You remember that really promising blog by a bunch of SCOTUS clerks? Well, not what it was called–but you do remember that it existed, I’m sure. It was well-written, interesting, and influential. Maybe it is too early to write its obit. But it is hard not to notice that it just doesn’t get updated enough to be a serious voice anymore. This serves as a reminder that even really smart, well-qualified people do not a good blog make. Blogging is hard work, even if the addiction carries most of us through most of the time.
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Posted by Ethan Leib on August 9, 2005 at 12:30 PM
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For me too blogging became a chore, And at times even a bore, Until I resolved to do in rhyme, And say, “It’s for fun And not a job to be done”, Wink, smile, chuckle and have a good time.
Posted by: nk | Aug 10, 2005 4:31:01 PM
I’d like to add what a great blog this is. As a conservative/libertarian, I don’t often agree with what I see. But I do enjoy it. I also appreciate that you enable comments, rather than cowering like some other law-professor bloggers.
Posted by: George of the (Legal) Jungle | Aug 9, 2005 8:23:11 PM
No one at the site will answer the question whether the former clerks who served as sources for the VF article breached their oaths of confidentiality. I didn’t ask them to name names. All I asked (twice!) was whether there was a breach. The (conspiracy of) silence is telling.
Posted by: George of the (Legal) Jungle | Aug 9, 2005 8:13:45 PM
The website you link to is actually the “Supreme Court Extra” part of their blog. The main blog can be found at http://thinkprogress.org/ and seems to be updated on an almost daily basis.
Posted by: coffeydk | Aug 9, 2005 6:13:12 PM
Actually, that blog seems to have transformed itself into the Former Supreme Court Clerk Ethics blog, with the penultimate post forming a 60+ comment ongoing thread about what former clerks should be allowed to disclose:
http://court.thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/robertss-cert-pool-memos
Posted by: Joel Joel | Aug 9, 2005 12:41:08 PM