OK, President Obama wasn't in my apartment, but he was in my apartment building.
September 22, 2016 at 04:40 PM
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2. A law professor for the Trumpian era? He’s definitely not your average stodgy academic. Glenn Reynolds, a University of Tennessee School of Law professor and the creator of the Instapundit blog, is being accused of inciting violence.
He posted on Twitter, “Run them over,” urging motorists to mow down demonstrators protesting the fatal police shooting of a black man in Charlotte. Twitter then suspended Instapundit.
In response, Reynolds wrote on Instapundit: “Sorry, blocking the interstate is dangerous, and trapping people in their cars is a threat. Driving on is self-preservation, especially when we’ve had mobs destroying property and injuring and killing people. But if Twitter doesn’t like me, I’m happy to stop providing them with free content.”
Did Twitter overreact? Some thought so. One of the catchier defenses comes from libertarian Nick Gillespie: “Chilled speech isn’t like chilled vodka; it sends people out the door quicker than you might think.”
3. Would Trump put Peter Thiel on the U.S. Supreme Court? Trump “deeply loves Peter Thiel,” said Huffington Post, citing “people in the real estate mogul’s inner circle” who say he’s a serious contender. (Trump’s camp has denied these reports.)
Thiel is not only the founder of PayPal and the slayer of Gawker.com, but a bona fide lawyer with impressive credentials. A graduate of Stanford Law School, he worked at Sullivan & Cromwell (for all of seven months!). He would also be a truly transformative figure on the high court. For starters, he’ll probably change libel laws to make it easier to sue and destroy media companies and dismantle anti-monopoly laws (he loves monopolies).
Most awesome of all, Thiel could change the meaning of life-long tenure. Vanity Fair notes: “The 48-year-old is obsessed with radical life extension and overcoming the ‘inevitability of the death; an endeavor that, if successful, could transform his Supreme Court life tenure into a potentially infinite appointment.”
Feel better, now?
Contact Vivia Chen at [email protected]. On Twitter: @lawcareerist.
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