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Match of the Day: Parkway Defeats Eastie, Takes the Mayor’s Cup
I’d like to devote today’s post to the best match of the weekend. I’m referring of course to the Mayor’s Cup U12 girl’s softball tournament! (Sorry, England fans!) The neighborhood leagues in Boston each put together a team, and girls who were opponents during the regular season team up to take on cross-town rivals in……
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Ingrid Wuerth on The Supreme Court’s Original Jursidiction in FSIA Cases
Friend of Letters Blogatory Ingrid Wuerth has a post at Lawfare asking whether the Supreme Court might exercise its original jurisdiction in a case brought by a US state against Russia on account of election meddling. For non-American readers: the Supreme Court typically takes cases by writ of certiorari to the federal courts of appeals……
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Sheriffs’ Tomfoolery
The New Yorker had an interesting article last week on the so-called “constitutional sheriffs” movement. The article focused on the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which claims about five thousand members, including Nick Finch, the sheriff of Liberty County, Florida: C.S.P.O.A. members believe that the sheriff has the final say on a law’s constitutionality……
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The Presumption of Paternity Lives!
Lawyers who love Shakespeare read him differently than other readers. We are always on the lookout for the legal nuggets. There is a small genre of “Shakespeare the lawyer” or “Shakespeare and the law” stuff out there. Some books collect the legal nuggets, sometimes with commentary. Others wonder whether Shakespeare himself was a lawyer. A……
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Thanksgiving Day 2017
This has been a difficult year for reasons I won’t rehearse today, but there’s still a lot to be thankful for. This year, most of it is local rather than national. I’m thankful for family, the blessings of my wife and children; I’m thankful for friends old and new; for good health; for colleagues and……