tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post716554965270981468..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Reply to the Motions to Dismisskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72484420891185102932008-04-14T19:50:00.000-04:002008-04-14T19:50:00.000-04:00I have met Duke law students, and they do not care...I have met Duke law students, and they do not care about this case. They are headed for Wall Street, and as such, will not really be involved in prosecution, wrongful or not. <BR/><BR/>Tell him to come on down. Just don't leave campus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59244164815517296542008-04-11T19:31:00.000-04:002008-04-11T19:31:00.000-04:00Free Ride at Duke Law???Like placing your loved on...Free Ride at Duke Law???<BR/><BR/>Like placing your loved one on a bus driven by a blind drunk -- through a crime ridden ghetto in a city run by black racists and a black pandering city council ---- for transportation to a University staffed with one of the largest ratios of racists, feminists, leftists and dangerously incompetent jerks in the country..<BR/><BR/>Some "rides" are not worth the risk at any price ---- even free..<BR/><BR/>One can not live their college years in a vacuum -- immune from the positively poison filled atmosphere the public witnessed on the Duke Campus, Duke Administration and in charge in the city of Durham.<BR/><BR/>Please note - that to date, NONE of the Administration or Faculty have been slapped down or dismissed for their obnoxious and unconstitutional behavior in conflict with their fiduciary responsibilities to the CHARGED students..river rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367729188948782171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84535692189163018422008-04-06T12:39:00.000-04:002008-04-06T12:39:00.000-04:00"Interview the professors to determine a fit" - Is..."Interview the professors to determine a fit" - Is this a joke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87738505205705812512008-04-05T22:27:00.000-04:002008-04-05T22:27:00.000-04:00RRH,Congratulations to your nephew for his being f...RRH,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations to your nephew for his being favorably viewed by Duke law.<BR/><BR/>I am going to disagree with many on this thread. Without knowing your nephew's other alternatives, I don't think anyone could provide sage advice. If he has no other alternatives, then he may want to create some. Choosing the only alternative despite it being bad is not good judgment. If however he views Duke as a very good alternative, then financing is clearly a win.<BR/><BR/>But my advice would be this:<BR/><BR/>Try to determine what type of law one wishes to practice. Then try to determine who is/are the best teachers in the country specializing in that type of law. Then apply to those schools (after interviewing the professors to determine fit) and if accepted, figure out a way to go -- whether full grant-in-aid or loans or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Don't let money drive the decision.<BR/><BR/>Let a full career -- 40+ years -- be the important determinant.<BR/><BR/>That's my 2 cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42001453890890233772008-04-05T22:09:00.000-04:002008-04-05T22:09:00.000-04:00The defendants response in the present case - (and...The defendants response in the present case - (and the community's gripe) - that there was no harm done to the accused students, since the young men weren't convicted is like arguing that a falsely accused man on death row has no greivance unless he's actually put to death.<BR/><BR/>(Have I seen this posted somewhere else before?)machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-1733814038777208412008-04-05T18:06:00.000-04:002008-04-05T18:06:00.000-04:00A full ride to Duke Law School - that should take ...A full ride to Duke Law School - that should take about a microsecond to accept the offer. I assume the guy/gal applied to the school and fellowship. If you can not get into harvard, Duke is a great second choice,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25830759640481844742008-04-05T07:23:00.000-04:002008-04-05T07:23:00.000-04:00I would think long and hard about the offer of a f...I would think long and hard about the offer of a full ride to Duke. If there had been some real changes made at either Duke or in Durham I would be more likely to advise taking the full ride. However, it seems that little if anything has been done.<BR/>My duaghter has just completed her applications to law school and though she only applied to southern schools Duke was not among them as we told her our money would not be going to that administration. It will not be on either of her two brother's choices of law schools either. There will be no change at Duke until the administration and board of trustees feels an economic consequence to the actions that they took (or failed to take). By extension, the Durham community, whether they like the existence of college students or not, depend on the monies that they inject in the local economy.<BR/>While a free ride to a school is something that (particularly in this day and age is hard to turn down) there is also the question of principle (which ultimately must be given a higher priority since one must live with one's conscience). Ultimately, your nephew will need to determine whether money is more important that principle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-7147039712336627852008-04-05T06:41:00.000-04:002008-04-05T06:41:00.000-04:00Thank you Jim Peterson, Kate, and "anonymous at 9:...Thank you Jim Peterson, Kate, and "anonymous at 9:52 PM". Your comments have been sent to my nephew and his parents.<BR/><BR/>I think it was good advice to have handy a lawyer's phone number in case of contact with the Durham "authorities". I happen to be a lawyer, but I am not in and never will be in Durham if I can help it. As a longtime neighbor and student of Mexico, I have advised people who were going to Mexico that if they were stopped by the Mexican police in the middle of nowhere, the best thing they could do is start shooting -- because it's probably their best chance at living at that point. Of course, I don't think the Durham police have reached Mexican-levels of corruption, but I think that a business card from Brad Bannon might be as useful there as a gun would be outside Juarez.<BR/><BR/>RRHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85921590762589424382008-04-04T23:10:00.000-04:002008-04-04T23:10:00.000-04:00aleva is leaving dukealeva is leaving dukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42678290510382420702008-04-04T21:52:00.000-04:002008-04-04T21:52:00.000-04:00I'm a Duke alum and have 4 kids yet to graduate fr...I'm a Duke alum and have 4 kids yet to graduate from high school. I have not encouraged either of the 2 oldest to apply to Duke and both of them will be going to other top-rated engineering schools. However, I would toss all caution to the wind for a full ride--I'd just tell them to cross their fingers and be very pleasant to any Durham cop they happen to talk to, and call me immediately afterwards. I'd also make sure they had an attorney's phone number with them at all times.<BR/><BR/>But a full ride is like winning the lottery. Once in a lifetime. But if I had a choice of full rides, I'd probably recommend that someone take the other one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-40532487736457905222008-04-04T18:43:00.000-04:002008-04-04T18:43:00.000-04:00"the SWAT team that broke down the door and storme..."the SWAT team that broke down the door and stormed the house w/ automatic weapons at the ready during one of the recent bad drug frames/busts on Duke students (but waited paitiently outside while negotiating to arrest the murder suspect)" <BR/><BR/>Are those Duke students whose door got broke down white? If so, perhaps a double standard??? The 17 year old murder suspect of Eve Carson who is innocent until proven guilty was treated with kid gloves by the NC Juvenile Justice System, not once, not twice, but more times than you should count. See Friday's N&O for sickening details of how the system failed(or on purpose treated him gently) time after time after time. Was the suspect handled gently by his own in those prior cases for some reason? We will never know if Eve Carson would be alive today if the system had operated properly, but one must wonder...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62584846996122700292008-04-04T15:02:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:02:00.000-04:00RRH,I have a child that is a senior at Duke right ...RRH,<BR/><BR/>I have a child that is a senior at Duke right now. I would love to have our next child attend Duke as well. For anyone to think that there aren't liberal professors all over the country is ludicrous. There are many dangerous cities where there are great schools. Our state school that is in a quaint, safe, and lovely little town had 4 sexual assaults on the campus just last month. There is no where in the country that is perfect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937239595028798079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28744274767097686762008-04-04T14:35:00.000-04:002008-04-04T14:35:00.000-04:00Is Meeham a Communist?Is Meeham a Communist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20868302238791097912008-04-04T12:23:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:23:00.000-04:00Thank you to Scott, TexasMom, and "anonymous at 8:...Thank you to Scott, TexasMom, and "anonymous at 8:12 AM"!<BR/><BR/>I will send your comments -- and any others I may receive here in the next few days -- to my nephew and his parents via copy-n-paste and e'mail.<BR/><BR/>RRHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-32750758631194027742008-04-04T12:09:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:09:00.000-04:00RRH,Didn't your child apply elsewhere? Very risky...RRH,<BR/><BR/>Didn't your child apply elsewhere? <BR/><BR/>Very risky to apply only to Duke, for a number of reasons, some related to finance, some related to physical safety. (see comments by anonymous 10:46.)<BR/><BR/>Have you considered home schooling, as a better alternative than attending Duke University under the current regime?<BR/><BR/>Jim PetersonJim in San Diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032079086884503680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34268168301330737152008-04-04T11:38:00.000-04:002008-04-04T11:38:00.000-04:00RRH --I agree with the commenters who say to take ...RRH --<BR/><BR/>I agree with the commenters who say to take the full-ride. Starting a career without a 6 figure school debt is a big plus.<BR/><BR/>It goes without saying, however, (but I will anyway) that anyone who spends time in Durham / Duke longer than it takes to drive through must keep a well-read copy of UPI close at hand. <BR/><BR/>To attend Duke (especially the law school) and not have a thorough understanding of the details of the Nifong scandal is pure folly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-33939423172534146542008-04-04T10:07:00.000-04:002008-04-04T10:07:00.000-04:00Assuming he is judgment proof, whatever else may s...Assuming he is judgment proof, whatever else may said about Mr. Wilson, at the end of the day, when the case is over and the parties compare what they spent to what they got, he may not have any regrets. While he may be foolhardy to represent himself, it is unlikely he can afford a lawyer and he gets some credit, if not sympathy, for speaking for himself rather than allowing a default to enter.W. R. Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827973470339715021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9723198827231803752008-04-04T09:37:00.000-04:002008-04-04T09:37:00.000-04:00Is it too much to ask for more from local governme...Is it too much to ask for more from local government? At the risk at sounding like a racist, is it possible that black voters ask little more of their candidates than to be black. Before that question is answered, too quickly, by pointing out a lot of the "bad" guys are white, take another look at the real underpinnings of power in Durham. How many places could of Chalmers gotten away with his always absent act? And how easy it was to for Nifong to pander to a racist agenda during his election?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61625704425060161622008-04-04T08:12:00.000-04:002008-04-04T08:12:00.000-04:00RRHTell your nephew to go to Duke law School and t...RRH<BR/><BR/>Tell your nephew to go to Duke law School and take advantage of all the opportunities Duke offers. It is a top notch law school on a beautiful campus in a crumby town, but alot of colleges are located in corrupt, crumby towns. Tell your nephew to be aware of the police corruption and gang activity so he should lock his door and watch his back just like he would in any other city. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure you will find 88 wacko, stupid professors at any liberal arts college in the country if you looked for them.<BR/><BR/>What you hopefully wouldn't find at any college in the country is a Presdident who is as weak and spineless as Brodhead and a cast of fawning adminstrators. But the existence of these idiots shouldn't hurt your nephew's experience unless he hires a stripper who turns on him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-6673054061964263722008-04-04T08:02:00.000-04:002008-04-04T08:02:00.000-04:00RRH, I hate to say this, since I think Durham is a...RRH, I hate to say this, since I think Durham is a dangerous place, but I'd be inclined to tell your nephew to take the Duke offer. Law school is hideously expensive and student loans can be oppressive. A free ride is hard to resist.<BR/>TexasMomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59493262174546732742008-04-03T22:59:00.000-04:002008-04-03T22:59:00.000-04:00The reply brief looks beautiful. And I am happy t...The reply brief looks beautiful. And I am happy to say that the immunity defenses now look weaker than I expected.<BR/><BR/>ObserverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-6472976002437138212008-04-03T22:46:00.000-04:002008-04-03T22:46:00.000-04:00Well, at least my kid is learning valuable lessons...Well, at least my kid is learning valuable lessons by being in the midst of this cesspool!<BR/><BR/>So long as he doesn't get<BR/> - murdered,<BR/> - harmed by the SWAT team that broke down the door and stormed the house w/ automatic weapons at the ready during one of the recent bad drug frames/busts on Duke students (but waited paitiently outside while negotiating to arrest the murder suspect),<BR/> - "othered" by the many malcontent, mush-headed activists,<BR/> - framed by the same crooked DAs who at least stood idly by while this monumental entrerprise was unfolding, or<BR/> - "taught" by any of the so-called educators who were "listening",<BR/><BR/>he will get a whole extra dimension to his education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24945153249283088182008-04-03T22:26:00.000-04:002008-04-03T22:26:00.000-04:00The plaintiffs' attorneys are far too charitable i...The plaintiffs' attorneys are far too charitable in their description of the Whichard Commission:<BR/>"The City announced, to much fanfare, a blue ribbon commission to investigate the Durham Police Department’s misconduct in this case, and then promptly canceled it before it could hear a single witness from the City or Durham Police. "<BR/><BR/>Despite its lack of meetings, the Commission nevertheless demonstrated that its purpose was merely to whitewash the DPD's involvement. <BR/><BR/>Judge Wichard met with Patrick Baker and City Attorneys on several occasions. After these meetings, Whichard disgraced himself when he parroted the aready discredited Baker/Chalmers explanation of the April 4 lineup as an attempt to identify "witnesses." <BR/><BR/>An investigative commission that takes direction from one of its targets lacks both independence and integrity.JSwifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758976125626982551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76606228786973218812008-04-03T22:06:00.000-04:002008-04-03T22:06:00.000-04:00CONUNDRUM: One of my nephews has just been offere...CONUNDRUM: One of my nephews has just been offered a full-ride scholarship to Duke Law. Arrrrghhh. I think he knows little about the lacrosse scandal. What should I tell him?<BR/><BR/>RRHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12789759082703287862008-04-03T21:08:00.000-04:002008-04-03T21:08:00.000-04:00The defendants are indeed, one and all, fucked. Th...The defendants are indeed, one and all, fucked. The state's attorney general has declared the three plaintiffs innocent of the crime for which they were wongfully indicted? The prosecuting DA was disbarred for unethical conduct? Some of the defendants have given public testimony that they did participate in meetings to suppress evidence? The plaintiffs' allegations are all deemed true in a motion to dismiss. Oh yes, we all engaged in a conspiracy to intimidate witnesses, falsify evidence, suppress evidence, etc. but that is all perfectly legal behavior.<BR/><BR/>Pitiful. I can't wait for the motion for summary judgment.<BR/><BR/>JeffMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com