While "[l]aws [are] the only redoubt of secularism", "[t]he second amendment to the Constitution is a basic right of free people". Statement of Gov. Perry on President Obama's Executive Actions, Jan. 17, 2013.
Which implies that non-secularists have many redoubts, including laws.
Blawgletter adores balance.
Take the Supreme Court of the Lone Star State, a court at which we look often. Back in 2008, we reviewed the data from a new nation-wide study of state courts and told you that the Texas Supreme Court's balance during its transition from all-Democratic to all-Republican explained its far-greater influence with
Blawgletter loves irony. That may explain this post. Or not.
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Perhaps there is a police officer somewhere who would interpret an automobile passenger’s giving him the finger as a signal of distress, creating a suspicion that something occurring in the automobile warranted investigation. And perhaps that interpretation is what prompted Insogna to act, as he claims. But the nearly universal recognition that this gesture is
Snappy
Cut weight by five percent.
Work more.
Win cases (all of them).
Demand more cowbell.
Bitey
Chase butterflies.
Enjoy work more.
Recall that you have poor impulse control and release all the butterflies you caught.
Provide more cowbell.
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521). Bold + stupid = ?
If there's a lesson to be learned from Magellan's life, it's that bold doesn't pair well with stupid.
Bruce Barcott, "They Get Around: A history of voyages around the world, starting in the 16th century", The New York Times Book Review, Dec. 30
One time, to get home for Christmas, I caught a bus in Connecticut, boarded another one in a scary part of New York, rode across the nation's midsection before cutting south, and ended up in Henderson, Texas. My dad picked me up there and carried me home. He did things like that all the time.
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You could staff a great law firm with the guest list at the Susman Godfrey holiday party.
David Lat, "Associate Bonus Watch: Susman Godfrey", Above the Law, Dec. 7, 2012.
The number one litigation boutique in the United States made three new partners during an annual meeting on Saturday, December 15.
David Peterson hails from the Houston office, Joseph Portera from Dallas, and Genevieve Vose from Seattle.
Blawgletter wishes each of them a hearty congratulations.
The federal man came from grim shellshock on the swampy mainland far north, just this side of the line. It didnt matter. He must feel anguish. The yowling menace he saw meant that nothing but quietus would suit his alien vision of needful harsh loss. Or maybe just a license.
The old guy watched the