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HL 87 – At Any Time For Any Reason
Most lawyers and teachers of law know and have a responsibility to explain to others that lots of pure hogwash, pretending to be law, is being stated over and over again during the impeachment hearings. Two, stated ad nauseum, and particularly pernicious, because the...
HL 89 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Breaking Up Apple and Google – They Tried to Dismember Each Other
The trade press headline read “Apple Pay . . . Tramples Google Pay and Samsung Pay.” But the story was ignored in mainstream press such as the New York Times. There the headline was “This Man May Be Big Tech’s Biggest Threat.” The report was about Representative...
HL 86 – Enter the Chief
Chief Justice John Roberts is about to emerge as a major player and possibly the closer in the last perilous year – give or hopefully take a few months – of the Trump presidency. There is a slight bit of ambiguity and doubt in the prediction. The Greatest Closer had...
HL 85 – Republicans That Continue To Support Trump Do So Because He Is A Criminal Not In Spite Of It
Those surprised by the tiny proportion of Republicans abandoning Trump in the wake of the Ukrainian week that was, would be wise to revisit his January 23, 2016 observation about the loyalty of his base. Trump’s insight, since paraphrased, embellished and diluted...
HL 84 – I Won’t Forget That Once I was that Asian Kid Applying to Schools
The admissions policies of elite schools are under attack, including in court, for discriminating against Asian-American applicants. In the Harvard case, awaiting decision in a federal district court in Boston, the document that paints a thousand pictures is one from...
HL 83 – Hopelessly Liberal The U.S. Open Addition
Possibly you are a fan of tennis but did not go to Flushing Meadows for more than 100 hours of the recently concluded U.S. Open, as HL did. If so, this post is for you. Among the things prominent tennis press and commentators uniformly stated pre-tournament was that...
