So, The Onion filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in defense of parody under the First Amendment… and it’s exactly what you’d expect. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…

So long and farewell, brown bear cam. It's been a beautiful season, and we hope the bears enjoy a nice rest.

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I love poems because they can do this

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Funny, and not that far fetched. I had a lawyer whose client was being torn apart on cross leap to his feet and shout, "OBJECTION!" Me: 👀 Him: 😐 Me: 👀 Him: 😐 Me: Well, what's the objection? Him: I don't know. I just wanted to interrupt and break his train of thought.

One of my favorite such moments was in a family law trial. The self-employed respondent was trying to get minimum child support (<$200). On cross, the atty said he would first address possession rights, and challenged R's ability to provide a suitable home for the child. 1/5

JFK on poetry and power (Amherst College, 1963) by brainpicker via #soundcloud soundcloud.com/brainpicker/jf…

Read about soft power in the courtroom tinyurl.com/nrxp8wca Thanks to Judge Roy Ferguson for the inspiration.

In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential 20th c. Spanish-language writers, told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling, age 78, that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. Right or wrong, I love his savor for language

There are similarities: people and families in crisis, shock and sadness, difficulties in how to "measure success" (riding happily into the sunset is not an option.) The lawyers try to make things "less bad," a theme of my book. It made sense to me. 2/

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Read carefully, then don't read; work hard, then forget about it; know your tradition, then liberate yourself from it; learn language, then free yourself from it. Finally, know at least one form of magic.

Deadbeats Beware! Peskind Law Firm Successfully Spearheads a Child Relocation Based on Child Support Delinquency shar.es/agayuD

New study shows what judges have reported anecdotally for three years and confirming NCSC study results: SRLs report higher satisfaction rates with remote proceedings than in-person, and fewer technological difficulties than feared. Remote court access *is* access to justice.

President Kennedy’s state funeral was held 60 years ago today on November 25, 1963. Historian Fredrik Logevall discussed one of the personal touches Mrs. Kennedy arranged for the ceremony in our latest episode of “Let Us Begin.” jfklibrary.org/about-us/socia…

Michael Jordan ran towards pressure: “Mostly he tested himself. It seemed that he discovered the secret quite early in his competitive life: the more pressure he heaped on himself the greater his ability to rise to the occasion. Most people run from stress. Run to it.

Divorce is awful, here’s true lessons from going through it... 1. Marrying well is the biggest life hack of all. 2. Marrying poorly is a costly path to misery. Choose wisely. 3. When someone gets divorced I often say, “I’m sorry and congratulations.” Usually there is pain and

In 1903, Jack London published a newspaper column with advice for young writers. It is full of gold. I've panned it for you and picked out 9 golden nuggets: 🧵👇