Daniel Nelson

@IJ's Research Attorney for Legal History. Posting amusing historical finds plus the occasional paper. Views mine (or centuries old).

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@PaulMSherman i mean i'm not complaining

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Always love being on the show!

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Our Latest Podcast: Stateless in Seattle

With @danielznelson & @GrimHogun!

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@1947Farmall That last photo looks like the Michigan Law Reading Room. I always thought it was funny seeing those reporters on the shelves. (I guess that makes more sense than empty shelves.)

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@TolerUpdike So cool. And thanks for the tip!

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@grainregularity @baseballcrank A funny story about Lincoln's interviewing days:

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@yesterdaysprint I know what case this is from!

People v. Ring, 267 Mich. 657, 658 (1934), a Michigan Supreme Court case where nudists in Allegan County were charged with indecent exposure on their own land.

I'm awaiting digitized copies of the briefs from the Michigan Law Library.

Uncanny!

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@OrinKerr What a brilliant question to study! Can't wait to read this.

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@AnthonyMKreis How much?

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@pjaicomo Courts have (wrongly) extended the presumption way beyond its origins.

It mostly used to apply to minor, technical matters done in the course of business (public OR private).

It was NOT some free-floating presumption for assuming the innocent intent of gov. officials.

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@HistorianZhang @dennyluan Just devastating.

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@TimothyEveland satirical snail art.

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@normal_jake_ People also sued (successfully) for the weakest of insults. Like this old English case. Were people really this petty back then??

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@HistorianZhang @dennyluan Everything about this is tragic. Did the overroast help compensate for the piddly 3(?) grams of leaf they gave you?

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@jadler1969 @HeinOnline I love HO but it's organization and search functions are often quite poor. I say that not knowing whether improving either would actually be feasible on their end.

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@chiajy2000 Excellent way of putting it.

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@chiajy2000 Okay just one example of your point (couldn't resist) 😬:

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@chiajy2000 So true. I do think the advertising bans were partly out of the orthodox physicians' genuine desire to be better than the "empirics." I also think the bans were partly protectionist (Lawrence Friedman talks about this a bit, if my memory is correct).

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@senatorshoshana Old attorney and physician codes of ethics are wild, honestly. So many weird rules. The AMA 1847 code of ethics banned advertising for being "undignified":