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Editors

• Ross E. Davies, editor-in-chief

• David M. Gossett, executive editor

• Gregory F. Jacob, senior editor

• Curtis E. Gannon, contributing editor

• Britton B. Guerrina, contributing editor

• James C. Ho, contributing editor

• Amy Steacy, contributing editor

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• Richard A. Epstein

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• Leonard Garment

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• Bryan A. Garner

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• Dennis J. Hutchinson

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• James M. Rosenbaum

• Suzanna Sherry

• A.W.B. Simpson

• Kate Stith-Cabranes

• William W. Van Alstyne

 

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Publications:

• Almanac & Reader 2009 (excerpt)

• Almanac & Reader 2008 (excerpt)

• Almanac & Reader 2007 (excerpt)

• Almanac & Reader 2006 (excerpt)

Bobblehead Justices:

They are listed in order of their appointment to the Supreme Court, with (in parentheses) the date on which the Green Bag released them.

• Benjamin R. Curtis (2007)

• Louis D. Brandeis (2008)

• Louis D. Brandeis (2008) (Harvard ed.)

• William H. Rehnquist (2003)

• John Paul Stevens (2004)

• Sandra Day O'Connor (2004)

• Antonin Scalia (2005)

• Anthony M. Kennedy (2006)

• David H. Souter (2009)

High-resolution annotations are here.

Pictures of John Rutledge and William Cushing bobbleheads have appeared in a few places (including the Almanac & Reader 2006), but they will not be available before 2010 or 2011.

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Green Bag, Spring 2009

June 9, 2009 — The Spring issue (vol. 12, no. 3) of the Green Bag should arrive on subscribers' doorsteps in a few days. Here are the contents (links are to pdfs or SSRN pages):

Ex Ante

Tasteless Error • The Annotated Bobblehead: Justice David H. Souter

To the Bag

Harold Kahn • Anthony Lewis • Timothy Sandefur

Articles

The American Law Institute: A Glimpse Into Its Future, by Bennett Boskey

McCulloch and the Turned Comma, by Michael G. Collins

Playwright of the Law: Elmer Rice, by Allan B. Ecker

Can Congress Create Procedures for the Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction Cases?, by Stephen R. McAllister

Defining the Rule of Law Problem, by Thomas B. Nachbar

Review

Inside the Marble Palace, by Laura Krugman Ray

Ex Post

The Food Stays in the Kitchen, by Hillel Y. Levin

Mama's Got a Brand New Bag, by Bob Rains

FantasyLaw

Opening Day, by Ross E. Davies

Justice Souter bobblehead

June 6, 2009 — Justice Souter received his bobblehead doll on April 1. Since mid-May, we have been gradually mailing to several hundred people certificates possibly redeemable for Justice Souter dolls. If you receive a certificate, please read it to learn about the rules governing its use.

Almanac & Reader 2009

June 1, 2009 — Early this year we mailed copies of the 2009 edition of the Green Bag Almanac of Useful and Entertaining Tidbits for Lawyers for the Year to Come & Reader of Exemplary Legal Writing from the Year Just Passed to many friends of the Bag. Unfortunately, we could not print enough for everyone, and now we are fresh out.