At the McGeorge School of Law (where, full disclosure, I am a law professor), the law review held a symposium on the twenty-five year Supreme Court tenure of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy earlier this month. Kennedy, who has had a long relationship with the law school dating back to the mid 1960s, was not […]
Archives for April 2012
On Being a Fan: the Agony and the Ecstasy
Sometimes being a fan of a professional sports team is sheer agony, and sometimes it’s an absolute joy. In recent years, being a fan of two particular teams has given me both experiences. I’ve been a fan of Sacramento’s basketball team, the Kings, since they first arrived in our town in 1985. And […]
Observations on the Last Days of a Loved One
Sookja Kim Winters was four months into her ninety-third year of life when she died in our home last week. She had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three months earlier, and she lived with us from that initial diagnosis until she took her last breath. Sookie was Jeri’s aunt (her mother’s sister) and […]
When the Questions Reveal the Answer – Why Obama Should Be Worried
I really didn’t need to have taught appellate advocacy at McGeorge School of Law (for almost ten years now) to be able to grasp the probable result in the Supreme Court’s consideration of the Affordable Care Act. I knew even before the oral arguments last week that the Court was likely to declare the law […]