Attorney at Work
MARCH 21, 2022
I’m part of the 57.6% of Arizona attorneys who feel stressed out practicing law and the 70.3% of Arizona attorneys for whom work stress carries over to their personal life. Part of this is related to the fact that there is no separation between my professional and personal lives, but also because I tend to be a workaholic. I hit a metaphorical wall last November.
JURIST
MARCH 21, 2022
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed a bill Monday that would ban parents from seeking abortions because of potential disability. The “Unborn Child with a Disability Protection and Education Act” would ban such abortions except in the case of medical emergency or if the fetus is found to “nonmedically viable.” Justice announced the signing on Twitter in a post marking World Down Syndrome Day.
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EvidenceProf Blog
MARCH 21, 2022
Federal Rule of Evidence 703 provides that An expert may base an opinion on facts or data in the case that the expert has been made aware of or personally observed. If experts in the particular field would reasonably rely.
JURIST
MARCH 21, 2022
US Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wrote a six-page concurring opinion for the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari Monday in Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Woods , stating that the court should decide whether religious organizations may practice hiring discrimination against LGBTQIA+ Americans and people of diverse faiths.
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HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court : At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases. And in Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Woods , No. 21-144, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a statement , in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, respecting the denial of certiorari.
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HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“Texas’s strict new abortion law has eluded multiple court challenges; Abortion rights advocates think they have a new path to get it blocked; The new strategy is a response to attacks by antiabortion groups on organizations raising money to help low-income patients get access to abortions”: Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.
JURIST
MARCH 21, 2022
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Monday confirmed 925 civilian deaths in Ukraine since Russia’s February 24 invasion of the nation. This figure includes 75 children and 850 adults. . 870 civilians died on Ukrainian-controlled land, and 55 were killed on territory controlled by the “self-proclaimed ‘republics'” of Donetsk and Luhansk.
HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“Appeals court rules letter that allegedly shows MLB hid Yankees’ sign stealing should be unsealed”: Brendan Kuty of The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger has this report. Ronald Blum of The Associated Press reports that “ Appeals court orders Manfred letter to Yankees unsealed.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “ DraftKings bettors lose appeal over Astros, Red Sox baseball sign-stealing.” Peter Hayes of Bloomberg Law reports that “ MLB, Astros, Re
JURIST
MARCH 21, 2022
The Biden administration Monday formally announced its determination that Myanmar’s military had committed acts of genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya Muslims. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered his own “legal and factual analysis” of the atrocities committed against the minority group. He announced the determination on Monday at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
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HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“The Long Arc of Ketanji Brown Jackson: Justice Thomas’s hospitalization is a reminder of the stakes at the Supreme Court.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
The Crime Report
MARCH 21, 2022
T he Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson. Courtesy US District Court, Wash., DC. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is writing a “nw page” in the history of the nation, said Sen. Patrick Leahy in the opening round of Senate hearings Monday. “She will become the first-ever justice to hgave served as a public defender,” Leahy said.
HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“After Three Rounds, Judge Jackson Knows the Confirmation Playbook; In her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, the judge will draw on her earlier experiences and those of her predecessors”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
The Crime Report
MARCH 21, 2022
When the pandemic hit, the way we went about our everyday lives changed rapidly. Old systems had to adapt quickly to keep us safe, while new systems that we had previously thought impossible or impractical, like remote schooling, remote work, and telehealth, became essential to our livelihoods and well-being. The same was true for the criminal legal system.
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HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“An Open Letter To Yale Law Dean Heather Gerken: As dean, it’s better to be feared than loved — and it’s time to strike fear into the hearts of free-speech opponents.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
OilandGasLawyer
MARCH 21, 2022
Talos Energy announced that it has signed a lease with the Texas General Land Office for more than 40,000 acres offshore to store CO2 captured from industrial sites along the coast. Talos said it is capable of storing up to 275 million metric tons of Co2 and is “the first ever major offshore carbon sequestration site” in the U.S.” Talos is also planning a CCS site along the Mississippi River with a capacity to store 500 million metric tons of CO2.
HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“Was This the First Day of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Nomination Fight or the Fifth Year of Brett Kavanaugh’s?” Jim Newell has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
The Process Street
MARCH 21, 2022
Research has shown that starting a new job is more stressful than moving house or foreclosing on a loan. HR managers are responsible for making the transition into a new company less stressful than it already is. That’s why employee onboarding is so important. Typically, onboarding happens during their first week. The phase before and during an employee’s actual first day is called orientation.
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HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“Go Down Clutching the Constitution”: On today’s episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, Rebecca Nagle — host of the excellent “ This Land ” podcast — joins law professors Leah Litman and Kate Shaw.
The Crime Report
MARCH 21, 2022
Researchers believe that, if left untreated, trauma experienced in infancy, such as war and terrorism, exposure to domestic violence, natural disasters, physical abuse, and community violence, can sometimes result in lifelong health consequences, with babies and very young children who experience such things having higher incidences of anxiety disorders or depression that can persist into adulthood if left untreated, reports the Washington Post.
HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“Starting a Difficult Conversation: Is it Time to Consider Ignoring the Supreme Court and What That Might Look Like.” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.
The Crime Report
MARCH 21, 2022
In an effort to tackle staffing shortages, the Chicago Police Department is lowering hiring standards for new recruits by dropping the college credit requirement for some candidates who have two years of military or peace officer experience, or three years in corrections, social services, health care, trades, or education, reports CNN. At least two other big-city police departments, in Philadelphia and New Orleans, have made similar moves in recent years and New York City Mayor Eric Adams applau
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HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“Ex-law clerk who told Congress judge fired her over pregnancy loses appeal”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a decision that the Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit issued last Thursday.
Above The Law
MARCH 21, 2022
History is being rewritten and no one seems to notice. The post Banning Law School Protests To Protect Free Speech Marks New Orwellian Heights appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
MARCH 21, 2022
“One Public Defender Supreme Court Justice Is Not Enough; The confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court could help re-shuffle the legal profession’s prestige hierarchy, which treats prosecution as synonymous with the concept of ‘doing justice'”: Emily Galvin-Almanza has this post at Balls and Strikes.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 21, 2022
Share On Tuesday, the justices will hear oral argument in Golan v. Saada , a case involving the interpretation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, an international agreement adopted in 1980 to deal with international child abductions during domestic disputes. Under the convention, children who are wrongfully taken from the country where they live must be returned to that country, so that custody disputes can be resolved there.
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