Discourse.net
Features news, commentary and analysis of a variety of mainly legal and political topics mixed with personal musings.
Author: Law professor Michael Froomkin teaches at the University of Miami School of Law and is one of the founding editors of ICANN Watch.
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Recent Posts from Discourse.net
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Jonathan Simon on the Real Target for California Protestors
Jonathan Simon writes that California's protesters should Strike Against Prisons not Education. (Note: Jon wrote this before the latest round of protests.)
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A Problem for 'Plain-Meaning' Advocates
Advocates of a 'plain meaning' approach to constitutional interpretation may have to conclude that Texas accidentally banned all marriage, as described in this McClatchy report, Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages Barbara…
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Super Lawyers Puts UM Law at #20
US News rankings are biased in ways that hurt the U. Miami Law; here's one I would guess is biased in our favor: 2010 Super Lawyers U.S. Law School Rankings by Super Lawyers magazine. They…
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I'm Back
Had a very good time at the OII, had an especially fun seminar with some of the students. Now I'm back, wading through huge stacks of things that piled up while I was away. No…
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OII
I gave my Oxford-sponsored talk in London today; people said nice things after, so I guess it was OK. I had forgotten how much more US audiences indicate by noise and body language whether they…
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Meanwhile, in the British News
The UK papers are all, ahem, a-Twitter, about this story: Scientist announces that she is call girl and blogger Belle de Jour. It seems that one of the leading 'sex bloggers' in the UK took…
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CDG Strikes Again
Let me just say that I am never checking a bag through CDG again. I had a 1 hour 40 minute connection, which became a little over one hour connection when the plane was late.…
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Off to London
Because I'll Be Speaking in London on Nov. 17, I need to be in London. So I'm currently at MIA (memo to self: never, ever take the terminal D security line no mater how short…
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Read the Product Reviews
The Houseguest points me to the customer reviews at Amazon for the Laptop Steering Wheel Desk: Electronics. Many creative uses.
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I've Been Elfed
It seems that students in our first year section (IJ) just have way too much time on their hands. (ElfYourself is a product of JibJab.)