Wait! I thought having liberals in the Government would result in greater liberality...

My adoring fans: Have no fear, your beloved Frederic is back for another (long, grueling, dispiriting, depressing, etc.) year of law school. Accordingly, let us begin this first weekend of the school year with a "BANG!" Here is the link to an interesting article I read earlier this morning.

Maybe one of the BBL community can enlighten us on the Constitutional issue(s) apparent in the article. I guess I missed the day in ConLaw where the President was allowed to have the powers of Caesar and Cincinnatus in repelling "cyber-attacks."

Don't Look Now, But You Might Be Canadian!

From the WSJ: Don't be so hasty to blame Canada; according to them, you might be one of them!

The Captain Was Saved

From the AP: Captive Captain Rescued

Yer Outta Here! Baseball & The Law

George Will wrote an interesting column Thursday, describing the umpire crew's position as the judiciary branch of the diamond. Reading the article (which has prompted me to add the partially reviewed book to my Amazon list) reminded me of the world-famous student article "The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule." [UPenn RAISE UP!]

Here's my question for you, BBL Illuminati: if law was a sport, what sport would it be, and why?