* Above the Law promotes real-world change! Complaint filed against a Texas judge after Elie calls him out for being RACEIST! [ABA Journal]
* If you were thinking of calling your friend from the Philippines a "skank" on Facebook, you may want to reconsider. [Philippine Inquirer]
* If you're a powerful financial executive, lay off the bath salts. [DealBreaker]
* Judicial throwdown at the Second Circuit! Short version: Judge Raagi thinks Judge Jacobs should care way more about punishing guys sexting underage girls. Judge Jacobs thinks Judge Raagi watches too much Dexter. [Second Circuit / FindLaw]
* Federal District Judge John Lungstrum calls out a couple trial teams for terrible trial work. Biglaw litigators may not be the best trial attorneys? You don't say. [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog]
* Kenneth Anderson describes the U.S. government's longstanding love affair with "imminence" in the context of the Obama drone strike white paper. To borrow from Rev. Lovejoy's sermon: "Imminence…sweet imminence." [Lawfare]
* Judges: If you're going to base a decision on a particular fact… don't include pictures in the opinion that directly contradict that finding. Check out page six, line two and Appendix 2 [Court of Appeals, State of Oregon]
* SCOTUSBlog and Bloomberg Law have a competition for law students. Beat your peers AND the SCOTUSBlog team and win $5000. [SCOTUSBlog]
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