Friday, March 25, 2011

Friday afternoon quick hits

1. The symposium was really interesting, especially Rumpole and SFL trying to partipicate by speaker phone and Twitter.

2. Another book on legal writing. I disagree with Russ Guberman's point here:

Has legal writing changed over the years? And if so, for the better or for the worse?
I hate to mythologize the past, but legal writing is changing for the worse. The advent of technology has ushered in an era of cutting-and-pasting that makes the finished product often read like a patchwork quilt, or as what Judge Ruggero Aldisert famously called a “promiscuous uttering of citations.”


3. Via How Appealing, the D.C. Circuit takes another shot at the 4th Amendment here:

"We conclude it was not clearly established in 2002 that the strip search of a person being introduced into a detention facility violated the Fourth Amendment."


Judge Judith Rogers dissented: "This is the first time a circuit court of appeals has suggested that the protections of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution against unreasonable searches do not extend to an individual arrested for a non-violent minor offense who is awaiting arraignment apart from the general population of detainees, and is subjected to a strip search in the absence of reasonable suspicion he is hiding contraband or weapons."

I'm out. Have a nice weekend.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:02 PM

    Where was Meatball Man?

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  2. David:

    Thanks for your enthusiastic participation in our symposium today.

    Although I think everyone was hoping that you and Tannebaum would arm wrestle at some point, I was pleased you didn't -- Horace's wig might have been knocked off in the commotion. (Yes, I call him Horace. We're completely close like that now, having finally met in person.)

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  3. Anonymous4:13 PM

    Meatball is not am established or reputable blog. It is a joke.

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