@AdamSFeldman First time I heard Justice Jackson asking a question it was obvious she learned from Breyer. Smart justices both but their questions drone on and on.
@WorkLawProf@steve_vladeck Potentially but Robert's opinion ends by explicitly stating that using them as a workaround is impermissible as well. It looks like the court just set up another series of fights over the use of such essays and what they can entail.
@lawandlitprof@derektmuller There was an issue with getting space for the DC bar, so people were taking it in other UBE jurisdictions. I know the girl I shared a table said she had friends in Tennessee because it was the only place still accepting bar applications when DC announced it was short seated
@WorkLawProf A few weeks ago scotusblog asked it some questions about the supreme court and it struggled with some really simple things, like thinking Ginsburg dissented in Obergefell. I've also used it when working on my own briefs for fun and found it commonly cites overturned cases
@the_invisible_a @mch_tweets @LizCGil Many people in law school and lawyers do. As long as you can separate your feelings from what the current state of the law is on test day, I think this sort of attitude is very helpful for people who want to do public interest or plaintiff's work
@RMFifthCircuit My old professor used to tell a story about how he started in the DOJ where his use wasn't tracked before moving to a firm where he unknowingly ran up a huge bill on his first assignment. The next day his superior berated him while pantsless and being fitted for a suit.
I have a message for the women of North Carolina: you still have a legal right to an abortion in our state. North Carolina state law protects women's reproductive freedoms. 1/