From Ben Stein at the American Spectator blog: I am looking in my favorite book,Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, for a quote by Hayek about how you cannot clearly associate economic effects with economic causes because so many different circumstances are at work each time. I cannot find that quote in this edition — maybe a 1976 edition…
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Scalia & Garner: Brevity
The power of brevity is not to be underestimated. A recent study confirms what we all know from our own experience: people tend not to start reading what they cannot readily finish. “Making Your Case”, p. 25 In other words, keep it simple, stupid.
Meet the new additions to the family
Courtesy of The Green Bag (which, in addition to being a fabulous law journal, on occasion gives away really cool stuff to its subscribers) and my wife’s cousin Elizabeth, a D.C. area law student, the below 4 folks have come to join our bobblehead family.
Scalia & Garner: Moderation in the pursuit of justice
In 1964 Barry Goldwater famously proclaimed that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice … and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Perhaps Goldwater was right. But when advocating on behalf of a client, perhaps not: Select the most easily defensible position that favors your client. Don’t assume more of…
PA Supreme Court remands Voter ID case
From the per curiam opinion issued today (you can access the full opinion here. Justice Todd’s dissent is here, and Justice McCaffrey’s is here: Thus, we will return the matter to the Commonwealth Court to make a present assessment of the actual availability of the alternate identification cards on a developed record in light of…