Allison Larsen on the Colbert Report

For those who missed it, last night, my W&M colleague Alli Larsen discussed a component of her ongoing work on Supreme Court factfinding, and particulaly its practice of pulling dubious facts from amicus briefs on … the Colbert Report! 

Although the coverage focuses on Supreme Court practice, to my mind this work brings a fresh perspective to the long forgotten Evidence-related debate about the proper contours and boundaries of judicial notice of “legislative” facts.

Here is a SSRN link to her forthcoming article, The Trouble with Amicus Facts

Here is a link to the Colbert Report segment

Here is a link to coverage in the NY Times

Fascinating stuff!