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Don’t Pull the Rope!
Today in Evidence class, the discussion was of Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), which is all about reasons evidence of past acts may be admissible. Evaluation of evidence under this rule requires they first pass 404(a), which says you can’t admit evidence of other acts to establish the character of a person for the purpose […]
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I’m Still Here
January 8, 2013
A new year, a new leaf, a new semester and a new routine. I took a break from blogging, theoretically to spend more time with the kids and get craft projects done. Really, most of the time was displaced playing Civilization III and Angry Birds Star Wars. For the new year, I have no […]
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Jim DeMint: Quitter and Liar
December 11, 2012
Senator Jim DeMint has announced that he is resigning from the Senate. He was serving his second term, having just been re-elected by the votors of South Carolina in 2010 . He’s made a lot of noise about feeling he’d done all he could in the Senate, he can do more good working for the […]
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To the Stupid Kid Sitting At The Next Table in the Dining Hall
December 6, 2012
Dear Stupid Undergraduate, I know you think you are smart and clever. I overheard you talking with your friends while I was trying to work on my criminal procedure outline. You were all talking about math tests, and I heard you repeatedly mention that you had taken online tests and quizzes for other people, bragging […]
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Friday Fictioneers: Officer Country
December 5, 2012
“How many times have I told tell you, the Admiral’s p-way is not an appropriate place for sock skating? Nor is it a bowling alley.” She grabbed him by the ear, and he had to run on tiptoe, howling, to keep up with her, as she frog-marched him to the end of the corridor. “You […]
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Friday Fictioneers: Blue Sky At Night
November 30, 2012
The ground was so clean, I felt utterly out of place. It almost didn’t seem like a real city. I looked up at the moon, hanging in the blue night sky. I remember when the night sky was black, but that was a faraway sky, the sky from before we moved, the sky above […]
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Countermajoritarian Tuesday: a critical race theory take on gun control
November 27, 2012
I’ve noticed that many, many bloggers post on Mondays, while relatively few post on Tuesdays. I’ve decided to counter the majority trend by posting today–and in the countermajority spirit, to bring up something serious (unlike a majority of my posts thus far, which have tried to be funny). Today’s topic: a critical look at gun […]
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