Judy Coleman

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• Posted Rogue Wave @ the Black Cat to DCist
  Rogue Wave is what you might call the paradigmatic 2007 indie band: their hooks are pretty, their lyrics are incomprehensible, and their singles appear regularly on both elitist music blogs and network television soundtracks. Accordingly, the question facing Rogue Wave is the one facing all the other Pitchfork wunderkind of similar vintage: Are they a small band that, for the moment, is big, or a big band that, for the moment, is small? Last...
• Posted Stare DCisis: Storming the Court to DCist
  Part of DCist's continuing coverage of Deluge '06. When you headed out in your car yesterday, you probably felt a bit like Noah boarding the ark. You checked your two headlights, two windshield wipers, two pairs of shoes, and, if you were Rush Limbaugh, two Viagra. As the rain takes a breather, let's learn about two D.C. cases involving flood victims that, together, will be necessary for anyone considering suing the city when the...
• Posted Stare DCisis: Gaming the System to DCist
  Last week, Stare DCisis explored what happens when the Supreme Court stops being polite, and starts getting real with states acting unconstitutionally. Virginia, in particular, was the perpetual thorn in the side of the early Supreme Court. Though Chief Justice John Marshall was a former Virginia legislator, the state's supreme court had some real authority problems taking orders from Marshall once he moved across the river. It may seem patently obvious that the Supreme Court...
• Posted Stare DCisis: Holey Matrimony to DCist
  This spring, like every spring, is sponsored by Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma and, depending on your friends, Tiffany's. It's wedding season around the country, and Federal Marriage Amendment season on the Hill. Our lawmakers have decided that this issue merits a great deal of their time, and our own, so in this spirit Stare DCisis revisits one of the most important constitutional decisions about marriage that was ever handed down by the Supreme Court....
• Posted Stare DCisis: Dishonorable Discharge to DCist
  There are few more unpleasant words in the English language than the word "discharge." In two otherwise harmless syllables, it inspires shudders and involuntary wretching. The D.C. Circuit had occasion to investigate the meaning of this word in a decision handed down today about a bank robbery that occurred in the District. First, a word about the D.C. Circuit. This revered court of appeals has developed a reputation for making some of the most...