POSNER THOUGHTS

Musings from the smartest man in the world.

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[this completes me] https://t.co/gjzfFraycZ

[Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman]

Yes, 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner has read @Posner_Thoughts: "That had a lot of cat stuff. Well I am a cat nut." https://t.co/I8VdzuoYKg

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I AM IN THIS TWEET AND I LIKE IT

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PIXIE IS WILLING TO REPLACE BIDEN

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MY LIKES ARE PRIVATE? I LIKE CATS. TAYLOR SWIFT, AND SANCTIONS. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

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IT'S NO "CAT'S PAW THEORY"

[Justin Lollman @justinlollman]

Folks, I learned a new appellate term today (new to me). Behold, the “evidentiary harpoon”:

#appellatetwitter

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@JoeDudekJD IT WASN'T ME

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I AM HERE TO OVERSEE THE BURNING OF THE BLUEBOOKS

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HOLMES WAS A GREAT JURIST COMPARED TO MOST; HE WAS MID COMPARED TO ME

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YES A TACO IS A SANDWICH NOW STOP ASKING

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I COULD HAVE DONE IT.

[Sean Silverman: Silverman Bar Exam & LSAT Tutoring @BarExamTutor]

Seems that the 18 year old attorney who passed the bar exam at 17, and is, at least as reported, the youngest person in California to get licensed to practice law, has a 16-year-old sister who's taking the bar exam in July 2024. If she passes, she beats his record.

Think back to your 16-year-old self. And now imagine practicing law at or near that age. At the very least, let's not take it younger than that.

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WHAT A WASTE

[Unwilling Banana Republican @VoxPrudentia]

Really don't understand the point of writing a 26-page opinion and then deciding not to publish it.

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THE POZE STILL KNOWS

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ELON MUSK IS ECONOMICALLY IRRATIONAL.

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AS IF LAW CLERKS WEREN'T BAD ENOUGH, NOW FEDERAL JUDGES WILL USE AI TO WRITE THEIR OPINIONS.

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@djsziff I STILL HATE IT

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MY FAVORITE NUMBER #MyTwitterAnniversary

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I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE

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LIKE I SAID, THE SUPREME COURT ISN'T A COURT.

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@smmarotta @privilegelog @RMFifthCircuit DE POZE KNOWS

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LIGHT WORK.

[Tim Gill @timgill924]

Academics: Get into a serious writing routine this year. I suggest 4000 words/day, 300 days. That’s 65 days off to revise. Let’s do the math. 300x4000 = 1.2 million words. How many articles? 1.2 mil/10k = 120. So if you really wanted to, you could put together 120 articles/year.

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TRUE

[Raffi Melkonian @RMFifthCircuit]

I say this every six months or so, but some kinds of commercial matters only Posner explained properly.