Young at Heart

I just read the e-mail that Ernie Young of Texas is visiting Boalt as a prospective faculty visit. He spoke in the Bundy and Swift seminar last year and struck me as articulate and very, very knowledgeable, though a bit on the conservative side. His expertise is Fed Courts and Con Law. So, if you you guys want a meaningful alternative to Judge Fletcher who is under 800 years old, Young is your man [an alternative to Judge Fletcher is necessary only because he can't teach both semesters and because he teaches at an early hour]. More importantly, he's in charge of getting Longhorns clerkships!!!! More than Fed Courts, we need more professors who want to take on the role of partisan operatives pushing Boalt's candidates through. His resume is here. He will be speaking to students at 4 PM today in the Dean's seminar room. If you're in the library, or anywhere within 1/2 a mile, please show up and say hello. I'm changing my entire plans and staying on campus to do so.

Speaking of conservatives, wow...what a night. Any bets on how long until the Dems fuck it up? Any Boalties considering throwing in their firm offers for a staffer position on the Hill?