We’ve held debates here, most notably between two of our former Fault Lines debating rivals, Chris Seaton and Mario Machado. And the rules are pretty much there are no rules. They agree upon a proposition and then one takes the
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The Unnoticed Murders
From the post-pandemic spike in murder in 2020-21, murders are down last year and this year. Did you know that, or did you feel that murders are out of control? The old adage, “if it bleeds, it leads,” doesn’t
Memorial Day 2023
I wrote a short post about Memorial Day in 2007 that remains relevant today.
Despite my apparent cynicism, Memorial Day has always meant something to me. Having grown up in the house of a WWII combat veteran, Purple Heart and
Beyond The Gown
Somebody got the idea to put “Hi Mom” in tape on the top of their mortar board, and everybody thought it was sweet, funny and acceptable. Before that, nobody questioned that students at graduation wore the traditional cap and gown,
A “Reliable” Source
For years, decades really, I’ve explained and argued why most “new big things” in legal tech are either not going to work or fill a need that doesn’t exist. Legal tech guys really hated me for calling bullshit on their
Seaton: The Parent-Teacher Conference
Taylor Jefferson, a second grade teacher at Bear Bryant Elementary, sat at his desk grading end-of-year papers for his students’ final report cards of the term. As he finished the stack, his desk phone’s intercom crackled.
“Jefferson to the principal’s
Supreme Court Holds Retaining Tax Sale Excess Is A Taking
Some issues just seem so obvious as to defy imagination that it would even be in issue, requiring any court, no less the Supreme Court, to rule. Yet it did in Tyler v. Hennepin County.
Geraldine Tyler owned a condominium
The Flip Side of Fired For Pronouns
It’s one thing to argue against the compelled speech of being forced to put your pronouns on display. But it’s another to fire employees who choose to do so. While Houghton University may have the legal authority to do so,
The Forsyth County Conundrum
One of the most damning arguments against school districts removing books from their libraries is that they include classic books by brilliant authors to which no rational person could object or find any “explanation” other than racial or sexual discrimination.
Tuesday Talk*: Should Law Students Be Taught To Hack?
Scott Shapiro teaches at Yale Law School, which is bad enough, but what he teaches is even more concerning.
For the past four years, I have taught a cybersecurity class at Yale Law School in which I show my