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Sam Alito Complains That Dog Ate His Homework — See Generally
Sam Alito Huffed That He Totally Could've Made Better Arguments (Spoiler: He Could Not Have): Alito broke protocol at the Supreme Court this week to whine from the bench that Sotomayor's dissent made him look bad for gutting Holocaust-era asylum protections in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado. Everybody Loves Living By The Sword Until The Sword Turns Around: While star partners are hauling in packages approaching $40 million, consultants estimate that 10 to 30 percent of partners are heading into mid-year reviews with a pay cut coming, because lockstep's replacement is a system that concentrates rewards at the top and somebody has to be at the bottom. Ben Sasse Is Either Totally Oblivious Or The Funniest Man Alive: The former senator argues that adding cameras might make the Supreme Court seem political. Stan Woodward Sends Judge Strongly Worded Note; The Judge Sends Back Scheduling Order: Stan Woodward, the DOJ's go-to signature for its most embarassing filings, sent a two-page "notice" informing Judge Leonie Brinkema that her recent order was "unnecessary." She was not amused. The Faintest Praise Money Can't Buy: Bill Barr wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that Todd Blanche should be confirmed as AG because he "will run the department as effectively as anyone could under President Trump." The Swamp Is Real And It's At The Lincoln Memorial: Trump spent millions of taxpayer dollars painting the Reflecting Pool blue, and now Jeanine Pirro's Justice Department is arresting citizens for the president's pool maintenance failures. Trump's Favorite Law Firm Loves A Pay Raise: Sullivan & Cromwell -- Donald Trump's preferred law firm these days -- has apparently matched the new Milbank salary scale. The Machine Had The Right Answer; The Court Had The Law: An AI transcript accidentally rendered a defendant's ambiguous "Do I need to have an attorney here?" as a clear invocation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel, but the judge decided it wasn't THAT clear and evaporated the defendant's Miranda rights. The Law Review Article That Made Me Chuckle (Once, Then Twice When He Explained The Joke): A Vermont Law Review article argues that humor improves legal pedagogy and retention, is itself funny enough to prove the thesis, and then undermines its own credibility by following two of its better jokes with "See what I did there?" -- which is, somewhat poetically, a lesson in why timing matters.
