Eight Way Tie

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  • Can a hotel really deny entrance to rappers? [Vice]
  • Governor Sisolak vetoed the National Popular Vote bill. [TNI]
  • With just days left in the session, the Legislature is trying to finalize a budget. [TNI]
  • Proponents of SB287, which would improve access to public records, are still fighting for passage. [RJ]
  • They’re all winners!?! The national spelling bee ended in an eight-way tie. [ESPN]
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May 31, 2019 4:39 pm

My takeaway from the BoG election is that this blog is an echo chamber of a small group of disgruntled attorneys who post frequently and anonymously. Or BoG is rigged. One of the two.

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May 31, 2019 7:26 pm
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Agreed the tone, tenor and issues raised suggest one or two posters supply the bulk of the comments. Apparently people are unpersuaded as 3 incumbents were elected and one who was voted out last year.

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May 31, 2019 9:09 pm
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I voted for non-incumbents. U want results.

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 9:10 pm
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May 31, 2019 9:29 pm
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I did not post anything about the Board of Governors' elections, and I did not vote. Big yawn! I think most of us practicing attorneys don't give a damn.

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 5:11 pm

If attorneys are unhappy with the board of governors they should run for office at the next election

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May 31, 2019 5:50 pm
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Paying for BOG members and SBN staff and a plethora of judges to attend luxury conference in VAIL, CO and elsewhere on attorney members' dues is unacceptable. But the BOGS voting to pay for these out of state trips are the same people indulging these unnecessary vacations. Most members cannot afford to attend their own annual meeting, while paying for freeloaders to attend. As fiduciaries, the BOGs need to curtail this practice.

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May 31, 2019 6:47 pm
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Would your opinion change if you knew SBN does not pay judges to attend?

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 7:15 pm
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Most of the judges that go get a "scholarship" from the Administrative Office of Courts, so no my opinion doesn't change.

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 7:22 pm
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That is a good point, but the SBN does not control the AOC.

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May 31, 2019 8:05 pm
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Just for the limited purpose of clearing the record, without taking a position on merits of the program. It is not technically a scholarship that the AOC grants the judges to attend the annual conference. Rather, each judge (at least District and above) is given an annual budget for judicial education (I think it is around $2000 per year) to spend on CLE related education expenses (reimbursement based). The individual judge(s) decide which programs they wish to use the money to attend. Many choose to attend the conventions for among the reasons stated.. they get a nice vacation in a desirable location as a byproduct of obtaining CLE credits, as well as, viewing it as an opportunity to network with influential bar leaders as a marketing/campaigning event (on someone else's dime).

This AOC education budget does not, of course, contemplate any other "scholarships", "gifts", "fee waivers", etc. that others may offer to entice them to attend a specific event. Those items are supposed to be disclosed in the judge's annual financial disclosures but in my experience rarely if ever are.

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May 31, 2019 6:07 pm

I wonder if Sisolak had the Dems pass the popular vote bill knowing all along he'd vetoe it in order to make him look good. Stupid, terrible, no-good bill.

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May 31, 2019 6:31 pm
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Yeah, it would be such a tragedy if we picked our president based on who received the most votes. A Republican might never rule again.

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 9:14 pm
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Very Republican of Sisolak.

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May 31, 2019 10:09 pm
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"vetoe" – is this the subtle and hilarious Dan Quayle reference that I hope it is? Bravo, sir or madam.

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 10:53 pm
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Ha!

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Anonymous
June 3, 2019 11:39 pm
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Yeah. Heaven forbid 1131am that we should actually abide the Constitution!

Knucklehead. How silly can you be?

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Anonymous
June 3, 2019 11:55 pm
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Explain where in the Constitution it prohibits states from designating electors to vote for the candidate that won the national popular vote.

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 6:32 pm

"Arrested for what???" "You'll be arrested for trespassing." "Arrested for what though?!?!"
…. some people are just too precious…
rofl

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Anonymous
May 31, 2019 8:27 pm

BOG = Student Council
Kim Farmer = Student Council Advisor

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May 31, 2019 9:07 pm

"Don't Let Anyone Dull Your Sparkle" Paola Armeni