Why can’t conferences for lawyers have “guys”:http://han.grumblemutterspit.org/gallery/sdcc2005/IMG_0092 “like”:http://han.grumblemutterspit.org/gallery/sdcc2005/IMG_0072 “this”:http://han.grumblemutterspit.org/gallery/sdcc2005/IMG_0079?
You are currently browsing the monthly archive for July 2005.
President Bush “will be naming his nominee”:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050719/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_bush to fill Justice O’Connor’s spot on the Supreme Court tonight at 9 p.m. EDT. Much of the speculation yesterday and today has been on Judge Edith Clement, currently sitting on the Fifth Circuit. Judge Clement has not been a high profile candidate thus far, and I suspect she will not have a particularly difficult nomination process.
*Update:* According to ABC News, the nominee “will not be Judge Clement”:http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/SupremeCourt/story?id=953790. I guess we’ll just have to wait a few more hours to find out for sure.
*Update 2:* Turns out its “John G. Roberts”:http://www.sctnomination.com/blog/archives/2005/06/potential_nomin_2.html, most recently of the D.C. Circuit.
“Sandra Bullock marries Jesse James?”:http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/17/bullock.married.reut/index.html: “For wedding bands, Bullock wore a vintage ring by Neil Lane. James wore a ring made by Bullock herself out of steel.”
If you’re going to run with the bulls, don’t be surprised if you catch the horns.
“Planarity”:http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/: Arrange the vertices so no edges overlap. Strangely soothing, but very addictive. Consider yourself warned.
“Wikinews”:http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Explosions%2C_%27serious_incidents%27_occuring_across_London, “Wikipedia”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_London_transport_explosions, “Londonist”:http://www.londonist.com/, and the “Guardian newsblog”:http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/ have timely reports on the tragic bombings in London early this morning. “Photographs”:http://flickr.com/groups/74918957@N00/pool/ available at Flickr. London, our thoughts are with you. *Update:* The BBC has a “comprehensive overview”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2005/london_explosions/default.stm of news on the explosions.
Today is not just the anniversary of the approval of the “Declaration of Independence”:http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html by the Continental Congress. Today is also the 150th anniversary of the first version of “Walt Whitman’s _Leaves of Grass_”:http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/whitman-home.html. First published in 1855, Whitman revised _Leaves_ a number of times, publishing at least nine versions before his death in 1892. Whitman wasn’t shy about promoting his own work, either, writing several “anonymous reviews”:http://www.whitmanarchive.org/criticism/reviews/leaves/leaves55/usreview.html praising the volume. You can read the text and see images of the original pages “here”:http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu:8080/saxon/servlet/SaxonServlet?source=whitman/xmlframes/documents/works/LeavesPoems_ppp.00271/ppp.00271.xml&style=whitman/xmlframes/shared/styles/LOG_display_full.xsl&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes. For all the utility of hypertext, there is something inspiring about the heft, texture, and beauty of the “bound volume”:http://www.whitmanarchive.org/servlets/xmlframes/documents/works/LeavesImagesppp.00271/ppp.00271.001.jpg.
[via “peacay at metafilter”:http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/43252]
Justice O’Connor has “announced”:http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/01/oconnor.resigns.ap/index.html that she is retiring, effective upon nomination and confirmation of her successor.