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Will Someone Please Sue Major League Baseball…. Pretty Please?
I’d love to see a big-time lawsuit over steroids in baseball. I don’t know why. I’m not really a big fan of lawsuits generally. But I think it would make for great theater and there ...
Legal Briefs.
Sometimes the news is just chock full of interesting legal stories that we just don’t know where to turn. the last two days have presented an embarrassment of riches, and so I’ve decided t...
International Legal Tribunals
Let’s talk UN War Crimes Tribunal. Thoughts? The UN War Crimes Tribunal has said it’s ready for the extradition of Radovan Karadžic from Belgrade. Karadžic was, of course, a war crimes f...
Criminally Minded.
Last night, I found myself watching a documentary about Heidi Fleiss, and her attempts to open a male brothel in Nevada. Like most HBO documentaries, I found myself unable to turn away. Partly, it was...
4th Amendment? Never Heard of It.
Being a life long resident of Washington, D.C., I’m used to seeing Members of Congress engage in all types of election year high jinks. You’ve got to go and sell it to the good people back in Omah...
Do We Ask Too Much From Cops?
The murders of Corporal Richard S. Findley and the prime suspect in the case Ronnie L. White have opened some old wounds here in the D.C. area. The Prince George’s County Police department has long ...
Crime and Punishement?
Before Big Show decided to use the SCOTUS decision in Louisiana v. Kennedy as cover for the Federalist Society talking points, I found myself considering the “punishment” that the Court found appr...
The Whole Shooting Match
So I’ve just finished reading Scalia’s opinion in D.C. v. Heller (my apologies to my current employer), and I think my punt analysis was close to the mark. Yes, the D.C. gun ban went the way of th...
Kennedy v. Lousiana - Who needs a legislature, anyway?
I know that Dr. Bombay is working on a piece about the Court’s ruling in the child rape death penalty case, Kennedy v. Louisiana, which you can read here, but I wanted to get out ahead of him be...
D.C. v. Heller Prediction
So tomorrow, the Supreme Court is expected to issue its findings in D.C. v. Heller, the first substantive review of Second Amendment rights in over 70 years. Legal nerds that we are, we’re more than...
Google Knows It When People Search For It
So, the New York Time reports that in order to prove what the “community standards” are regarding obscenity in Pensacola, FL, a lawyer representing a porn website operator offered as evide...
Whole Lotto Trouble.
I read this Article in Salon the other day, which related the story of Jean Brochu. Mr. Brochu, an attorney in Quebec, is a recovering gambling addict, and the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit...
Is Your Scratch-off Ticket Stale?
“It’s for the kids.” Ah, yes. The great justification for just about any government program. Of course, it’s the central justification in most states for the Lottery. Revenues ...
The Source of the Law: What Is Your Duty To Your Fellow Man?
In light of our discussion on the FLDS case, Christopher suggested a thread on the origins of law. I liked that idea and have a few drafts started. But it struck me that it might work better as a seri...
And For Dessert, I’d Like the Death Penalty, Please
Here’s a question for you: should someone who requests the death penalty be prohibited from receiving it? From Friday’s New York Times: [Khalid Shaikh Mohammed], the former senior operatio...
Reaction to FLDS decision
I’m curious to hear your reaction to the Texas Supreme Court’s decision to return the children seized by the Texas Department of Family Protective Services (DFPS) from the FLDS’ Year...
Scalia’s Got a Steel Chair!
Justice Scalia’s recently did his best Kimbo Slice impression on Justice Stevens in his concurence in Baze v. Rees, applying a torrent of blows that takes the entire myth of civility on the High...
Bad Faith As The Key To Tort Reform
We had an okay class discussion about tort reform recently in Torts. (At this point in the semester I think we’re all too exhausted for a heated or animated debate on the topic.) It amuses me th...
Civil Law and Religious Authority
Pope Benedict the XVI is here, our Campus has been scrubbed from top to bottom, and the faithful are lining up in droves to get tickets to see the Holy Father pray the Rosary and say mass. Not being a...
A Music Tax? The Extortionary Ways of the Music Industry
Mike Arrington at TechCrunch has several good stories on a proposed “music tax” which the recording industry is seeking to impose on listeners. As per usual the industry is talking out of ...
Can A Fan Sue When His Team Loses On Purpose?
Sadly, those seeking to use the courts to hold the Cheatriots accountable for their racketeering have chickened out. [update: Fox News and CNN today are hot on the story of Matt Walsh, the Patriots...
Top 25 Best Values in Law School
Everyone who has been through the law school application process knows exactly where their school sits in the rankings. The general perception is that the entire legal education market is a pyramid, a...
Attack of the Wiener Dogs.
A close friend of mine was recently bitten by her beloved dachshund. (Mercifully, she’s alright.) I’m also told that her husband was able to stay his murderous wrath and not punt the dog, whic...
Crack For Bloggers, A Note On Our Mission
This week I made a mistake - the second time I’ve made it really. In a way, we opened this blog to goof off. I wanted to improve my web design skills and write about this all-consuming experienc...
New England Organized Crime?
It has finally become clear. The New England Patriots amazing run this decade has not been the result of brilliant player management, Tom Brady (arguably, the best quarterback of his generation), or s...
The Case For A New Res Ipsa Loquitur: “It Is What It Is”
We here at Fight The Hypo are on the cutting edge of legal reform, committed as we are to justice, freedom, and the rule of law. Here’s an example of our innovative and forward-looking thinking ...
Congress = Gong Show?
[Ed Note: So… in editing and updating this post, I inadvertently deleted it. My apologies. Here’ s my best effort at quickly recreating it, with notes on what I’ve changed/added.] A...