a public defender

So who watched the Emmys? I’m pretty bummed that Jon Hamm didn’t win, but also quite happy for Malcolm’s father.

Anyway, here are the most interesting legal posts of the past week(end):

• TalkLeft gives us a primer on the harsh South Dakota abortion law that is being proposed to challenge Roe v. Wade.
• Bennett urges us to join the NACDL – and at the very least to read new President John Wesley Hall’s inaugural column [pdf] in Champion.
• Lawyers make the news – and not in a good way.
• 35% of lawyers would choose their Blackberries over their spouse…I’ve seen you posting to the listserve from your Blackberry…you know who you are.
• The Palin e-mail hacker may be caught after all.
• Anne Reed brings us another jury questionnaire, this time from the trial of a serial killer.
• Dissenting judge tells plaintiff in civil rights suit to take police cruiser video to youtube – and he does.
• Scott vocalizes a feeling we’ve all felt: wishing we could help them all.
• Volokh asks whether non-unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases are Constitutionally permissible.
• Injustice Anywhere is back and blogging again. I missed her posts.
• CapDefenseWeekly’s email edition for this week is here.
• The Underblawg reminds us that there’s always more to our clients in a powerful sentencing argument.
• The NYT tackles the one election issue that has meaning to us lawyers: what will the Court look like for the next generation?
• Jon Katz gives us an update on defending the first federal trial for online copyright infringement that primarily involves music.

That’s all! Enjoy your day! Stay tuned for more posts later and, of course, liveblogging tonight’s episode of Raising The Bar.