A fan page for Dahlia Lithwick, the rockingest Supreme Court columnist ever ever ever.
A confession?
I have a crush. On a woman I would not be able to identify, even if she were selling aquarium filters door-to-door. Which she wouldn't be, by the way. Because she's wonderful.
You may know her. Her name is Dahlia Lithwick, and our acquaintance has spanned three cities, three apartments and two houses, three jobs, and countless emocore albums. In a perpetually changing universe, her sweet, unerring "Dahlia Lithwick is a Slate senior editor" has been one of only a handful of fixed stars. No matter what case I am working on, what legal argument I am putting together, in the background there is always Dahlia.
This is for her.
(based on "The Faces of NPR," by Dahlia Lithwick)
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
dahlia on gonzalez
All the President's Lawyers: Should the attorney general be the president's yes man?"
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
dahlia, on rehnquist's illness
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do: Does William Rehnquist have a right to keep his medical condition a secret?
Saturday, December 11, 2004
vote!
C'mon, fans. Legal Affairs has an online poll asking "Who Are the Top 20 Legal Thinkers in America?" Sure, Brian Leiter calls it a meaningless publicity stunt, but what online poll isn't these days? And hey, it still gives you a chance to vote for Dahlia!
p.s. Betcha no one else on the list has a fanpage. ;)
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
dahlia, on the internet wine-ordering case
In Vino Gravitas: The Supreme Court has a sobering look at interstate wines ("This case is about Michigan and New York justifying good old-fashioned protectionism and being lucky enough to have a quirky constitutional basis for doing so.").
Also, Dahlia is pregnant again! ("Kathleen Sullivan, former dean of Stanford Law School and former constitutional law instructor to this short, pregnant, wine-loving reporter, represents the Michiganders who want to buy out-of-state wine.") Congrats!
Saturday, December 04, 2004
dahlia, on a bunch of things
medical marijuana
Dude, Where's My Integrity? Medical marijuana tests the Supreme Court's true love of federalism. ("Justice Antonin Scalia is in something of a tight spot today. On the one hand, he voted with the states'-rights majorities in Lopez and Morrison. On the other hand, he isn't going to go off tripping lightly to the land of Cheech and Chong with those loonies on the 9th Circuit (who ruled the federal drug laws unconstitutional as applied to Raich and Monson)...Justice John Paul Stevens is in a mirror image of that same tight spot. He frickin' hates Lopez and Morrison. But his sweet old heart bleeds for the folks who would die if their pot was taken away.")
sex discrimination under title ix
Man, I Throw Like a Woman: The Supreme Court explores the subtleties of sex and basketball. ("In perhaps the single greatest moment of the 2005 term, Justice Stephen Breyer then interrupts Thomas to inquire: 'Can I ask you a legal question?'")
scott peterson and the bifurcation of criminal trials
The Crying Game: Should we decide capital punishment with our hearts or our heads?"
