“Lowering The Bar”: A Great Legal Humor Blog
I must have seen the blog “Lowering the Bar” before — but I’m not sure. I stumbled across it tonight and will now make it a regular read. It highlights quirky and funny legal stories, and the writing is excellent.
Of the various posts I saw browsing around, my favorite was this collection of noteworthy court orders over several years. It’s worth looking at them all, but one that stood out was this one (.pdf): an Order Denying Motion for Incomprehensibility.
I think JD would appreciate this footnote:
Make sure to add Lowering the Bar to your RSS feeds and/or bookmarks. Best blog I have found since Popehat!
UPDATE: The author has recently put out a book called The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance: And Other Real Laws that Human Beings Actually Dreamed Up
I like this one. Be sure to read all the way to the end. http://kevinunderhill.typepad.com/Documents/Court_Orders/tick%20on%20a%20fat%20dog.pdf
“More confused than a hungry baby at a topless bar.” I’m going to remember that. But there’s more.
nk (dbc370) — 6/12/2014 @ 9:07 pmDid they give me a H/t ?!
JD (99b048) — 6/12/2014 @ 9:22 pmCriminally, they did not.
Patterico (9c670f) — 6/12/2014 @ 10:10 pmThe “kindergarten party” was excellent… It reminded me of something that might come from Judge Otis Wright, III. (Popehat followers will understand.) The idea of “jumping naked into a 5-gallon bucket of porcupines” was a clear winner, however.
Gramps, the original (c15c43) — 6/12/2014 @ 10:12 pmI like the What is a Photocopier reenactment. Having worked for Xerox where they did not want anybody to use the word Xerox as a synonym for photocopy, the ending was hilarious to me.
Tanny O'Haley (c0a74e) — 6/12/2014 @ 11:56 pmThis is my favorite Court ruling
http://kevinunderhill.typepad.com/Documents/Opinions/Bradshaw_v_Unity_Marine.pdf
JD (950bc6) — 6/13/2014 @ 5:54 amJD, Judge Kent was a bad person. He went to prison for bad things he did to his female court employees, and lying about it too.
nk (dbc370) — 6/13/2014 @ 6:15 am