Thursday, July 2, 2009

News & Links

While accepting a lifetime award from the American Society of Legal Writers, Justice Scalia states that he does not believe that legal writing exists. Rather good legal writing is no different than any good non fiction prose.

Undercover cop exposes gambling ring a few blocks from Seattle University. The arrests result in police seizure of $217,000, 7 kilos of cocaine and 3 pounds of methamphetamine. Apparently the dealer was receiving 100 kilo shipments of cocaine from Honduras.

This site
has links to the top 10 Twitterers for lawyers.




Apparently you can buy dynamite at Tulalip's Boom City. The dynamite pictured above was purchased at Boom City.

On the international front:

Gay sex is no longer illegal in India.

Syria has amended their "honor killing" law. Previously, when men in Syria killed women in their families suspected of having illicit sex, the maximum penalty was one year in prison. The minimum penalty is now 2 years. Still, seems like Syrian reform might be moving at a glacial pace.

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