Letter of the Law           

December 1998

Foster/Huffman Debate

Letter from the Dean

Hooked on Westlaw

When the Judge Says...

Library News

Palindromes

Teacher Evaluations

Axioms

Photos & Images

Kazmaier v. CIA

Poetry Notes

Axioms, Arrows, Maxims, and Notes on the Law

-anonymously submitted

1. Legal genius is a type of mental disability.

2. Stare Decisis: a principle most often invoked by the entrenched elite in order to justify not changing the status quo.

3. The bright-line test is the best . . . at least you know why the just side is losing.

4. The Supreme Court has a habit of hiding behind wordy, undecipherable text.

5. Dean Huffman sympathizes with the Montana militia.

6. Precedent: the reason why you should never bring a suit asking for a seriously needed change in the law, unless you are damn sure the court is ready to make that change. Most positions on a bench are filled by old and conservative elites; trying to change the law is a lot like hitting on a 20 in Blackjack.

7. Denial breeds obsession.

8. Trying to have a life in law school is like listening to that song about the deserts missing the rain.

9. I used to like the rain . . .

10. I also used to believe in the Constitution and our honorable Supreme Court, until I discovered these little gems: Dred Scott, Korematsu, Bowers v. Hardwick, Abrams v. United States, and Buck v. Bell.