The shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords in Arizona this weekend and the flurry of constitutional commentary upon the start of the 112th Congress–including talk of repealing or altering the… more →
FIRST ONE @ ONE FIRSTwrote 1 month ago: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search peop … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Ladies and gentlemen, your local police are now allowed to strip-search you at-will. Sound alarmist? … more →
wrote 2 months ago: During oral arguments in the Supreme Court this week, Justice Stephen Breyer posed and answered the … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Should judges act based upon reasoned legal arguments, or based upon their personal feelings and med … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Dayam! Even Supreme Court Justices get robbed! Notice it’s the “Liberal” Justices … more →
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wrote 5 months ago: Beginning Friday exports of the anesthetic drug sodium thiopental, a drug used by many states in let … more →
wrote 6 months ago: The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 1989 that living for decades on death row violates the E … more →
wrote 8 months ago: This morning, my weekly workout schedule said it was time for a 4 mile run and hot yoga! My ru … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Of course, too much will be read into this. The last time this happened, when Justices Breyer and O … more →
wrote 10 months ago: By Karen Gushta … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Monday’s ruling that video games are protected under the First Amendment was the culmination o … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Available here, drawing from his book Making Democracy Work. Here is an excerpt: After the decision … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This from an article at IBD Editorials: Law: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, plugging his book … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A class action suit that may include as many as 1.5 million women who claim sex discrimination on th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords in Arizona this weekend and the flurry of constitution … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Governing Through Crime recently noted that photographs more than legalese may have swayed the opini … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: On November 2, 2010, the Supreme Court held oral arguments in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Mercha … more →