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Jasmine McNealy Authors Article on the Role of Information Distribution Organizations
December 1, 2021
Clay Calvert Comments on Controversy Over Far Right Speaker Coming to Penn State
November 1, 2021
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#SCOTUS will consider oral argument next week in Christian group’s request to temporarily fly flag at Boston City Hall #FirstAmendment via @ABAJournal
Supreme Court will consider Christian group‘s request to temporarily fly flag at Boston City Hall
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#BobSaget was and always will be pedagogically relevant. My undergrads accustomed to Full House could never believe he worked blue . . . And, yes, we have a copy or two in the library for those so inclined . . .
Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit over graphic images from crash site headed for trial https://www.courthousenews.com/vanessa-bryants-lawsuit-over-graphic-images-from-crash-site-headed-for-trial/
Chemerinsky: Expect a momentous year ahead for the Supreme Court via @ABAJournal
Chemerinsky: Expect a momentous year ahead for the Supreme Court
Conservatives look at 2022 in the U.S. Supreme Court with great anticipation, while liberals feel dread for what i...
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#WinterBreak rereading of 2 randomly chosen high school books #GreatGatsby and #AnimalFarm complete. Much better reading now. Possible common themes: 1) class stratification; 2) violence & death; 3) desire to rewrite the past; 4) lies; & 5) unhappiness. Talk amongst yourselves🤔
So, results are in: Tweet about #UFGrad @acvining garners deservedly more likes than @UFJSchool broken-roof, cracked-ceiling-pane tweet, which clobbers arbitrarily nerdish #Trademark tweet, which narrowly defeats random (rando were it 2015) porch-tweeted #GreatGatsby reference 🤓
Future in-class example of an arbitrary mark? 🤓
Patio view tonight from West Egg looking to the lights of East Egg . . .
Going above and beyond at Weimer Hall @UFJSchool is never a pane . . . #RaiseTheRoof #BreakOnThrough @UFJouDept
Kudos to Dr. Austin Vining who is now, with today's ceremonies wrapped up, an official holder of both a Juris Doctor and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from @UF @UFLaw @UFJSchool . . . #UFGrad
A pedagogically nice use of the color copier in Weimer on this question on my #MMC4200 @UFJouDept @UFJSchool quiz today on #trademark . . . @TiffanyAndCo . . . So far now one has answered "I think I remember the film . . . but not the part about dress marks" @DBSbandofficial
Flashback to a mid-1980s summer in Carmel Valley with @joepassov and doubles with these two Senators (Dems from contiguous states; You’re no Jack Kennedy)
Thank you, @AmericanLawyer! https://twitter.com/AmericanLawyer/status/1466563885872279553
Congratulations to @rcfp for their work educating and protecting the news media and Tom Leatherbury of @VinsonandElkins, who has spent four decades demonstrating his commitment to the First Amendment.
As we wrap it up, a huge thank you to my undergrad #MMC4200 seminar students @UFJSchool @UFJouDept for making it fun to be back in person this semester! 💯👍🏻
Sotomayor dissent will be characterized most commonly by the news media as:
Lawyer is suspended for texting witness during phone deposition; how did opposing counsel find out? via @ABAJournal
Lawyer is suspended for texting witness during phone deposition; how did opposing counsel find out?
A Florida lawyer has been suspended for 91 days for texting advice to a witness during a phone deposition and ...
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UF task force recommends high bar for blocking faculty from expert testimony against state via @gainesvillesun
UF task force recommends high bar for blocking faculty from expert testimony against state
University of Florida releases report from special task force recommending academic freedom and free speech should trump political considerations.
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UF’s conflict of interest task force passes final report one week early https://www.alligator.org/article/2021/11/ufs-conflict-of-interest-task-force-passes-final-report-one-week-early
Let the #BigGame festivities @GoStanford begin @StanfordFball #BeatCal
