Patrick Bryant

Now I really want the DC Court of Appeals to have to mention in its phone recording not only that it's not the DC Circuit but also that it's not the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders union.

This is one of the shittiest things I've ever heard. My god, the callousness towards his own employees.

Every time one of our cats hears a mention of food, especially if it's remotely in proximity to his name, he seems to appear and react like Reg Dunlop hearing that NHL scouts are at the Chiefs game.

Even sovereign citizens think you can penalize this much traveling.

Turning to BlueSky to find a home for 9-month-old kitty, "Shoes", Baltimore/DC area. His rescuers would love to keep him but they and their toddler are all violently allergic; not even meds and air purifiers are helping. But they love Shoes and want him to find a good home. Deets: (1/5)

It's incredible to me that we could have UCLA, Houston, and Kentucky in the (football) playoff and they're still going to expand it.

Add “for tax purposes” to a movie: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie for Tax Purposes A Room With a View for Tax Purposes The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover for Tax Purposes Cheaper by the Dozen for Tax Purposes Around the World in 80 Days for Tax Purposes Get Carter for Tax Purposes

When my dad was a high school coach, his team was at a school that gave him the run-around and took forever to let them in the locker room, messing up his routine, etc. His pregame speech: "Boys, we're going to score every point we can tonight." Last play of the game: a hail mary while leading 49-0.

Here's a neat one: The Federal Public Defender's Office for the District of the Virgin Islands is hiring an appellate attorney! Full-time remote work is a possibility, but why wouldn't you want to live in the USVI?! www.fd.org/sites/defaul...

By tradition, the big finale for the State Fair. (Also, the bull in that picture looks like he's laughing about it.) www.newsweek.com/fire-bull-se...

I will be perfectly happy to continue using my iPod until it crumbles to pieces in my hands. It will be a dark day when I have to start using my phone to listen to podcasts. When that happens, the first thing I'll buy is an adapter that lets me keep using my corded headphones.

Saw a (possibly ai) document on a court website referring to the "Southern District of Virginia" and the "Western District of North Virginia." I understand that judges on both of those courts are accepting clerkship applications, with preference to graduates of East Virginia State School of Law.

Man, I would love to ban the phrase "breaks silence" from headlines.

Still the best Liberty Mutual ad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI3R...

Attn: @umichlaw.bsky.social and @mdefenders.bsky.social is hiring a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law/Associate Director for the new MDefenders Center for Public Defense. Job posting here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2.... Come work w/me to train the next generation of public defenders!

I couldn't solve a Rubik's Cube in 4.27 seconds if you handed it to me looking like this.

This is probably what it was like to face a Second Circuit panel with both Learned and Augustus Hand on it. (I know they were cousins, not brothers, but let me have this one.)

Squirrels attacking humans in a town called Castle Rock is definitely a Stephen King story.

"Disabled Elderly Pregnant Children" sounds like part of a hypo about the Rule Against Perpetuities.

He was just a humble meterologist. But one day while reporting on a storm, he was scratched by a mountain lion. Now, whenever severe weather is on the way, he transforms into... JOE PUMA!! www.wsoctv.com/author/joe-p...

I hope there's a sign for folks dropping off people at the airport that says "D.PARTON"

Everyone's an editor

Is it just me or does it seem like every browser needs to be updated like every other day now?

I've probably watched this sketch a hundred times. Every single line cracks me up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksu7...

Wild! Never seen this before

I agree completely, especially since I very much doubt that federal courts would approve CJA payments for the time necessary for court-appointed attorneys to conduct that level of review (same with attorneys' fee awards in civil cases).

It's not perfect, but my rule of thumb for guessing at the quality of a bbq joint is that the more human the pig on the sign is acting, the better the food. Highest scores to places where the pig is eating the bbq. Again, not a guarantee, but it tends to follow, in my experience.

Collating a bunch of copies and, unbidden, the thought crossed my mind that it was nice that I was handling all this stuff without getting a paper cut. Do I even have to say what happened about ten seconds later?

New meme potential!

I really enjoyed seeing "Coyote v. Acme" today. I hope it usurps "My Cousin Vinny" as the go-to movie for CLE programs.

@defector.com I'm crossing my fingers that before Reds Week is over, we get an oral history of this classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHqg...

If any law students are looking for a speciality that will likely be booming for the foreseeable future, consider Water Law. wapo.st/4c4kJh5

Spotting this was definitely the most Leo-pointing-meme moment I've ever had.

@davidjroth.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social I feel like you guys would want to know that William Petersen wears the same #52 Steelers jersey in both 1985's "To Live and Die and L.A." and 1987's "Amazing Grace and Chuck." You know, if you're looking for your next podcast project.

This news is going to ruin my Google alert for "strip bar"

Beardless Beard Found in Bearded Band

Imagine how many people have watched one frame of the Rickroll video before closing it.

The best (and worst) thing about defending a cheese theft case is that it would be impossible to resist using that worn-out Scalia line about "hiding elephants in mouseholes."

Such blatant disrespect of defending ACC Champion Duke