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Look Sir Droids posted:Lol banking on Roberts to do the right thing. If he has a "judicial philosophy" it's the independence and co-equality of the branches of government. I really don't see him buying a "temporary" blanket immunity from subpoenas from another branch simply because you claim it's politically motivated. Pook Good Mook fucked around with this message at 20:51 on May 12, 2020 |
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Look Sir Droids posted:Lol banking on Roberts to do the right thing. Roberts is a lovely, but I think his entire goal is to not be in the history books as Justice Taney II. He also doesn't want to reduce his authority at all. As such, he may be a somewhat moderating force on issues like this like he was in the Obamacare stuff.
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Can law students post here I just wrapped up my 1L and I want to complain
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Badactura posted:Can law students post here I just wrapped up my 1L and I want to complain Do it, I want to hear complaints
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Badactura posted:Can law students post here I just wrapped up my 1L and I want to complain You can't say they didn't warn you.
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Badactura posted:Can law students post here I just wrapped up my 1L and I want to complain Several of us in this thread have been posting here since 1L and are now 10 year attorneys. So, you know, decide if you want our company. Edit: Oh, yeah, join the federalist society. With the war things are going, that's a ticket to a judgeship if you want it. BigHead fucked around with this message at 22:58 on May 12, 2020 |
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BigHead posted:Several of us in this thread have been posting here since 1L and are now 10 year attorneys. So, you know, decide if you want our company. I'm legally eligible to be a judge now. That is loving hilarious. I was going to volunteer for small claims and traffic pro-tems, but then covid. . . .
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nm posted:I'm legally eligible to be a judge now. That is loving hilarious. What's your FedSoc membership number?
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Munin posted:What's your FedSoc membership number? I live in California, so I'm stuck with state courts only. I should have joined fedsoc and infiltrated the federal judiciary and am kicking myself over it.
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Badactura posted:Can law students post here I just wrapped up my 1L and I want to complain It's unlikely to help.
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Badactura posted:Can law students post here I just wrapped up my 1L and I want to complain Yes and also it only gets worse. California took another bath on bar results. I can only wonder how the next offering will be in this COVID-19 world. Edit: throatwarbler post the emails
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BigHead posted:Edit: Oh, yeah, join the federalist society. With the war things are going, that's a ticket to a judgeship if you want it. One of the federal courts in NY has a thirty-seven year old's nomination pending.
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All male Federalist Society members are legally obligated to look like Dwight from the Office when he wears a full suit just in case there are cameras to record their event for posterity on C-SPAN. Bow tie optional but recommended. Being a weird murderer optional.
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yronic heroism posted:All male Federalist Society members are legally obligated to look like Dwight from the Office when he wears a full suit just in case there are cameras to record their event for posterity on C-SPAN. Bow tie optional but recommended. Being a weird murderer optional. Fun tip for all the 1Ls in this thread: Be openly hostile to any Federalist society dipshits at your school whenever there's an event, they put out a club table, or just generally when you see them in class. You don't want to miss your chance since they'll probably all be federal judges within 5 years. Joking aside, you really should treat them like the dipshits they are. They're all uniformly spoiled fucks who were born on third and think they hit a triple.
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I don’t even remember the Federalist Society existing in law school, or anyone being a member of it. I know it must have but then again I was drinking screwdrivers in my coffee mug
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Also this guy has the brain of a loving slow loris or something and he’s arguing for the president in front of the Supreme Court lol https://twitter.com/fordm/status/1260359394224717826?s=21
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Phil Moscowitz posted:I don’t even remember the Federalist Society existing in law school, or anyone being a member of it. I know it must have but then again I was drinking screwdrivers in my coffee mug All I remember about the Federalist Society is they had free pizza at some meetings. That wasn't enough for me to go because the Lexis lady took care of my free pizza needs. And it was Wild Turkey and Sprite for me. In the Sprite bottle.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Also this guy has the brain of a loving slow loris or something and he’s arguing for the president in front of the Supreme Court lol We're not really talking about the sort of people who are used to actually answering questions here. His notes probably just said "say Ginsburg is a terrible judge."
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How much are straightforward estate planning docs these days for a couple in a high COL area? I'm getting quotes at like $2k, which I guess seems fair, but I thought I had like $500-$700 in my head for some reason.
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Basic wills and guardianship for kids is around $750 as far as I know. Setting up simple testamentary trusts shouldn’t be much more. $2k seems high unless there’s something complicated.
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Lol https://twitter.com/big_cases/status/1260704101287038976?s=21
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Yeah that's about as care mad as I would expect a judge to get if you tried to pull this poo poo in front of them
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opposing counsel in one of my cases sent an email to our magistrate judge a few days ago asking if she could appear at an upcoming settlement conference telephonically. court said no, get hosed, be there in person. today she sent a stern letter telling him that he needs to reconsider its opinion because of COVID and the governor and blah blah blah. concludes the letter with a barely-veiled threat to go to the chief judge of the district (who is not even the Article III on this case) if our magistrate doesnt reconsider. also note, our chief judge is a hardcore libertarian who has been against any covid-related delays from the beginning anyway I can't wait till I get to the point in my career and/or get deep enough into alcoholism that I think asking to speak to a federal judge's manager is a good idea
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Gleeson prosecuted John gotti which is fitting and also a few days ago wrote an op-Ed saying the judge didn’t have to accept the dismissal. To quality shade for a federal judge
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Soothing Vapors posted:opposing counsel in one of my cases sent an email to our magistrate judge a few days ago asking if she could appear at an upcoming settlement conference telephonically. court said no, get hosed, be there in person.
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Soothing Vapors posted:opposing counsel in one of my cases sent an email to our magistrate judge a few days ago asking if she could appear at an upcoming settlement conference telephonically. court said no, get hosed, be there in person. I only have criminal cases at the moment in federal court but all hearings I've had have been through video conference since March. I (or I guess my client) could technically demand an in-person hearing as a defendant has to affirmatively waive that right under the CARES act but everyone has made it super clear that video/phone conferences are preferred. Frankly, I'm floored that your district doesn't have a standing order favoring phone/video conferences for all appearances.
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I mean, it's a bad idea and not going to work, but when the options are "complain to the judge's manager" vs "risk literal death" Her best (read: most.comical) option is probably just to show up masked and then cough constantly through the hearing while staring at the judge. "Hey, you (cough) told me (cough) to be (cough) here (cough)."
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gvibes posted:Holy poo poo, what judges are still insisting on in person hearings. I don't even think EDTex judges are doing that. We're doing a limited reopening in our court and evidentiary hearings are required to be in person appearances. Should be fun.
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Ok so this semester was half a stupid garbage fire because of COVID meaning we switched to Zoom halfway through the semester. I won't lie I had a hard time paying attention compared to sitting in real class. But my Contract professor was a major law and econ guy and spent a bunch of time evangelizing his views on that, then gave an all multiple choice final. My Federalist society conlaw powers prof actually gave up on class once Zoom hit, and my only prof to keep their poo poo together was my Property prof. Takeaway from my first year: I wasn't a huge fan of the legal system going into school, and learning more about how it is formally supposed to work hasn't improved my opinion of it.
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There's still time to go and get a degree in something worthwhile!
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Mr. Nice! posted:There's still time to go and get a degree in something worthwhile! But I spent all this money already
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Badactura posted:Takeaway from my first year: I wasn't a huge fan of the legal system going into school, and learning more about how it is formally supposed to work hasn't improved my opinion of it. Come do family law where my only job is to give financial advise, negotiate and figure out how to make poo poo work before I have to savage someone in court. I'm threatening someone with deportation today but it's OK because he's a physically abusive monster.
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Nice piece of fish posted:Would you say you've sunk a certain cost into it? I would! More seriously, there's a lot of factors that went into my choice to go to law school that I don't really want to get into but I'm pretty set on making this mistake. GrandmaParty posted:Come do family law where my only job is to give financial advise, negotiate and figure out how to make poo poo work before I have to savage someone in court. I'm actually hoping going into public defense. One of my parents was a career public defender and they've been someone I look up to. I'm still not sure how I'm squaring that with my feeling that the justice system is like a big meat grinder for the socially vulnerable. If it turns out I can't family law sounds cool.
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Doing a Zoom deposition first thing today. OC asked the witness his height and weight. Kill me.
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Pook Good Mook posted:Doing a Zoom deposition first thing today. OC asked the witness his height and weight. Kill me. your honor, the first thing that the witness did was lie, on the record, claiming to be several inches taller and thirty pounds less than anyone with eyes can see he is
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