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Evidence that South Carolina has achieved a post-racist-douchebag society
Found this in John Ross’s Circuit Court review in the Volokh Report (although this is a state court case): High school football players in Charleston, S.C. have an “innocent ritual” in which they make monkey noises while smashing a watermelon … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston South Carolina, defamation, John Ross, racism, racism in America's south, Volokh Report
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The reality of appealing a verdict to a higher court
Got this from John Ross’s review of federal circuit decisions: “This court once observed, ‘[w]hen a party comes to us with nine grounds for reversing the district court, that usually means there are none.’ [Plaintiff] comes to us with twenty-seven.” … Continue reading
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Tagged federal appellate justices, federal district courts, filing an appeal after trial, John Ross
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Today’s laughs from the federal appellate courts
Laughs, you say? Yes. With credit to John Ross, who covers the federal court circuits on the Volokh Report. Also under the category How Dumb Can People Be? A cautionary tale, courtesy of the Seventh Circuit: After stealing 15 handguns … Continue reading
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Tagged federal circuit courts, John Ross, Volokh Report
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