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Law Dork is Chris Geidner's blog. I am the senior political and legal reporter at BuzzFeed. [Here's my bio.] This blog is inactive, but you should follow me on Twitter and Tumblr.
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Law Archive
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On a Television Near You
They let me on the Tee Vee … On Wednesday, Feb. 23, I appeared in the lead segment on Capital Insider,... -
Prop 8 Trial Comes to a Close
Here’s the preview I wrote at Metro Weekly for today’s closing arguments: More than five months ago, the trial questioning the... -
Presidential Q-and-A
Although I did not get to ask a question at today’s White House East Room event in which President Obama... -
Where in the World Is Law Dork?
Yes, I have been a bad Law Dork. But, I’ve been writing plenty, at Metro Weekly, where I had been freelancing,... -
‘One Seat in the Press Section’
“We will be able to accommodate one seat in the press section for Mr. Geidner.” Truly, few emails have made... -
The Dawn at Stevens’ Sunset?
Today was a day for celebrating the service of Justice John Paul Stevens. Today was a day for considering the impact... -
Obama and Stevens United . . . Against Citizens United
One of the ten-ton elephants or bombshells or other colorful journalistic euphemisms awaiting us in the SCOTUS vacancy weeks ahead... -
Equality and the Rule of Law
Yet again, the Department of Justice filed a brief (pdf) in a federal trial court that defends a law in... -
The Role of DOJ
[This is a side discussion relating to this post, "Equality and the Rule of Law."] As Marty Lederman has written, “The... -
The DOJ Brief
[This is a side discussion relating to this post, "Equality and the Rule of Law."] In that vein, the brief filed...