On the Record

By: Caryn Tamber

Happy Monday! Here are a few law links to start your week:

• Jim Gross and Heather Sunderman both post on Del. Luiz Simmons’ proposal to let couples file for divorce if they’ve gone a year without sex. At present, those contemplating divorce must first live apart for a year. Gross writes: “The purpose of this waiting period is to favor marriage over divorce and make sure the parties really, really want to be divorced and not married.  After all, sometimes people change their minds.  But the recession has forced many couples to live together in misery because they cannot afford to separate.” Sunderman writes: “I think this proposal strikes a good balance between the state’s interest in promoting marriage, but allowing people to start the process without facing financial disaster.”
• Abolish the Local Government Tort Claims Act, writes Ron Miller. “What exactly is the wisdom in treating government different from you and I when it comes to the statute of limitations?”
• “Birther” Orly Taitz wants to run for California Attorney General.
• Oooh, fun! Cracked lists five creepy criminal defense lawyer Web sites. (Warning: irreverence ahead.) HT: Above the Law.
• Justice Ginsburg may have snoozed at the State of the Union because the justices met for dinner and drinks first.