Posts for May, 2009

May 27, 2009

An evaluation of Taylor v. California.

Jenhen called me last night with a general question on the decision handed down yesterday by the California Supreme Court (abbreviated hereafter as Cal Sup Ct) regarding the constitutionality of Prop 8.  She called me in part because I read the entire 185 page opinion yesterday.  The case, Taylor v. California, upheld Prop 8 but […]

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May 21, 2009

A Reflection on Law School.

Law school, the past 3 years of my life, is done.  Next week I start studying for the California Bar Exam.  Then, I have a job lined up at a patent firm here in DC, and will work myself into the ground for the foreseeable future. A few questions have arisen over my time here.  […]

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Random gchat transcription

(Ed. note: Names changed to pseudonyms & this was from a while ago, probably in November. It was saved in the drafts, and I forget how the conversation got to this point.)

changston: MLK, JFK, RFK… a pattern?

orangejello: they’re all kennedys
orangejello: whence: the only logical
orangejello: oops

orangejello: hence: The Dead Kennedys

changston: Martin Luther Kennedy… sounds plausible. 500 […]

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May 11, 2009

Stuff that’s not law school.

I still have this ominous feeling, waiting for the other shoe to drop.  I can’t really believe that I don’t have something to do, and the absence of a deadline hanging over my head just makes me feel like there must be something hanging over my head that I’m forgetting.
But, in the process of trying […]

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May 1, 2009

Place Your Judicial Bets

Allow me to summarize the arguments so that you all don’t have to listen to too much of the news chatter about the retirement of Justice David Souter and President’s Obama nominee to succeed him.  First, the talking points for both sides of the aisle are well articulated by law prof Orin Kerr at the […]

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