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Jason Mitchell retweeted
Interesting to see how much more straightforward Justice Gorsuch's writing style has become.
On the left: the opening of today's ghost gun opinion
On the right: the opening of his very first SCOTUS opinion eight years ago
#appellatetwitter #legalwriting
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Join us for "The Bar for International Students" panel tonight, 6:30-8pm! Gain insights from barristers with international backgrounds. Network with panelists after! Attend at Inner Temple or via Zoom. Sign up: buff.ly/bbuYHR4 #LegalJourney #InternationalStudents
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Join us tomorrow from 6:30-8pm for a panel talk on "The Bar for International Students". The link to sign up is buff.ly/olutwxO
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Jason Mitchell retweeted
Three great #legalwriting techniques to study in this MTD for Mayor Eric Adams filed by superstar trial lawyer Alex Spiro of @quinnemanuel
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Jason Mitchell retweeted
Unnecessary detail of any kind tires the reader, who wonders if they need to remember it, and distracts them from relevant detail. Sure, use dates where jurisdictionally relevant but not otherwise. You don't see a lot of "0n [date]," in John Roberts & Elena Kagan opinions.
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Jason Mitchell retweeted
I released it on Saturday, but wanted to retweet my interview with @JasonMitchellSA and the South African legal system - a Dutch-Roman hybrid system with British procedure and a devotion to transparency and constitutional law
podpage.com/the-appellate-wa…
Jason Mitchell retweeted
A tight, confident, controlled intro paragraph in this motion to transfer venue from Doug Lumish of @lathamwatkins
Everyone has a bad fact or two. The key is to subordinate it to the rest of the sentence like it's no big deal, as he does here.
#appellatetwitter #briefcatch
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Deceptively simple but all-too-rare paragraph structure in this Catherine Stetson @HoganLovells motion for PI (also signed by current SG Elizabeth Prelogar!)
Three quick points in parallel form in the topic sentence. Then 3 expanded treatments track it in lockstep.
#legalwriting
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Call me ‘Judge’
‘Sir’ and ‘Madam’ will no longer be heard
New post, free to read
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Jason Mitchell retweeted
a few (not really substantive) thoughts on the oral argument yesterday in US v. Texas (about whether a district court can enjoin the Biden administration's immigration enforcement guidelines) now that I've had the chance to listen to it 🧵:
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Sir Sydney Kentridge KCMG KC will be celebrating his 100th birthday tomorrow quietly.
Lawyers the world over — and not just lawyers — will be raising a glass in his honour.
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Clement to Open Boutique After Kirkland Withdraws From Guns news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Bruen is a perfect example of what @barryfriedman1 @susansmelcer @WashUChancellor and I call a "pivotal concurrence." cornelllawreview.org/2020/07… What's that, you ask? 🧵
Jason Mitchell retweeted
This essay might be useful for ppl who are new to nondelegation debates. We try to offer an evenhanded primer on what nondel doctrine is and why it has such huge stakes. Then we describe historical research showing that the doctrine didn’t exist in 1789. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Write More Like Paul Clement?
Learn from the new blockbuster brief against the Fifth Circuit's social-media-law order.
biteable.com/watch/3614001/7…
#appellatetwitter @briefcatch #legalwriting
Jason Mitchell retweeted
“According to three conservatives close to the court” — who are, apparently, privy to the current state of internal deliberations:
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
In other words, here’s *another* Dobbs-related leak from #SCOTUS — and this time, it’s clear which side it’s coming from…
Jason Mitchell retweeted
Listening to a CLE with former Assistant to the Solicitor General Ginger Anders, who is talking about OSG's rep for candor.
Paraphrasing: You put the bad stuff in a sentence that begins "to be sure." But you put the REALLY BAD stuff in a FOOTNOTE that starts "to be sure."
Jason Mitchell retweeted
The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by POLITICO.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito writes. politico.com/news/2022/05/02…
