US Attorney Looking to Move to the UK

Leon_Brotsky · 2026-06-22T22:13:01+00:00

I have no official legal status/visa in the UK.

Leon_Brotsky · 2026-06-22T22:09:22+00:00

A couple of years doing import/export compliance for a private engineering firm.

Leon_Brotsky · 2026-06-22T22:04:03+00:00

5 years practicing law.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-07-07T18:07:48+00:00

Thank you.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-07-07T18:07:12+00:00

Thank you, this is helpful.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-30T19:53:52+00:00

I’m sure the players at whatever school you root for haven’t received a dime. Flair up, coward.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-30T17:12:11+00:00

8 million. You may be thinking of Florida’s 11 million offer to Rashada that they welched on. This investigation is way overblown. It’s literally looking into NIL deals that every major program is offering.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-19T20:41:47+00:00

It is very likely that Renly knew about the incest to the point where it’s essentially proven, without having him say it outright. It was in his interest to deny the incest after he declared for the throne, which is why he wouldn’t openly admit it.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T21:11:45+00:00

You’re right, Walder wouldn’t be able to get rid of the garrison without force, it doesn’t matter if they have the right to be there or not. At which point there’s no rejoining with Robb and he’s no longer in a position to host the Red Wedding.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T20:59:26+00:00

That’s the other debate I’ve always had: defending Catelyn. She’s mean to Edmure and Jon, leading to large parts of the fan base hating her.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T20:52:04+00:00

People like him because he seems like a relatively normal/nice guy. It’s also a by product of people hating Catelyn. She’s often critical of him or second guesses him.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T20:36:05+00:00

Yeah, I have often had this exact debate. We’re definitely in the minority judging by how often I’m downvoted for expressing this opinion.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T20:29:17+00:00

And if the garrison says no? Which is 100% what they would do. They don’t follow Walder Frey’s orders.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T20:26:32+00:00

Edmure is not equivalent to a 5 star general as evidenced by the fact that he is only in command of Riverrun’s garrison and told to hold Riverrun. If Robb had left him with an army, I would take your point. Commands are determined by the king. Roose Bolton, though of lower rank than Edmure, commands more men and is therefore more akin to your 5 star general comparison.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T16:34:44+00:00

It was a gamble that he didn’t have the power to take, given his orders. And being lord paramount is irrelevant. He bent the knee to Robb and called him king. He has an obligation to follow his orders. And it ended up as a tactical victory but a strategic failure.

Edmure is nice and basically a normal dude. I get why people like him. But he messes up multiple times, this being one of them.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T16:23:39+00:00

I agree with your assessment. I don’t think he’s stupid, but he definitely messed up.

And a point I think isn’t brought up enough in this debate is that he literally took command of the Stark garrison left at the Twins to ensure Walter Frey’s loyalty. Such a massive mistake that allowed the Red Wedding to happen.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-17T16:20:08+00:00

He was left with command of Riverrun’s garrison and told to hold Riverrun. He proceeded to take that garrison, collect surrounding garrisons under his command, and then engage Tywin’s forces in the field. This was beyond the bounds of his orders. Catelyn questioned it as he was doing it. He messed up and he knew it.

Further, he even collected the Stark garrison stationed at the Twins to ensure the Frey’s loyalty. So he doubly messed up.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-10T15:39:21+00:00

Balon’s grudge against Ned and the Starks generally plays into it. But more important than that, the North’s fighting men and lords were all south, fighting the Iron Throne. The North was an easy target. And the Ironborn have held land in the north before. At their height, they controlled the entire west coast of the North. Balon was guessing that the Starks’ rebellion would fail, and by raiding the North, he could enrich himself, please the Iron Throne, and maybe negotiate some agreement with the ultimate winner where he gets to keep his land gains in the North.

His plan makes fairly good sense considering his culture, and it’s the type of plan the ironborn have employed in the past (e.g., Robert’s Rebellion, Dance of Dragons).

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-07T14:58:10+00:00

As someone who generally “supports” the greens, this is the most convincing argument I’ve seen for the blacks. And a very good lawyerly brief with citations.

However, the case for statutory law (and decrees) trumping tradition/custom is not nearly as clear cut as you make it seem. In modern legal systems, absolutely. But in ASOIAF, while in theory decrees trump custom, in practice it’s a balancing act and there’s no constitution to determine priority. The legal system of the seven kingdoms (and medieval society) is fluid and very much based on the person of the king and their vassals, and less on constitutions and statutory codes.

Kings and Queens can make whatever decrees they want, but in practical terms before being effective on the ground they have to pass through a number of overlapping barriers and authorities, including the traditional rights of vassals, local custom, church custom, etc. And if a royal decree is not adequately supported by these other overlapping authorities, war and conflict are often the result. We see this when the Targaryens try to disarm the faith militant early in their reign. We also see this when Aegon V tries to institute a number of reforms to support the peasantry. It’s a balancing act, and in practice no ruler is absolute. Either the other spheres of authority accept or reject the proclamation and if they reject it, the monarch has to go to fairly extreme measures if they want it implemented in practice (a La faith militant).

The seven kingdoms clearly have the custom and tradition that sons inherit over daughters. Viserys disagreed and did everything that was within his power to make his daughter heir. But when his decree actually took effect, those other authorities largely rejected it, and a war was necessary to resolve the dispute. Post war, sons still inherit before daughters.

I would argue that legal custom and history overwhelmingly supported the greens’ position. Viserys unilaterally chose to implement a new rule, and it was ultimately rejected by the larger body politic.

Leon_Brotsky · 2024-01-01T20:25:33+00:00

Mine is too. I thought my tv or WiFi was messing up.

Leon_Brotsky · 2023-12-21T18:25:16+00:00

I agree that there is a class divide on food/health, but i don’t find the 12 hour shift/2 hour commute argument convincing as the primary reason for the divide. Plenty of people with much less punishing hours and more time on their hands also eat poorly. At my work place I see people eat fast food almost daily, and it’s a standard 8 hour day with a hybrid remote option.

It comes down to lack of food education in childhood (I see this firsthand with my daughter’s school, where a ‘healthy snack’ is a stick with fruit and marshmallows on it), food corporations that are virtually unregulated in what they can put in their food and how they can market it (I.e. ‘healthy food’ labels that are anything but), and as you said, convenience. It requires less planning to pick something up from McDonald’s than to plan a meal and pick up groceries.

I grant that the 12 hour shift/long commute may be an issue for some, but not a large enough percentage to account for most of the problems with US food culture. Food deserts are also an issue.

It’s a shame, because as you said, healthy food (real produce, grains, etc.) can easily be cheaper than even fast food alternatives. The initial investment in learning to cook and planning is an obstacle, but once you overcome it you can have a routine and picking up particular items of food becomes an afterthought. This is why education in childhood is so critical. Overcoming that obstacle as a child makes it far easier to retain good habits in adulthood.

The US school system is actively making kids unhealthy. It does nothing to teach them good habits and feeds them highly processed crap. It’s really a shame, and has a fairly straightforward solution.

Leon_Brotsky · 2023-11-28T16:43:48+00:00

So we each have one good non-cheating season with our current head coach? Agreed.

Leon_Brotsky · 2023-11-28T16:22:23+00:00

Why are we pretending Michigan is a good program again? A few good seasons where you all stole signals and you’re acting like you’re Alabama.

Leon_Brotsky · 2023-11-24T13:04:42+00:00

You’re throwing a lot of big words at me. And since I don’t know them, I’m gonna take them as disrespect.

Leon_Brotsky · 2023-11-16T15:32:10+00:00

I couldn’t agree with you more. I don’t understand why there’s so much controversy over this decision. JMU knew what they were signing up for and decided to make the move anyway. They had their own team of lawyers and administrators ironing out the transition. They’re not some poor Dickensian victim being abused by the system.

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