Police Warn Residents That Buglers May Be Operating in the Area
Not just one, which would be bad enough.
Legal Writing
The Oxford Comma: You Should Use It
If you need it, that is. And they needed it here.
Judge Richard Posner: Cat Person
Cats do funny things. Sometimes in judicial opinions.
Luxuriate in the Octopoid Embrace of These Legal Postulations
Invigilate your eyes on the quintessence of this dispute.
I’ll Show You a Run-On Sentence
Not recommended for beginners, but this guy got away with it, and well done.
How to Write an Introduction (or How Not to)
Possibly of interest only to legal writers, but since I am one of those, here it is.
Brief Argues Klingon Language Can’t Be Copyrighted
Hopefully the oral argument will also be at least partly in Klingon.
Man Ordered to Pay for Shooting Down Trespassing Drone
Many of you will be outside this weekend, so a little drone advice seems timely. Or maybe it’s shotgun advice. Take your pick. Ars Technica reported recently that a drone operator in California had prevailed in a legal dispute with…
The Continuing Argle-Bargle
In last week's opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court again broke new ground and has taken an action that will be debated for years to come. It finally used the word "huh?" in an opinion. This of…
The Argle-Bargle Over This Jiggery-Pokery Is Pure Applesauce
As you likely know by now, the Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to reject a challenge to the Affordable Care Act a.k.a. Obamacare, over a strong dissent by Justice Scalia. The opinion in King v. Burwell involves important issues of…