On the Record

By: Caryn Tamber

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

• The Baltimore no-pork-no-foster-child decision seems “unjustifiable” to Eugene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy.
• Perhaps the judge in the Constance McMillen gay prom case “should find the entire community of Fulton, Mississippi, (pop. 4000) in contempt if the evidence warrants and if there’s a way to do it,” writes Marc Poirier at Concurring Opinions.
• “Televise this chief justice and this president on stage at the Kennedy Center for three hours talking about the role of government and the future of our polity,” [UC Berkeley law dean Christopher] Edley said. “This historic clash of intellectual titans would be the most powerful civics lesson since the Federalist Papers, and we could sure use it.” HT: Constitutional Law Prof Blog.
• Here’s how to spot a potential “holdout juror” before you put him or her on your jury.
• Cool! Who knew? “In 1925, the Texas Governor appointed three women to fill all the positions on the Texas Supreme Court to hear a single case:  an appeal involving Woodmen of the World, a fraternal group whose members included virtually every male lawyer in the state.”