Here’s some dense law for you — a general rule of California law is that a prohibitive injunction is not stayed during the pendency of an appeal. Rubin v. American Sportsmen Television Equity Society, Inc. (1951) 102 Cal.App.2d 288, 290. … Continue Reading
Judge Walker has ordered that the stay of entry of judgment in Perry v. Schwarzenegger will expire at 5:00 p.m. on August 18. That means at the start of business on August 19, 2010, California will once again be a… Continue Reading
One of the “facts” being thrown around in the swirling debate about immigration is the phenomenon of “anchor babies.” The legend is that an illegal immigrant will come to the U.S. and have a baby here. Because that baby is… Continue Reading
My city has adopted a policy by which its City Council devotes a few minutes after calling the meeting to order for the delivery of an invocation — an invocation which permits of sectarian invocations, such as “…and this we… Continue Reading
I’m not all that impressed with Barack Obama, either. But has he really earned Ben Quayle’s attack as “the worst President in history”? My choice for that label is number fifteen: As bad as Obama is — the worst deficit… Continue Reading
First off, there’s money to be made selling overpriced alcoholic drinks to gay men looking to socialize in Manhattan. And in fact I’ve no doubt there are a lot of gay Muslim men in Manhattan. So Greg Gutfeld’s proposal to… Continue Reading
I’ve heard and read a lot of arguments about why it’s in bad taste for a mosque to be built right on top of two blocks away from Ground Zero, and about how it would be hurtful to the survivors… Continue Reading
I’ve grudgingly accepted that taxes are going to need to stay where they are for the foreseeable future, we can’t afford a tax cut until we have become more solvent and reduced out debt. So Paul Krugman’s accusation that Paul… Continue Reading
A poignant reminder: Oh noes, the kids have been taught this stuff for generations! We need to ban Sesame Street and teach kids that marriage is about being better than homosexuals! Hat tip to Jim Burroway.
While you sleep, you sweat, and that leaves water in your mattress. Unmade beds dry faster than made beds because the water has more places to escape to the air. So if you make your bed every morning, you’ll wind… Continue Reading