Archive for September, 2007
The Chamberlain announces the addition of the movie ratings database and the Netflix queue widget. Please see the Movies page. The Chamberlain also begs forgiveness for this wholly un-called-for weekend post. ~Chamberlain of Content
The Almighty has filed an answer in the suit against His Holiest of Holies in the 4th Circuit Court of Nebraska. Well, the news article says “filing,” so it could be an answer or a motion to dismiss. I think the latter. Because His Omniscience avers that there is no jurisdiction over His Incorruptible Personage in the Nebraska courts. According to the Clerk of the Court, the filing from the King of Kings “miraculously appeared on the counter. It just all of a sudden was here — poof!” The document lists a Corpus Christi law office telephone number. I’d love to get my hands [ . . . ]
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Everyone’s favorite Iranian dictator is coming to New York City! Ladies, hide your faces and clitorides! I find the idea of Ahmadinejad running around New York like Marlo Thomas supremely disturbing, and I am relieved to know that there is at least one site he won’t be allowed to visit. What is that man doing in this country, anyway? Is he planning another divine-aura-inducing speech before the UN? And do we as a country really want to be in (let alone play permanent host to) a club that lets in the likes of him?
A play of which I am not terribly fond. The real subject of this post is bar requirements. For those unfamiliar with our American system of regulating the legal profession, all persons purporting to offer legal advice, or purporting to represent clients in court, must be licensed by the Supreme Court of the state wherein they are practicing. Like doctors, masotherapists, fortune-tellers, and taxidermists, state governments license lawyers, and no one without a license may practice law. In order to gain a license, or in lawyer esoterica, “be admitted to the bar,” a prospective attorney must meet some requirements. These requirements vary from state [ . . . ]
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‘God’ doesn’t exist. We all know this. Nonetheless, allegedly atheist Nebraska State Representative Ernie Chambers has seen fit to sue His Omnipotence for various tortious wrongs. This article wastes most of its column inches detailing the various charges levied against The Everlasting, only mentioning in passing Chambers’ alleged point: [H]is main objection is the constitution requires that the doors to the courthouse be open to all. Apparently, Chambers is trying to make a point about frivolous lawsuits. It would have been nice if the article would have spent a little more time explaining how Chambers intends this lawsuit to make that point. I do [ . . . ]
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Today, my law school hosted a mini-panel on equality as part of the University’s ongoing “Diversity Week,” and as part of the Law School’s “Constitution Week.” Several professors spoke on their research into equality and the Constitution. All three took a Progressivist stance. By Progressivist, I mean this: It is one thing to insist that the law be applied equally to all. It is entirely another to insist that equality requires the unequal application of the law. For instance, if equal operation of the law has the effect of ‘disenfranchising’ some group (the poor; the uneducated; the disinterested), then the law must be [ . . . ]
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Yesterday was Constitution Day and I let it slip by without saying anything profound. Naughty Qwertz. Very bad. The Constitution’s brilliance (aside from the revolutionary idea that government power is derived only from the people) is in its attempt to insulate itself against corruption. The Framers separated government power among the Federal branches, and between the Federal and State governments, so that tyranny could grow only slowly. The Framers knew they were drafting a document composed largely of compromises, and probably knew that would come back to bite the country in the backside at some point in the future. So they created the [ . . . ]
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