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Month: August 2007

So You Want To Be A Judge, Huh?

August 31, 2007Burt Likko 1 Comment

I got this message in my e-mail today: California Attorneys: Creating a more diverse judiciary in the state of California is imperative. I am writing to invite you and your colleagues to participate in a dynamic workshop to guide interested… Continue Reading →

Careers, Domestic Politics, Law

Dark Hints and Rumors

August 31, 2007Burt Likko

The plot thickens on the mysterious donations flowing into the Clinton campaign from the cryptic Norman Hsu. Rick Moran describes how Mr. Hsu’s companies all seem to be phantoms and it is highly unclear where Mr. Hsu’s money is being… Continue Reading →

Domestic Politics, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Link Love, Scandal

Gasoline On The Fire

August 30, 2007Burt Likko

Polk County, Iowa, is the county in which Des Moines, Iowa’s largest city, sits. A judge in Polk County has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages violates the state Constitution’s equal protections clause. The ruling is sure to be… Continue Reading →

Constitutional Law, Courts, Domestic Politics, Law, News, Same-Sex Marriage, Scandal, Sex

The Circle Is Now Complete

August 30, 2007Burt Likko 3 Comments

I became a lawyer because of an experience I had as a teenager in traffic court, seeing how the truth could prevail in the adversarial system, despite a deck stacked against you.  Today, I sat as a pro tem judge… Continue Reading →

Careers, Law

Venn Diagrams Reveal Truth

August 29, 2007Burt Likko

Hat tip to Freakonomics.

Link Love, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

Things That Just Don’t Look Right

August 29, 2007Burt Likko

The blogosphere is atwitter over whether Senator Larry Craig should have got arrested. Some say he didn’t do anything wrong. After all, what did Craig do? He 1) loitered outside a stall in a bathroom for a few minutes, 2)… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Crime and Punishment, Domestic Politics, Hillary Rodham Clinton

I’ll Take My Fee In The Standard Manner, Thank You Very Much

August 29, 2007Burt Likko

A lawyer in Milwaukee received what seems to be a most unusual way of a client paying his fee — a severed goat’s head in a large gift bag left deposited on her office’s doorstep. Personally, I prefer being paid… Continue Reading →

Crime and Punishment, Law, News

American Sejanus

August 28, 2007Burt Likko

Of course we knew that this was the party line back in 1994, and it’s no longer the party line today. Striking, though, to hear the argument phrased so succinctly, knowledgeably, and clearly, and striking to hear the argument offered… Continue Reading →

Iraq

Larry Craig on Gay Rights

August 28, 2007Burt Likko

Last night, I gave some thought to bigger political developments, inspired to consider the issue by Senator Larry Craig’s guilty plea. This morning, though, I thought a little bit more about that incident on a somewhat more personal level. Now,… Continue Reading →

Domestic Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Scandal

Go To Toastmasters…

August 28, 2007Burt Likko 3 Comments

…Or you might wind up looking like Miss South Carolina here:

Teaching, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

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