Posts Tagged ‘First Mondays’
How Might Judge Gorsuch Decide Criminal Cases on the Supreme Court?
At the start of this week, I penned a post critical of how President Trump handled the firing of Sally Yates. Today, I write to commend his nomination of Judge Gorsuch for the United States Supreme Court. Textualists and the criminal appellate bar are natural allies. And such is the case with this pick. I want…
Read MoreJust Because Counsel Can Do an Appeal Doesn’t Mean that he Should
In episode #12 of First Mondays, Dan and Ian play cringe-worthy clips from the recent Supreme Court argument in Lee v. Tam, a case involving the disparagement provision of the Lanham Act and the First Amendment. There is a similar case in the pipeline involving the Washington Redskins. And counsel in that case argued that…
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