Jay Johnson

Environmental and administrative law • Arguments and appeals
@VenableLLP • @UVALaw • @VanderbiltU

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@RoyPeterClark Just pre-ordered. Looking forward to reading it.

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@BryanAGarner Mine arrived Thursday—don’t you have Amazon Prime?

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@ryanclinton It’s not so much a typo as a misuse—or at least, I’d have written forgo (do without) instead of forego (go before). I’ve just been quoting it as written.

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@BCDreyer @HenryWFowler I assume you saw this.

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@Joe_Fore I use the three-asterisk break, with different spacing. I had no idea it was called a dinkus. That actually makes me not want to use it.

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@jweisel @ryanclinton Interesting! Things seem to run pretty smoothly in Minnesota. Argument is typically 3-4 months after the reply briefs is filed. I’m sure the volume of cases is far smaller.

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@legalwritingpro @CecereCarl @DavidLat @BrianWToth Yes. This is in part why I struggle to use contractions in briefs. It seems too easy to sound snarky or flippant.

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@legalwritingpro @nytimes Confirmed suggests that the appellate court gathered more evidence to be sure the jury was right. That’s why affirmed is better.

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@BryanAGarner American Heritage Dictionary. The GMEU app is so good, I don’t have a hard copy. (I especially like having page numbers for citations.)

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@dtoddsmith One book I haven’t seen listed so far is Joseph Williams, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Bought it used, learned a lot about connecting ideas sentence-to-sentence.

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@GrammarTable @akellyucc I voted “and, while” because the while clause reads like an aside. You could almost set it off with em-dashes. I think that should override the usual comma-between-independent-clauses rule.

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@JeffLewisLaw Kisor v Wilkie says: “Agency regulations can sometimes make the eyes glaze over. But hard interpretive conundrums, even relating to complex rules, can often be solved.” This is a conundrum, but we think it can be solved.

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@MelissaBalough @OrinKerr Now I want Caleb to join Twitter. Hope all is well with you!

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@lindseyadler Mistaking pedantry for a personality is an excellent line.

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@dtoddsmith I can't use the whirlybird either! My first step is like yours. Then I outline the argument by hand on paper. Next I write the brief front-to-back, maybe skipping the Intro. Last, edit. First and last steps take the longest.

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@JoeDudekJD Fascinating distinction between statutory history and legislative history. That may come in handy someday. Thanks for sharing!

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@DwightYoakam Tomorrow’s Sounds Today is my desert island album.