The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In addition to a healthy spattering of law news and useful resources, this program includes two lessons. The first, ****, and the second, ****.
At first glance glance, one would think these are the teachings of a double-minded fool. One teaches “Fight”; the other, “Lay down your sword.” Reread the quote above; you be the judge. Or better yet, ask yourself the question, Do you have “a first-rate intelligence?”
Don’t judge me—judge yourself.
Hour 1
This first hour opens with an audio presentation of my post written January 1, 2018. Pro se Guerrilla v Gorilla, immediately below:
SCOTUS Oral Arguments (audio links)
SCOTUS audio argument from Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson
As the audio play, the speaking Justice’s face is highlighted.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/21-463
You can listen to SCOTUS oral arguments at the link below. As the audio play, the speaking Justice’s face is highlighted.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-1459
The statute central to the argument is at:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/924
Julian Assange Loses Appeal: British High Court Accepts U.S. Request to Extradite Him for Trial
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/julian-assange-loses-appeal-british
Using Assange to Send a Three-Part Message – The Future of Freedom Foundation
Let’s pick on some attorneys, because we can.
Judge orders lawyer jailed so he can be deposed behind bars
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-orders-lawyer-jailed-so-he-can-be-deposed-behind-bars/
The Worst In People (And Lawyers)
NY lawyer receives nearly 5-year prison sentence for defrauding 9-year-old
Preamble to Hour 2
Think of each case you read as a brick that you can throw or build something with. Most appellate cases have an embedded lesson.
Hour 2
Cases
Getz v. Super. Ct.
Deals with Public Records and burden.
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2021/c091337.html
Dean v. Seidel, No. 21-10468 (5th Cir. 2021)
Standing in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Hint: not much. Sit down, fold your hand, and shut up.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/21-10468/21-10468-2021-12-07.html
White v. United States Department of Justice, No. 21-1229 (7th Cir. 2021)
White supremacist sues for records. FBI has 100,000 pages related to his request.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/21-1229/21-1229-2021-10-22.html
Opening a conversation with opposing counsel.
Why and how to settle. It’s important, and part of a good fight.
The show notes for Lesson 46 (series one) are immediately below.
A tort case, some Latin, and doctrine
Griffin v. Menard Inc.
A tort case that teaches a few thing. How not to sue, even if you are an attorney. Circumstances ain’t much. She say’s, “Show me the money, my husband is going to get.” (I made that up.) Res ipsa loquitur won’t carry her to the promised land.
https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/supreme-court/2021/21s-ct-00119.html
January 6 Lawsuits/Charges
D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6 attack
“You can’t file a fantasy in court,” said Jonathon Moseley, who represents Zachary Rehl, president of the Philadelphia Proud Boys chapter, and Kelly Meggs, an Oath Keeper from Florida. “There were clearly violent people who assaulted police that day, but that wasn’t the Proud Boys or the Oath Keepers.”
The Washington Post
Proud Boys Regroup, Focusing on School Boards and Town Councils
Members of the Proud Boys, the far-right nationalist group, have increasingly appeared in recent months at town council gatherings, school board presentations and health department question-and-answer sessions across the country. Their presence at the events is part of a strategy shift by the militia organization toward a larger goal: to bring their brand of menacing politics to the local level.
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/us/proud-boys-local-issues.html
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