1. Bloggers often feel like Rodney Dangerfield: we get no respect. But over the past week, I've learned that under the latest revision of the Bluebook, the citation manual for lawyers, "blog posts are cited much the same as law journals or other periodicals," instead of being treated like emails and other informal correspondence. (Hat tip: Volokh Conspiracy.) And a law professor and blogger in Minnesota has been named to the state supreme court. (Volokh, again.) We're moving up in the world! 2. Speaking of getting no respect, Crime and Consequences has a funny post about actress Lindsay Lohan's latest scrape with the law. Here's an excerpt: Zillionaire actress Lindsay Lohan had been ordered to appear in court to answer for various probation violations. (She was convicted in 2007 of driving around town juiced up on booze and cocaine). She didn't show, and earlier today a warrant was issued for her arrest. But now a $100,000 bond has been posted and the warrant has been recalled. The compassionate among us can breath a sigh of relief. And it's not just that this overbearing, jack-booted warrant is no longer out there. It's that she had just cause for her non-appearance. As ABC News reports: According to Lohan's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, Lohan had good reason for not showing up to court: She's stuck in France at the Cannes Film Festival. Technically, I don't think she's a zillionaire. Actually, I just read in Star magazine that she can't pay her bills, which makes [...]
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