By Mani Dabiri | Published February 27, 2020 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: history |
If Only
There are other things besides the law, after all. For seven years, we’ve published this blog on a regular schedule, but after losing a close friend to cancer last week, we’re taking a break again this week and perhaps longer. We’ll be back soon to cover civil and criminal litigation in the 21st century—in your Read More
Read MoreQui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur
Did you know? This year marks the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Justice Department, which Congress created in 1870. If you’d like to learn more, the Department has created a special webpage to commemorate the occasion. It includes a timeline that traces the agency’s beginnings in 1789 to its modern founding in 1870 and through the present Read More
Read MoreGreatness
This blog is not about basketball, but if you know me then you know that I love the Lakers, and I loved Kobe Bryant just as much. His untimely passing last week, along with that of his daughter and eight other people, is still a shock to the system for me and millions of other Read More
Read MoreAn Impending Point of No Return
A prominent federal court of appeals has dismissed a lawsuit that aimed to compel the government to respond to climate change more urgently. It’s an interesting case. Essentially, the plaintiffs wanted an injunction that ordered the government to phase out emissions from fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Or to come up with a Read More
Read MoreAnd Then There Were Six
On Wednesday, the longest-serving justice of the California Supreme Court announced that he would retire this summer. It’s a big deal for a court that seats only seven. Ming Chin, the state’s first Chinese-American justice, will hang up his robe after nearly twenty-five years on the high court. Before that, he served on the trial court Read More
Read MoreThanksgiving 2019
This year, among other things, I’m grateful to live in a country where one group, party, or faction doesn’t wield a monopoly on power. Where power, in fact, ultimately belongs to no one but the republic itself. I was born in Iran, and for the last two weeks, the government there has waged a vicious Read More
Read MoreThe Judiciary Act of 1789
No one gets it right all the time, and that includes courts. But 230 years ago today, an act of Congress created the country’s federal courts, and that’s worth celebrating. You may not know this, but the only court required by the Constitution was the Supreme Court. It left the rest to Congress. Here’s what Read More
Read MoreMy 9/11 Memory
Do you remember where you were? I was 22 years old, and I was at a small fitness center in the apartment complex we lived in. It was early, and I was the only one in there. I got on the treadmill, wearing earphones, listening to music, and absent-mindedly looking at a TV that was Read More
Read MoreTribute to a Courtroom Legend
“Some people walk the walk,” my wife said to me this morning. Well, the flags at the federal courthouse in the city of angels flew at half staff on Friday to honor U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, who passed away last week at 95. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he was the longest-serving active Read More
Read MoreHappy Birthday, 14th Amendment
Did you know? This summer marks the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment. To commemorate the occasion, here is a look at the Ohio congressman who authored arguably the most important amendment after the first ten. If he’s forgotten today then it’s a shame because he’s responsible for these momentous words: “All persons born Read More
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