Walter's Ghost

Josh Carroll: American Idol

2007-02-02T16:28:00.000-05:00

To all the guys who got engaged this year...

2007-01-25T13:52:00.000-05:00

Why even take Legal Writing?

2007-01-23T17:34:00.000-05:00

Especially when you can just do this:

Everyone in this room is now dumber...

2007-01-10T16:31:00.000-05:00

In re King, Not Reported in B.R., 2006 WL 581256 (Bankr.W.D.Tex.)

SO ORDERED.
Before the court is a motion entitled "Defendant's Motion to Discharge Response to Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's Response Opposing Objection to Discharge." As background, this adversary was commenced on December 14, 2005 with the filing of the plaintiff's complaint objecting to the debtor's discharge. Defendant answered the complaint on January 12, 2006. Plaintiff responded to the Defendant's answer on January 26, 2006. On February 3, 2006, Defendant filed the above entitled motion. The court cannot determine the substance, if any, of the Defendant's legal argument, nor can the court even ascertain the relief that the Defendant is requesting. The Defendant's motion is accordingly denied for being incomprehensible.

Footnote 1:

Or, in the words of the competition judge to Adam Sandler's title character in the movie, "Billy Madison," after Billy Madison had responded to a question with an answer that sounded superficially reasonable but lacked any substance,

Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Deciphering motions like the one presented here wastes valuable chamber staff time, and invites this sort of footnote.

Used Books

2007-01-04T16:00:00.000-05:00

Why pay bookstore prices? Why buy used books online?

Use this thread to post what books you have for sale.

Almost done.

2006-12-13T15:18:00.000-05:00

Study break.

2006-11-30T14:55:00.000-05:00

You just can't make this stuff up...

About 5-6 years ago, someone sued Mercer for discrimination (obviously, he lost). Check out the following, quoted from the guy's brief to the 11th Circuit (cited at 2000 WL 34020004):

Members of the Mercer Law School faculty talked to Appellant Zachary B. Taylor in a cruel and unusual manner in violation of his Eigth Amendment United States Constitution right not to be subject to cruel and unusual punishment.

Dick Creswell said, "You should be doing something else."

Ted Blumoff said that Mr. Taylor's self-worth depended on those "tests." "I heard you did not do too terribly well in intro(to law study)," Blumoff said, indicating that his colleagues discuss students' grades amongst each other.

Carl Warden made explicit sexual and lewd comments such as "Pussy" in a classroom setting where Mr. Taylor was under Warden's supervision. Such statements constituted a hostile environment and equate sexual harassment.

Reynold Kosek said, "You did not give me anything" in reference to Mr. Taylor's final exam.

John Cole made derogatory remarks about the black intellect in the classroom setting. Cole said that regardless of what test scores blacks may have, we may still believe that they are inferior.
Cole said, "We don't like prizefighters" and Mike Tyson is a rapist. Cole insulted homeless people, "They don't bathe." Cole admitted that when he was in college he cheated on exams by looking at his neighbor's assignments. Cole admitted in reference to his college buddies, "we stayed up all night and we got really inebriated."
Cole told another student in reference to Zachary B. Taylor, "His grades are under strict scrutiny." Cole told Mr. Taylor, "You found one thing that you could not do," an effort to enslave Mr. Taylor's mind with inferiority.

Mary S. Donovan told Mr. Taylor, "If you come back, you will flunk out."

Harold Lewis indicated that his exams intentionally created stress for students and would affect their academic performance adversely.

Bruce Posnak told the young Christian man, Zachary B. Taylor, "Someone with a very religious background could not do well in law." "Jesus could not get through law school," Posnak said. '

Mr. Taylor's own faculty advisor, David Oedel said, "I think you'll flunk out"

Dean Phillip Shelton told Mr. Taylor that his grades were not "close" enough to the threshold to remain in law school.

Mike Sabbath made derogatory remarks about people who did not have a college education. Sabbath's lewd remarks included, but are not limited to: "Me so horny; you get no nookie; and PMS(Premenstrual syndrome)" Sabbath told Mr. Taylor that he could not be a lawyer.
Sabbath subjected Mr. Taylor to a hostile environment that constituted sexual harassment.

I adopted this street, I can sleep here if I want!

2006-11-21T15:27:00.000-05:00

Mercer's most notorious alumna has allegedly driven some sad soul to suicide. (I wonder if that's a first.)

Bye-bye, Baptists.

2006-11-17T15:38:00.000-05:00

The Georgia Baptist Convention is taking its toys and going home.

This definitely is a time to be proud of Mercer.

Who needs student loans?

2006-11-17T12:49:00.000-05:00

Just sell some stuff on eBay.

Have fun outlining next week.

Borat's cousin, Bruno

2006-11-15T23:23:00.000-05:00

Civil Lawsuits has been moved

2006-11-08T10:48:00.000-05:00

So, tell me what you think about drowning your brief at Acapulco this afternoon.
What do you think I'm trying to say by that?
Do you think that's something that happens as a practical matter?
Who else would be interested in getting a drink?
Take a look at the rules.
What do they tell you?

Maybe we should just give the van to K-Fed.

2006-11-07T19:34:00.000-05:00

He's going to need a place to stay.

Yes, it's true.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

2006-10-31T11:40:00.000-05:00

No, I don't work for Lexis

2006-10-25T12:08:00.000-04:00

But, check out BriefSuite. Apparently, it can create a table of authorities from a brief. It will also check citation format/style, but of course for Blue Book, not ALWD.

And yes, it's free.

Some perspective...

2006-10-23T16:33:00.001-04:00

Not sure what to say...

2006-10-20T18:59:00.000-04:00

I-75 or the Centreplex after the Panic show?

2006-10-18T12:09:00.000-04:00

Easy MAC

2006-10-13T17:03:00.000-04:00

It's come to my attention that some of the laptop MAC addresses were deleted from the system, which means that those laptops can't get onto the Mercer wireless network.

So, if you're having problems getting a signal, tell the IT people to try re-adding you to the system.

Disrobed, Disbarred

2006-10-11T17:00:00.000-04:00

It may get pretty hot around Mercer, but hopefully no one will resort to this.

Too little, too late

2006-10-10T14:53:00.000-04:00

Bush is in town to attempt to resurrect the political career of Mac Collins. Word on the street is that some of the MLRs may be chauffering around some of the low-level staffers. I can only imagine how that will read on their resumes: Volunteer, Campaign Logistics Staff. If this is where the NRCC thinks its resources are best spent, they may as well just put Nancy Pelosi's name up on the speaker's door.

Brother (or Sister) in Arms

2006-10-05T11:33:00.000-04:00

There's another Mercer Law blog getting going. It's a bit more crotchety than what you'll see around here. I've added a link, so check it out, if you like.

If any other blogs pop up, I'll link to them too.

UPDATE (10/12):
4DW seems to have been taken down.

A brief note.

2006-10-03T17:51:00.000-04:00

1) Kinko's opens at 6:00 a.m. Friday.
2) They have colored (red/blue) cardstock.
3) Binding takes just a few minutes.

Safety in numbers.

2006-10-03T11:27:00.000-04:00

Gentlemen: Never let a girl walk back alone to her car at night.
Ladies: Don't be shy to ask a guy to walk you to your car.

Try not to think about what could happen otherwise.

Georgia Tech's new cheerleaders

2006-09-27T11:20:00.000-04:00

After extensive research, Georgia Tech has decided to make its cheerleadering squad more representative of and appealing to the student body.

Check them out:

Word of the day

2006-09-20T22:31:00.000-04:00

Assize.

Try to guess the definition, then look it up for yourself in Black's.

Also see: maiden assize, grand assize, petite assize, petty assize, assize of fresh force, and assize of nuisance (all in Black's).

Feel free to comment with your guesses.

(Also: Please try not to make direct personal attacks in comments. They probably won't get approved, especially if there's pointless profanity.)

Class Meetings

2006-09-19T15:15:00.000-04:00

2Ls and 3Ls,

Tomorrow at 3:30, go to your class meeting and speak out. SBA is there to help you.

Some mysteries are too deep even for the afterlife.

2006-09-15T10:25:00.000-04:00

For example:
Why require someone to submit an ungraded draft?

Two Packs of Coors

2006-09-13T11:59:00.000-04:00

2Pac died 10 years ago today. Or did he?

Boo.

2006-09-11T22:02:00.000-04:00

I'll be floating around campus tomorrow.

I'd like to get an update on Prof. Fleissner's book.

Wi-Try?

2006-09-07T11:01:00.000-04:00

Is there even wireless in the building anymore? It doesn't seem to work anywhere--even in places where it used to work. The lounge, the library, the courtroom, etc., etc.

What's going on? Are all the 1Ls on wireless all at the same time? Didn't the tech people install more access points? Why can't they do what they need to do?

I'm guessing that Main Campus is involved, which means that we won't get the resources we need and we pay for. I guarantee that BellSouth or Cox could come in and set up a wireless network with total coverage.

If you are getting wireless in the building, comment and let us know where. And if anyone in IT sees this, at least one email telling everyone the status of the wireless network would be nice...if you're not too busy trying to keep spam out of the Mercer email system (good job so far).

Get involved

2006-09-06T10:59:00.000-04:00

The activities fair is going on right now.

Sign up for something and get involved.

Don't see what you want? Start your own club.

Happy Labor Day

2006-09-01T15:47:00.000-04:00

Go Dawgs and Go Jackets.

Can anyone stand the Irish?

Textualism at its finest

2006-08-30T18:00:00.000-04:00

"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the – if he – if 'is' means is and never has been that is not – that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement."

- President William Jefferson Clinton

Grand Jury Testimony, August 17, 1998

Attn: Dean Johnson

2006-08-30T11:08:00.000-04:00

It's not too late to shuffle around the 1Ls' schedules. Give them some 3:30s and 4:40s to relieve the parking nightmare. Or at least work with SBA to get some sort of ride-sharing set up. Plenty of people live right next to each other and have classes at the same time. Incentivize it if you have to - I'm sure the school can afford to give out $10 gas cards once a semester to carpools.

Just do something.

Tron who?

2006-08-25T06:28:00.000-04:00

Have fun

2006-08-24T11:14:00.000-04:00

Sidebar

2006-08-23T18:57:00.000-04:00

1) Where's Shawn?
2) Why start charging for soda refills?

In case you missed today's Stat Law

2006-08-23T10:53:00.000-04:00

This about sums it up.

Professor Hricik on a Friday afternoon

2006-08-23T00:48:00.000-04:00

5:00

5:01

Parking

2006-08-21T11:24:00.000-04:00

A few items:

1) 1Ls should be forced to carpool.
2) MerPo should MerTow any SUV-driving a-hole who takes up two spaces.
3) Does the Med School lab really need those reserved spaces? Are they ever occupied?
4) How about buying out that nasty lawn behind that nasty white house and paving it?
5) Tell Ms. Buafo to park her Hummer and the rest of her fleet somewhere else.

Party Etiquette

2006-08-18T18:42:00.000-04:00

To the 1Ls (and to anyone else who has not yet figured this out):

If you're high on something, just don't go to a party where everyone else isn't.

Brother, can you spare a dime?

2006-08-18T13:38:00.000-04:00

Why is it now $1.10 from the vending machine to get a bottle of soda? Who carries around dimes?

There's no way they need that extra money.

Lower the price back to $1!!!!

Crossing Over

2006-08-18T12:13:00.000-04:00

Much like that new teen horror movie, I too am now using the internet to communicate from the Beyond.

They say dead men tell no secrets, but I'm here to change that.

You can expect a candid, frank discussion of all things Mercer Law on this blog.

Comments are welcomed and encouraged.

WFG