The http://www.manhattan-institute.org/video/?c=101310MI has posted a speech by Justice Samuel Alito. He discusses the proper role of judges.
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Archive for February, 2011
What Supreme Court Justices Do
Motions for Summary Judgment
Prof. Bradley Shannon has done a great job of covering civil procedure in his scholarship. His articles on Motions for Summary Judgment are well worth your time to read. They are short and stay on topic. He also has a great article on pleadings following the Twombly and Iqbal decisions by the Supreme Court.
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Funny Lawyer Commercials
Lawyer advertising can provide hours of entertainment. Really, it can. One of these is fake, the other real.
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Incomprehensible
Judges and their staffs deal with immense case loads. Knowing this, you should always be mindful of their time when preparing motions. Always proofread your motions for both grammar and content before submitting them to the court. Otherwise, you might get an order from the court quoting a rather insulting line from a very...
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Orthogonal
Sometimes lawyers can get carried away with words. This appears to have been the case during oral arguments in Briscoe v. Virginia. MR. FRIEDMAN: I think that issue is entirely orthogonal to the issue here because the Commonwealth is acknowledging - CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I’m sorry. Entirely what? MR. FRIEDMAN: Orthogonal. Right angle. Unrelated....
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Downgrading from a Porsche to a BMW is not a changed circumstance?
According to a court in New Jersey, downgrading from a Porsche to a BMW did not constitute evidence of a change in living circumstances for one litigant. Pages 3 and 13 make reference to the recent automobile hardships suffered by the lawyer defendant in this family law case. As anyone familiar with German cars...
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