Seems that my thoughts yesterday about the potential for a U.S. court to enforce Islamic law were shared by Prof. Eugene Volokh. It was, I thought, one of my more thought-provoking finds recently. Prof. Volokh, however, has considerably more research… Continue Reading
It’s a slogan in our justice system that it’s better that a thousand guilty men walk free than one innocent man go to prison. Somehow, though, a lot of people people don’t seem to actualize that slogan. The media has… Continue Reading
We need judges and juries. People whose critical thinking skills are not under anesthesia. We need to trust these people to sort through the good cases from the bad ones. The system works fine with smart people who can see… Continue Reading
So I’m in court the other day, doing not one, not two, but five evictions. I’m busy doing settlements and it takes me four hours to get four of them done. When I look up, and the last one is… Continue Reading
I resolved a case just a few weeks ago. The case involved the proceeds from a life insurance policy; my client was the wife of the man who died and the other party claiming the right to the proceeds was… Continue Reading
So! Mike Huckabee thinks that we need to amend the Constitution to bring it in line with “God’s standards.” By “God,” I presume, he means Jehovah, as opposed to Allah, Ahura Mazda, Baal, Krishna, Odin, Quezacoatl, Tiamat, or Vishnu. Now,… Continue Reading
So, to teach my kids at the high school about objections and courtroom demeanor, I’m going to put together a program from courtroom movies. Lots of people at the firm are lending me their DVD’s because my collection is actually… Continue Reading
I got another dues statement from the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility today, with a copy of my Tennessee bar card (printed, as usual, on cheap paper). Rather than procrastinate and incur another damned tax this year, I’m just going… Continue Reading
The high point of my professional day (today) was when I went to my first session coaching my student mock trial team. There were nine kids, some came late and some left early, but five of them stuck it out… Continue Reading
It’s going to be a big year coming up. Obviously, the big story will be the election. The primaries might be all over five weeks from now — but I suspect that the Republicans will not have sorted things out… Continue Reading