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Hell[er]boy II
Within weeks of SCOTUS ruling Dick Heller had a II Am right to possess a pistol for self-defense, the District of Columbia informed him the right doesn’t extend to semi-auto pistols after it rej… more →
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Hell[er]boy II
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Within weeks of SCOTUS ruling Dick Heller had a II Am right to possess a pistol for self-defense, th … more →
"It has been rendered the solemn duty of the Supreme Court ... to decide [where the heck is Lubbock]."
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020033 wrote 1 year ago: Well, I have already planned to head up to Lubbock for the UT-TTU game on November 1, but now it loo … more →
"New" Screech at SCOTUS
020033 wrote 1 year ago: In our continuing series chronicling child actors gone good, we are pleased to introduce you to Isaa … more →
Apparently, not everyone was as enthralled by Heller as we were ...
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020033 wrote 1 year ago: Namely, Justice Ginsburg, who reportedly fell asleep during the reading of the dueling Heller opinio … more →
Citation trifecta
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Just one more word about Heller and then I’ll stop I promise. Most attorneys would consider it … more →
Justice Scalia's juristic tour de force
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020033 wrote 1 year ago: A hurriedly-compiled list of some of Justice Scalia’s (“AS”) most cogent and bomba … more →
SCOTUS strikes down the D.C. gun ban
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020033 wrote 1 year ago: SCOTUS just announced it has affirmed the D.C. Circuit’s decision striking down the District o … more →
Is the Roberts Court trending towards "being less strictly constitutional and more strictly awesome?"
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020033 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve probably already derived too much jurisprudential pleasure from analyzing the SCOTUS plur … more →
Drafting dissents 101
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020033 wrote 1 year ago: One might as well treat Justice Scalia’s dissent from last week’s majority opinion in Bo … more →
Gee, thanks a lot
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Since leaving office, national appellate star and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz has been b … more →
Whither Laura Ingraham?
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020033 wrote 1 year ago: We here at the SMSB are huge fans of former Justice Thomas clerk and current syndicated radio host, … more →
1-C-E-R-T-I-O-R-A-R-I
020033 wrote 1 year ago: SCOTUS superlawyer Tom Goldstein posted this hilarious sendup of the classic personal injury lawyer … more →
Conservative SCOTUS all-stars and least-stars
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner and his fellow University of Chicago Law School Professor Willi … more →
From clerk to Chief
020033 wrote 1 year ago: The Green Bag (to which Texas’ own Bryan Garner is an adviser) is set to publish a fascinating … more →
First Cruz, now Clement
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Like his Texas counterpart a few weeks ago, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement submitted his resign … more →
How the mighty have slipped and fallen, part II
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Back in June 2007, we noted former SCOTUS nominee Judge Robert Bork filed a $1 million slip-and-fall … more →
Yet more ponderings on the art of persuading judges
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Justice Scalia gave his best interview yet the other day with Brian Lamb on C-SPAN’s series, Q … more →
The new appellate landscape in Houston
020033 wrote 1 year ago: The past few months or so have seen some truly momentous changes in the Texas appellate world, parti … more →
When a picture is worth 3,383 words
020033 wrote 1 year ago: Today, Senator John McCain gave a 3,383 word speech expounding upon his judicial philosophy, but as … more →
