Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From the department of “This Might Be News But Not Really Because No One Is Taking It Seriously,” today’s NY Sun had an article on a new movement afoot in the New York City Council to have New York City secede from New York State.
Crazy, huh? But wait, haven’t we heard this before?
Norman Mailer tried [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Politics on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
John Edwards has dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination. He is not endorsing anyone for now. NYT.
Although I think he has yet to pull the trigger, Rudy Giuliani is set to follow Edwards’s lead and drop out of the race for the Republican nomination following his loss in the Florida primary. NYT.
The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Marriage, Student Life on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
As a married law student, I’m a minority among my peers. Since the estimated median age for first marriages in the United States is 27 for men and 25 for women, most of my fellow law students have a few more years before they’re likely to take the marriage plunge. You might think that the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Politics on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
President Bush just gave his last State of the Union address. We decided to try an experiment: chat through the SOTU and see what we could see. Next year maybe we’ll take on the challenge of live blogging, but for now this’ll have to do.
The President basically dove right in, starting with the “uncertain” state of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Government, Politics on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I am hesitant to write this post, because politics, just like the law, is easily susceptible to the slippery slope problem. I worry that once I post an opinion piece on the election, it will give license for future posts (mine and of others) to be political advocacy rather than political discourse. Having said that, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged attire, courtroom on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Ah, the ascot. That informal yet formal piece of cloth that our founding fathers considered essential to their attire and Thurston Howell considered essential to surviving his three hour tour. We don’t see ascots that much anymore, nor their closely related cousin, the cravat.
Many of you are probably saying to yourselves right [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Today’s WSJ Law Blog has a post entitled, “Should a One L With Poor First Semester Grades Drop Out?” A 1L at an unnamed fourth-tier regional law school wrote in to New York Lawyer for advice after doing “below average” in his classes. New York Lawyer gave some reasonable advice that included separating grades from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Contracts, Crazy on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m not sure it’s possible for anyone else to be as obsessed with reading online news as I am, so maybe I’m the only one who caught this story. This week a 16 year old boy in Japan blew $3,490 in a “hostess bar” near Tokyo. He, “over the course of six hours - ordered [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Introductions, Sports on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Hi! Welcome to the new GW Law blog! I just wanted to introduce myself and say hi to everyone. So, “Hi!”
Today’s topic is again sports, as we turn our attention to the case proceeding against Rich Rodriguez, former coach for West Virginia football and now the new coach for Michigan football. You are probably thinking, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Sports on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
In Hollonbeck v. United States Olympic Committee, a divided Tenth Circuit holds that the USOC does not have to treat paralympians the same as olympians. From Decision of the Day:
The USOC is a federally chartered corporation whose statutory mission is to “obtain . . . the most competent amateur representation” for our nation in the [...]
