But hypocritical given that the age of consent in Italy is 14 and Asia's alleged victim was 17. That's not to excuse any alleged predatory behaviour by 37 year old women on 17 year old male juveniles but Italy allows far worse predation within its laws.
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Originally posted by Defensive mindedWhat? Because he says he does not want to be called an African American because he's not from Africa? And that be wants to be judged as an individual, not as a black man? Maybe we've being hearing different stuff from him, but I've heard some fairly balanced stuff in the debate on racism.
I found this after 30 seconds of googling. I'm sure theres more.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mo...history-month/
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Lithwick On Amy Chua’s husband creeping on clerkship candidates.
What a lovely couple they are (and what a deeply twisted place YLS is)
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostLithwick On Amy Chua’s husband creeping on clerkship candidates.
What a lovely couple they are (and what a deeply twisted place YLS is)
While law students are sold on the idea that the few dozen clerks who apprentice at the Supreme Court each year are bar none the smartest and most meritorious young lawyers alive, the children of sitting justices and prominent appellate judges somehow end up in that select group every year.
Funny how that works out like that.
I can’t imagine trying to function in a place like that with so many people wound that tight.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostWhile law students are sold on the idea that the few dozen clerks who apprentice at the Supreme Court each year are bar none the smartest and most meritorious young lawyers alive, the children of sitting justices and prominent appellate judges somehow end up in that select group every year.
Funny how that works out like that.
I can’t imagine trying to function in a place like that with so many people wound that tight.
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I didn’t realize clerkships were so hard to come by. I’ve known lots of people who went to not-so-prestious law schools who clerked for judges. Not Supreme Court judges or federal judges, but that article implies that clerkships in general are rare. Or maybe I misread it.
My understanding is that clerks actually write a lot - maybe most - judge’s opinions. So one would wish the process for educating and selecting those people wouldn’t be so arbitrary or run by such a small group of people.
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Clerkships tout court are not that hard to come by. There are literally thousands of judges who need clerks.
However, clerkships with “feeder” judges (those with an established track record of sending clerks to the Supreme Court) are insanely competitive.
As to drafting opinions, it is most/all for the large majority of Federal judges.
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As is the age of consent* in the UK.
I remember as a 19 year old, somewhere in Hackney, reading the cover of that album, when it was illegal for me to be gay.
I was surprised.
*Obvious diversion. Surprisingly cracking album, from this far away.Last edited by Gerontophile; 26-10-2018, 14:53.
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Resurrecting this as a more appropriate thread for such depressing news than the one on Misogyny
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...all-in-lawyers
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