law school ninja

It’s my understanding that more and more law professors are banning laptops in the classroom. I have one professor this semester who has done just that. Although I much prefer taking notes on my computer, where I can easily access any reading notes and/or case briefs I might have to go along with lecture material, [...]

There were a lot of really good pieces this week regarding everybody’s favorite almost-ex-governor, Sarah Palin, written by much better wordsmiths than I. From the Secular Right blog, a post on Right Wing Identity Politics Dahlia Lithwick over at Slate explains how Sarah Palin was Lost in Translation At Reason magazine’s online site, Cathy Young [...]

Regardless of your political leanings, if you’re a woman or you’re sympathetic to women’s efforts to advance on the political stage, you should be royally pissed off at Sarah Palin. Earlier today, in a hastily assembled, rambling, disjointed, and sometimes contradictory press conference, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced that not only does she not plan [...]

Remember the Obamanovs? About two months ago, I noted that the Obama administration had outdone the Romanov dynasty as far as czar appointments go. Well, apparently they didn’t want to simply top the record; they want to smash the record to pieces. New this week: a compensation czar to determine just how much executives of [...]

Well, well, well. All you who believe that politicians are sometimes honest and sincere, please find the nearest seat and park your butt in it, because you’re about to be schooled. Law School Ninja is proud to present reason #7583 why you should never believe the words of a politician (hat tip: @TheFix).

In Republican Valley, there’s a whole lot of jockeying going on in an effort to gain control over the party in time for the midterm elections of 2010 and then the presidential election in 2012. Currently Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, and Eric Cantor are on a “listening tour” (which, oddly enough, consists mostly of talking). [...]

My favorite political science professor makes it a practice to ask the same question of his classes at the beginning of each semester. “What is the main purpose or goal of a politician?” A whole bunch of students would then raise their hands with answers like “making a change” or “enacting meaningful legislation” or — [...]

Check out this hilarious (and sad but true) video that Reason magazine came up with to help explain the new automobile warranty system now that it’s being run by the government. You can expect this same brilliant efficiency to be applied to the healthcare system once the government takes it over, too. Yes, you can.

Time for a little review on AIG. First, let’s recall that we as taxpayers have a $170 billion dollar investment in AIG, which amounts to an 80% ownership of the company. Of course, in real life, you and I don’t have any say in how AIG is run. We didn’t even get asked if we [...]

Meet my new favorite congressman, Thaddeus McCotter, representing the 11th district in Michigan. He had a particularly brilliant 2 minutes on the House floor the other day in response to the “outrage” on display over the AIG bonus money fiasco. Love this guy. Here is his YouTube page. Also, you can follow him on Twitter [...]