Amicus Lectio

"Do Female 'Firsts' Still Matter?: Why They Do for Women of Color" by Angela Onwuachi-Willig and Amber Shanahan-Fricke (2012)

America needs more women of color judges. Their experiences are inappropriately considered aberrant, in favor of whiteness.
The Paper by Angela Onwuachi-Willig (@aonwuachi) & Amber Shanahan-Fricke.
Mike Overby (@lethargilistic) reads Amicus Lectio (@AmicusLectio)

"Preface" "Why Intellectual Property?" from "The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind" by James Boyle (2008)

What is property's opposite, and what does it mean for copyright? Preface and first chapter of The Public Domain by James Boyle (@thepublicdomain), very formative for Mike.
The Book.
Amicus Lectio (@AmicusLectio) is read by Mike Overby (@lethargilistic)

"Silvertop Associates, Inc. v. Kangaroo Manufacturing, Inc." by Thomas Hardiman (2019)

A banana costume too similar to the competition's banana costume because...it looks like a banana. Judge Thomas Hardiman applies Star Athletica.
The Opinion.
Mike Overby (@lethargilistic) reads Amicus Lectio (@AmicusLectio).

"Leveraging Elsevier’s Creative Commons License Requirement to Undermine Embargo" by Josh Bolick (2018)

Josh Bolick (@JoshBolick) walks us through the loophole to Elsevier's disingenuous attempt to reframe publishing embargoes as freedom. His approach applies the Creative Commons license required by Elsevier's policy to maximize the sharing and archiving of your work.
The Paper. 
Amicus Lectio is read by Mike Overby, your friend reading legal scholarship. You can follow him on Twitter, @lethargilistic.