One way the election litigation could do good: a national moment of silence in which all 330 million of us UNCHECK THE SPELL-CHECK BOX THAT SAYS IGNORE WORDS IN UPPERCASE washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
Other inspirational reminders, in the @Atul_Gawande Checklist Manifesto style: Match the right corporate-naming-rights-for-cash venue to the right city.
Double-check court names.
It's generally not a good idea to sign a judge's name to an order, even if you mean well.
Always ask potential plaintiffs if they want to be parties to a lawsuit.
Be scrupulous about states and counties--including about whether a given county belongs to a particular state (many have similar names).
And most of all, run your docs through BriefCatch.com before you file. Especially when the whole world is watching! #legaltech /End
(Bonus lesson: Be scrupulous about states and counties, including whether a given county is part of a given state. Many county names sound similar.)
Be scrupulous about states and counties, including which counties belong to which states.
Most of all, make sure to run your document through BriefCatch.com before you file. Especially when the whole world is watching. #legaltech
Justice Gorsuch manages to pack a lot of #gorsuchstyle into tonight's one-paragraph dissent. He shows personality and verve in his potshot at Vegas and hedonism and in the final sentence (the Caesars Palace/ Calvary Chapel quip brilliantly distills all three dissents). 1/
Yet even in just a single paragraph he can't resist overexplaining. "The large numbers are fine" point is redundant, and it sucks the life out of the compelling contrast between the huddling craps and roulette players and the banned religious services. "Show, don't tell." 2/
And yes, even in this lone paragraph you can see his idiosyncratic syntax. Not sure exactly what he was going for after the dash, but I think he means something like "no matter HOW LARGE the building, HOW DISTANT the individuals, or HOW PERVASIVE the masks. 3/