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Bigger even than Jupiter. Comet Holmes is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bigger than the planet Jupiter. Meanwhile Pluto's moon Charon is a mere 1,210 kilometers across.

... Grits for Breakfast for calling my attention to this Houston Chronicle article about former Harris County District Attorney Johnny Holmes (Scott Henson calls it a "puff piece" and a "hagiography"). In the article Houston criminal defense lawyer George "Mac" ... moral values. Like religious beliefs, they are not, and should not be, susceptible to logic or subject to argument. But Holmes's tack, passing the buck to juries, is disingenuous in the same way that this prosecutor's claim that "All we ever ...

... the connection between law and astronomy? A Justice listening to oral arguments should probably make sure that this does not occur when Holmes "bursts" onto the scene, for which there is an 1892 precedent. No, not Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, but Edwin Holmes. No, not Edwin Holmes of burglar alarm fame, but the astronomer. Image by NASA/JPL linked here from CTV.ca. A Wikipedia image from the Wikimedia Commons released into the public domain by Tomruen When one ...

... Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters. Lycett's capable work, Conan Doyle: The man who created Sherlock Holmes, gives a detailed picture of these multiple occupations, despite the frustration of the dispersal and destruction of significant documents after ... continued to hunger for a confirmation of immortality - "infinitely the most important thing in the history of the world". At the time that Sherlock Holmes first emerged in Doyle's writing, he began to develop what would become a lifelong interest in ...

... ' SUV because it matched a description of another vehicle that was suspected of transporting large sums of drugs. The reports indicated that Holmes was allegedly in possession of a small amount of marijuana found inside some cigars. The reports further indicate that the charge ... of up to one year in jail but usually only results in either a fine or probation. In New York, Holmes probably would have only been charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Unlawful possession of marijuana (UPM) is ...

For you nostalgia buffs, the Houston Chronicle this week ran an inexplicably timed hagiography of former Harris County District Attorney Johnny Holmes. (Was it his birthday or something?) All I can say in response to this puff piece is that Holmes' tenure, like Lubbock, apparently looks better when viewed in the rear-view mirror. MORE: From Defending People, see Johnny Holmes and the Personal Moral Judgment.

Virginia investigator, business consultant, and owner of E! Advantage Marketing Consultants, Sherlocke Evan Francis Holmes, has been ordered by a Virginia Beach Circuit Court judge to refrain from "any unauthorized practice of law", after being ... " in regard to the unauthorized practice of law. In regard to this case of possible paralegal identity, the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes might have observed, "It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles." (The Man with ...

... Monday, August 20 Elmer L. Andersen Library Gallery Collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries hold two versions of Sherlock Holmes' famous sitting room at 221B Baker Street, London: a full-size reproduction and a miniature rendering. The miniature ... from the estate of the late Allen Mackler. This special exhibit features these and other materials from the Sherlock Holmes Collections, including recently-acquired letters written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, toys, games, and puzzles from ...

... a little advice to tuck away in your first week back: If a letter from Holme Roberts & Owen finds its way to your campus mailbox, don't chuck ... swing vote to sell Dow Jones to Rupert Murdoch was a group of Bancroft family trusts overseen by Holme Roberts & Owen.) According to the story, the RIAA has been using Holme ... has sent 2,926 letters to their universities. According to Richard Gabriel, a Holme Roberts partner who oversees the RIAA cases at the firm, the cases require a lot of work. ...

My colleague Bruce Ackerman's Holmes Lectures have now been published in the Harvard Law Review as "The Living Constitution," 120 Harv. L. Rev. 1737 (2007). In my view, this is scholarly innovation of the first rank, as important as any in this very distinguished series of lectures. As I describe the major themes in this review, you will instantly see that they raise a new agenda for discussion about constitutional law and constitutional theory. They are generative scholarship in the best sense. ...