Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
For those Con law enthusiasts out there, Salim Hamdan is up for trial again, this time based on the rules laid out in The Military Commissions Act, written by John McCain and Lindsey Graham with the help of Colonel Morris Davis. Col. Davis is the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo who resigned as Chief Prosecutor [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged GW Law, Justice Scalia, Moot Court, Van Vleck on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
For those of you who don’t read the portal religiously:
Justice Scalia has accepted our invitation to participate in the Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition Finals in Lisner Auditorium
This will take place in January 2009 in Lisner Auditorium. He will be joined on the bench by Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the United States Court [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arlen Spector, cheating, Football, Indemnity contract, Patriots, Senate Judiciary Committee, Spygate on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday, the NFL finally made an agreement with Matt Walsh, the former member of the Patriots coaching staff, to turn over any tapes he has and to talk with the NFL about the Patriots taping activity in past seasons. In case you haven’t been following this fascinating piece of sports drama, I’ll give a quick [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Easter, Greaster, Orthodox, Passover, Rita Wilson on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Taking a break from the law and studying, I wanted to share with you all a personal post about Greaster. This coming Sunday, millions of Orthodox Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate Easter this coming Sunday. So what is Greaster? Quite simply, it is Greek Easter. I know, I know, its not just [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
FYI: the GW Health and Wellness Center (aka gym) is open for use by GW Law students over the summer, even those not enrolled in summer classes. So even though you’ll probably sweat off a few pounds walking to and from work in the summer heat, there’s no excuse for not looking your best for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged competitions, nonsmokers rights on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Announcement from Prof. Banzhaf:
Law students can win a $5000 First Prize, $3000 Second Prize, or a $1000 Third Prize - as well as 30 individual $1000 travel grants to attend a world conference in Washington, DC - by submitting a 1000-word summary of a proposal to protect nonsmokers’ rights by May 16th.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged England, manure on April 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Studying for finals is not so much fun, but at least it doesn’t smell like poop:
A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields. The agricultural odor is inescapable in central London and smells vaguely of farmland [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged law, PrawfsBlawg, screwed victims, Paslgraf, Peevyhouse, Moore, Boyd on April 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The fine folks over at PrawfsBlawg are holding a contest to determine the most screwed victim in casebook history.
The final four competitors are (descriptions taken from PrawfsBlawg):
Mrs. Palsgraf - Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339 (1928).
In probably the most famous case in torts, and perhaps in all of American legal education, railroad [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged NBA, Oklahoma City, Seattle Supersonics on April 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
If the Sonics do move to Oklahoma City next year the question that I find most interesting: What to name the new team once relocated to Oklahoma City? Granted, the franchise could keep the “Supersonics” moniker, but this just leads to ridiculous consequences. (Example: The former New Orleans Jazz of the NBA moved to Utah, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged internet, law school, University of Chicago on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The NLJ is reporting that the University of Chicago Law School is now blocking the internet in its classrooms to help students concentrate during lectures. I’m not sure what problem this is intended to solve. The internet is simply one way of zoning out during a boring lecture among many. So the question is whether [...]
