Justice Frankfurter was born in Austria but then became a naturalized citizen; I imagine he may have objected if the effect of a law was that his documents describe him as Austrian, although his birth there is a historical fact.

I take your point these are odd times. I think Smith was reasonable in thinking odds of a bad judge was not = danger of a serial killer. He'd tried serial killers in the Hague. We all know better now, I agree. But criticizing prosecutors for hewing to regularity feels like a downward cycle.

That is a fair point about the overall prospects. But blaming Jack Smith or calling it a mistake to “go by the book,” shifts way too much accountability away from Judge Cannon and the apparently corrupt parade of irregular decisions she made. It’s not the victim’s job to adjust to the abuser.

I guess she didn’t watch the 2025 “Superman” where Clark tried to change the rules after the interview started?

I thought in nearly all cases members of these groups are not eligible to vote in the US. So how do D’s keep winning elections in my state? 🤔

30 years ago Con law class covered Critical Legal Studies and Law & Economics- which weren’t really “law” as much as political preferences dressed up in moral reasoning. So not different. That said, different now in that with the “shadow docket”the “dress it up with reasoning” is gone- literally.

Would be interested in takes on whether this decision effectively means police departments can stop worrying about harmful bias in AI-powered policing. E.g., did SCOTUS just effectively say you can intentionally code race into an algorithm but not violate the 4th (or 5th) Amendment?

Not gonna spoil the movie “Conclave” but if you have seen it you know.

Federal government “jawboning” apparently now more closely resembles what Samson did to the Philistines.

Seems to me if there are files with credible evidence of horrific sex abuse crimes (by persons of any political party or of none) the thing to do first would put them in front of a grand jury rather than release them to the public. And then announce the indictments. Am I wrong about that?

I’m not an economist but it seems quite possible the next President will be able to boost the economy (and get a news cycle out of it) without doing anything other than going back to what most economists would say we should have been doing anyway.

Seems like he's making a straw man argument. Asking for permission does not require developers to ask each creator individually. There are licensing models (similar to ASCAP for music) that can integrate respect for creators with promoting innovation. More at cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2023/12...

Polos!

One plot kind of writes itself: M: "Bond, I have an assignment. An American. He's leaking secrets to the Russians at a rapid clip and devastating European security." Bond: "Should be no problem, sir." M: "There's a catch." Bond: "What's that, sir? Who's the target?"