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Thank you for inviting me to deliver the Joseph Story Lecture. Delivering this lecture represents a singular honor for many reasons: It is named after Story, one of our greatest justices and constitutional scholars; the late Judge Robert Bork delivered the inaugural lecture; and my Circuit Justice and friend, Clarence Thomas, delivered the lecture five years ago. Above all, the honor comes with its association with last year’s lecturer, Ed Meese, for whom the Center that sponsors this lecture is named.

Now, as the founder of LawProse, he offers language seminars for lawyers to try and take the legalese out of legal writing.

Power crews streaming in to assist ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa Crews from as far away as Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa are staging in Sarasota ahead of the storm. Author: Beau Zimmer Updated: 10:38 PM EDT July 5, 2021 SARASOTA, Fla. — Power crews from across the nation are converging on Florida to assist local utilities ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa. The storm is expected to begin impacting the Sunshine State on Tuesday and companies like Florida Power & Light are working to have personnel pre-positioned in areas expected to be most impacted. FP&L said it has 6,00...

Seven big solar farms proposed in rural Louisiana by 2024 12 hours 24 minutes 31 seconds ago Saturday, July 03 2021 Jul 3, 2021 July 03, 2021 2:01 PM July 03, 2021 in News Source: Associated Press Share: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Solar power companies are looking to build at least seven big projects in rural Louisiana, including three in one unincorporated community. State records reveal that previously undisclosed projects seeking economic incentives include three in the St. James Parish community of Vacherie and one each in Thibodaux, Bogalusa, Singer and Franklinton, The Times-Picayune / The Ne...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Appellate advocacy is about persuasion – and the most important avenue for persuading appellate judges is a brief that is clear, concise, and readable.  So what does an appellate attorney do when confronted by the need to quote a passage that contains ellipses, citations, or alterations in brackets?  One less-than-desirable option is to include all of that extraneous material and a long citation string, making for a hard-to-read quote that is central to your case.  But there is another option – and it was just endorsed by Jus...