Afghan girls love vibrant color clothes. Women have close to no rights in Afghanistan. Once these girls reach adolescence they will be hidden away from the world behind closed doors or under Burkas. But as children they play out in the open.
Argued a case in the 7th Circuit before Posner. Tried to convince panel my client received too high a sentence. Posner suggested at argument district court might have gotten law so wrong my client actually got a sentence too low & should be remanded on that basis. RIP.
Q: President Trump said Liz Cheney should go to jail and Adam Schiff should go to prison. He declared Barack Obama guilty of treason. What specifically have Democrats said that crosses a criminal line in your view that the President’s statements don’t?
Blanche: Free speech is allowed but there can come a point when a criticism becomes a threat and when a threat becomes something criminal.
These obits barely skim the surface of what Posner a transformative voice on the bench and off. The year that I spent clerking for him will always remain one of the most rewarding intellectual experiences of my life. If you want to dive deeper... 1/2
https://t.co/eI7ayWqT4S
My theory is that someone at Microsoft finally decided no one should ever have to use Teams again, and this was the only way to make that happen without having some really hard conversations at work
A quite brilliant obituary of Judge Posner here. Adam says Posner had more stature than any other judge not to serve on the Supreme Court other than Hand and Friendly, and he’s probably right.
Eric Trump responded to this story by threatening to sue Congressman @MikeLevin
Funny thing: in that reply, Eric ADMITS he’s tied to the company
You can tell us all about it next year, Eric. Under oath. When Democrats like subpoena you to testify
#AccountabilityForCorruption
RIP Richard Posner.
He was an intellectual colossus and (outside of academic fights) a sweet man from whom I learned a lot.
But more importantly, he married my wife and me when we eloped 31 years ago.
It was a doubly stressful moment for a young academic—meeting Posner for the first time, and eloping.
“The only material question,” Posner said as he pulled a folder of wedding ceremonies from his desk, “is whether you want an allusion to a divine being.”
"Yes, please” said my dear bride, “we’re getting our marriage blessed in church when we get home.”
Posner the impish atheist looked at us with a twinkle and married us before God.
(And we did indeed have the wedding officially blessed a month later.)
Much love to Richard Posner and condolences to his family.
If Eisenkot and Lieberman are so (justifiably) concerned about Netanyahu starting a war with Iran or doing any escalation for political reasons then they should form a government. Now.
@lrozen They’re flailing badly as they try to come up with anything to put some distance between Trump everything bad that investigations into this mess will turn up.
So sad to hear of the death of Richard Posner, a long-time colleague, a good friend, a frequent sparring partner, an enemy of nonsense, a focused consequentialist, a learner and a listener, and a true and constant inspiration.
https://t.co/G3kjWPuPtJ