’s one thing to complain about the SEC, but these proposals would bar investment funds from making demands on companies they own. So much for the free market! [Bloomberg]

A deeper look at the allegations against the Supreme Court Justice.

* The Supreme Court leak investigation accomplished two things: (1) we’re all more sure than ever that the leak sprung from a justice; and, (2) the justices have burned every bridge with their extended staff. [NY Times]

* Three Days of the Counsel-OR. OK that was a stretch, but the Am Law 100 is coalescing around three-day office policies. Even if firms remain divided over what that looks like in practice. [American Lawyer]

* Director Doug Liman did a more comprehensive job vetting Brett Kavanaugh than the FBI. [Washington Post]

* Government asks to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt. There are so many industries in this world… is it that hard not to start a business in one covered by a court order? [FTC]

* Proskauer unimpressed with former COO’s interpretation of his final days in the office. [Reuters]

It's all about optics.

'One degree of Brett Kavanaugh' is less a fun parlor game than a horrifying reminder of a crumbling nation.

She could've helped prove that he likely perjured himself during his confirmation hearings.

He failed at everything for decades, but it was everyone else who suffered for those failures.

Washington Post notes that they protest quietly for 30 minutes a day... and then hands a bullhorn over to complaining neighbors.

Sure, it's not going to work, but let's give it a whirl anyway.

Sorry, Morton's Steakhouse, 'the right to congregate and eat dinner' isn't explicitly mentioned in the Constitution.

'If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a [church] will get shot, or a [school] will be [shot up], nobody panics, because it's all 'part of the plan'. But when I say that one little old [SCOTUS justice] will die, well, then everyone loses their minds!' - Joker, The Dark Knight

How will I remain relevant if they don't reprimand me? :'(

He was last with his fellow justices for the high court's long conference earlier this week.

Kavanaugh's concurrence is not precedent and it's bad for the country to pretend it is.

It's almost an insult to the word perfunctory to call it perfunctory.

It seems like there might be a trend here.

The Senator would like some answers.

How did counting every vote become so politicized?