So I’ve finally gotten around to reading “Making Your Case”, Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner’s book on effective advocacy. There’s a lot of really good stuff in the book (which I highly recommend), and it occurred to me that some f the better bits were worth sharing here, so I’ve decided to try and…
Argument on PA Voter ID Law
Is this morning at 9:30. I will be live blogging the oral argument, assuming the plug in I’ve installed for the purpose works (said with fingers crossed).
Three Cheers for Mike Carvin
One of the most consistently vilified decisions of the so-called conservative Supreme Court under John Roberts – indeed, the decision that led President Obama to publicly call out the conservative justices at a State of the Union address – is Citizens United, in which the Court sharply curtailed Congressional limitations on corporate campaign expenditures. It seems…
A must-have Kindle download
Harvey Silverglate’s fabulous book exposing the dramatic over-expansion of the scope of federal criminal law, “Three Felonies a Day” is currently available for Kindle download for $1.99. I cannot recommend this book more highly. If you’re at all interested in the over-criminalization problem, this is a must read book. (H/T: Point of Law)
The restoration of order
All is being made right in the Universe – behold the American League East Division standings, as of this morning: Let’s go O’s!
Is Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Doomed?
A federal appellate court recently struck down Texas’ proposed Congressional redistricting plan, finding that the plan violated Section 5. Might the court’s opinion in that case provide the impetus for the Supreme Court to strike down Section 5 once and for all? That is what Nicholas Stephanopolous suggests in a recent post at The New…
Michael Bloomberg’s War on Liberty
The Government knows better than you do how you should live your life. At least, it appears that Mayor Busybody, Michael Bloomberg, thinks so. That is the only plausible explanation why he has so persistently undertaken to insinuate government into matters of personal choice. Bloomberg wants to tell you what to eat, what to drink,…