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TURLEY BLOG SELECTED BY ABA JOURNAL FOR HALL OF FAME

HallofFame200pxV3I am very happy to report that our blog has been inducted into the ABA Journal’s Hall of Fame for legal blogs around the world. We just received word this afternoon with the start of this year’s competition for the top News/Analysis blog. This is also our sixth year in being selected as one of the top 100 legal blogs in the world. Of course, this is the closest that an endomorphic law professor can get to any Hall of Fame. I am grateful to the ABA Journal staff not just for this distinction but for holding this competition each year to feature the wide variety of legal blogs. For all of us who were the last to be selected on sports teams growing up, this is our pudgy, wheezing victory lap. While people like Pete Rose may be a hundred times more athletic, we made it into the Hall of Fame (pending any last minute gambling scandals).

The selection for the Hall of Fame is latest distinction given this site which has strived to offer an alternative forum for those interested in passionate but civil discourse over the legal cases and issues of our day. Special thanks go to our talented and popular weekend team of guest bloggers: Mike Appleton, David Drumm, Mark Esposito, Gene Howington, Elaine Magliaro, Larry Rafferty, Darren Smith, Mike Spindell, and Charlton Stanley. I owe them a great debt for their insightful and gifted postings. The greatest thanks however goes to our readers and commenters who have placed this blog in the top ten most visited legal blogs in the world according to AVVO. We have strived to maintain a civility rule while discussing issues that may divide us. We do not want to be another echo chamber for one ideology or viewpoint. There are ample conservative and liberal sites that cater to that desire for reaffirmation. We value dialogue and different views. While we occasionally have some who stray into personal remarks, we have been remarkably successful in maintaining a high level of discourse. We even have some fun with the more bizarre legal and social stories.

We hope that all of our regulars will take the time to go and vote for the blog in the heavily competitive News/Analysis category. You only have to do a quick registration (used only to prevent vote stuffing) and then you can VOTE HERE.

I strongly recommend that you take a look at the various blogs in the top 100 this year. They are an impressive lot, including some of our competitors for this year’s News and Analysis section. While we may be competing, it is a good-natured effort that allows us to have some team fun.

The ABA offers the following as the description of our blog:

JONATHAN TURLEY
HALL OF FAME George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley draws on his own experience in high-profile litigation as he analyzes breaking news items that raise legal questions. His posts, and those of his guests, show a particular interest in the First Amendment, rights of consumers, the rights of criminal defendants and the patently bizarre.

Twitter: @JonathanTurley

46 thoughts on “TURLEY BLOG SELECTED BY ABA JOURNAL FOR HALL OF FAME”

  2. 41 as of the time of his post with Popehat coming up behind at 29.

    Let’s make that spread larger! Vote Turley!

  3. Delighted! I know that my vote was only one among many, but this is a signal honor – well done!

  8. 33 VOTES AS OF TUESDAY 11-26-2013 7:41 a.m. EST, “Oh, come all ye faithful…”, take a moment and exercise your vote. Frank

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    JONATHAN TURLEY
    HALL OF FAME George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley draws on his own experience in high-profile litigation as he analyzes breaking news items that raise legal questions. His posts, and those of his guests, show a particular interest in the First Amendment, rights of consumers, the rights of criminal defendants and the patently bizarre.

    Twitter: @JonathanTurley

  9. lottakatz,

    I’m current memorizing 20 minutes from a very prophetic person like Professor Turley.

    That Hunter S Thomson guy, I can see why his genius may be lost on some, not me.

    There are some long winter nights ahead, I think I grab that book for couple of those nights.

    I already have a very odd book collection, it’ll fit right in.

  10. bigfatmike, I too hope the kitteh’s absence is temporary. While not up to Nal’s standards you might find this amusing, camo squared, or cubed, IDK cause I’m not one of the maths posters. Whole lot of camouflage going on though:

    http://cdn.terriblycute.com/files/2012/03/Camo-Cat-08-632×442.jpg

    Oky1, I love the book, Johnny Depp and the movie poster but the movie never worked for me. That scene at 2:32 was poignant and got to me though. Thanks for including it.

  11. Congratulations on the Hall of Fame award and this years nomination. I voted also.

  12. Gene,

    I understand why you posted & that’s fine.

    I shouldn’t have looked at the msg bb until I had finished writing, it couldn’t have been helped, my concentration was broken.

    You look around, if I was running things I’d fire every damn bean counter, lawyer & polecat in the USA & pull every damn license, it’s a damn utter mess!

    If everything was fine, running like clock work, I wouldn’t have a leg to stand on for an argument, but it isn’t that way is it now is it!

    I could be still just laying low out here in the middle of the prairie if the USA wasn’t such a Ph’in mess.

    There are those that can ban me from this msg bb, fine, but if banned I’ll hopefully be banned arguing principle.

    People in position can either fix the big BS wrong with the USA or you can attempt to hear what I’m try to say, you can ban me, but be warned there are those others out there that remember those that founded this Nation were not asking politely for permission as I am!

    Anyway, if someone needs to pull whatever I may write fine, I know maybe there’s a time it it need to happen, until then I’m through the wall. Below is where I was at when I stopped.

    **Meanwhile, back at the ranch,

    Jonathan Turley’s blog is just one of many of the places that We the People frequent, most all of which are pushing in the same direction for the positive outcomes.

    In case you personally have not notice I can assure you that even in just the past few weeks our friends & us are having some successes on every continent on the planet. (Well, save that real cold one down South.)

    What more can I/we do? Note Professor Turley’s calm demeanor, that can aid us all in crises & calm. Stop, stop all outside noise, be calm, Watch…………….

    **

    You can add the cliff notes to this, but I doubt I even try to finish, I’ll start something new.

  13. Triple deuce:

    Hi Gene 🙂

    I doubt you noticed but I really was headed towards something spontaneous here, I thought & it was almost down & I seen your post, ok fine.

    I’ll give you the cliff notes:

    Close your lips, be calm & sit, buy your self a watch, then watch it, aka, watch what’s going on around you, be Happy, take care of yourself.

    You, I, everyone have but one purpose, it is humanity.

    Yesterday’s gone, Wilson will tell us the future when the tide rolls in in the morning, we are here & we should attempt to make things better here & now.

    But I had more write Gene, but I’m fine with what I give you.

    Let us enjoy this High Water Mark together.

    Gnite.

  14. Oky,

    I suggest the egg bacon spam and sausage. It doesn’t have nearly as much spam in it as the spam egg sausage and spam. Please try to contain your spammy nature and stay on topic for this thread.

  15. 2 dbl of 2,

    Meanwhile, live yesterday from the other CNN, aka, Commie Nazis Network, our flanks haven’t been completely over ran, but the Reptoids are in our lines….

  16. 2 plus of at least 2

    Gene H,

    As we say in Oklahoma, Hold my beer, stand back & watch this, I’m going in.

    Ok, I’ll take the cautious route instead of the wild one I see, you girl men, Jeeeezes!

    The Alien Reptoids from the planets belligerent & Basstards, posing as DC leaders & Wallst Bankers/Insurance shills have the gall to plan that We the People to pay for our own Funeral for the privilege of holding our savings in the Reptoids financial institutions.

    **Banks Warn Fed They May Have To Start Charging Depositors**

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-24/banks-warn-fed-they-may-have-start-charging-depositors

  17. 2 of at least 2

    So what really happens to your kid when you drop them off in the loving hands of Professor Turley?

  18. Professor. The Turley blog is my #1 favorite internet site, others further down the list are Glen Greenwald, Friends of Justice, The Agitator by Radley Balko and Greg Palast.

  19. Voted #30.

    The ABA journal requests that one register to vote, there is no option to sign in with existing registration. I registered with the exact same details as those with which I registered last time and this worked. I do not know whether the registration screen also acts as a sign in screen or whether my previous registration had been deleted.

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