Is there anyone out there who isn't fascinated with the Supreme Court nominations process? Any attorney or legal professional who doesn't arm-chair quarterback the congressional interviews and think how he or she would answer if he or she were nominated? Who doesn't enjoy comparing and contrasting the prospective Justice's answers with the answers of those who came before?
Along with the rest of the legal world, I'm keeping an eye on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, replacing Justice John Paul Stevens. ResourceShelf has pointed me to a few different resources for information on Ms. Kagan, including a compilation from the Library of Congress, which includes a lot of information from the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. The Clinton library has put together a set page for resources on Justice Sotomayor, I hope in time they'll do the same for Kagan.
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The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog has an interesting piece on Supreme Court oral argument statistics, using data put together by O’Melveny & Myers' Sri Srinivasan.
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Finally (and the real reason I'm updating this blog), I wanted to link to a thoughtful and well-reasoned review of the new edition of the Bluebook, including the timeless comment "The plot is quite contrived and character development is stagnant at best, regressive at worst. Apparently, the authors think we'll automatically care for the protagonist, "Statute." Well, newsflash, Harvard Law Review, we don't! What kind of home does he come from? What are his hobbies? Does he have a girlfriend? All of these answers are conspicuously absent. Personally (and I don't pretend to be an author of any kind), I would have made "Periodicals" the main character, instead of just a on-again off-again third wheel. And he'd have an drinking problem. Also, it doesn't take a genius to realize that for something to be successful nowadays, it needs vampires! What, are law students too busy to enjoy a movie once in a while? There could even be "Team Periodicals" versus "Team Statutes." Think outside the box, Harvard Law Review. Seriously." I've always thought that the plotting and character development of the Bluebook are sadly lacking. Kudos to Evan612 for this overdue criticism.
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Hey Jocelyn, Totally off point from this post, I saw your comment on another blog re downloading library ebooks to your B&N Nook. I was all excited about getting a Kindle for Christmas until I learned that they don't support library downloads. (grr)
So a question for you: To download Overdrive ebooks from the library, can you do that from within the Nook itself or do you have to do it via your computer? Thanks for your help!
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