As an academic, I worked where affirmative action does most of its work: higher ed. Each semester, I would get an e-mail from administration asking how one or two students were doing in my class. Peculiarly (I thought), they always… Continue Reading
Values: [V1] How monogamy became normal. [V1] Americans are becoming less religious, while lamenting the fact that we’re becoming less religious. Here’s a map of the world’s atheists. [V2] David Freedman thinks we might be able to tackle obesity by… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I finally had a spare moment to set up for today’s cases. And I threw in my predictions just to go on the record. No, I don’t know why the Court is taking three days to do what I… Continue Reading
Today should be the last day on the Supreme Court’s docket. There are only three cases left on the docket for the Court to decide. For once, I had a few moments to prepare for this, so below the fold,… Continue Reading
Since yesterday we didn’t get everything from the Supreme Court’s docket, here’s today’s action: Koontz v. St. Johns River Management District. 5-4 in favor of the government actor, upheld existing requirements for regulatory takings. Majority opinion by Alito, joined by… Continue Reading
Driving through town today, I saw confirmation of a creeping suspicion that I have lately been having: over the past couple weeks there has been an influx of vagrants in the Callie area. Or dirty hippies. Or something. It started… Continue Reading
Today’s big case was Fisher v. University of Texas. It’s the affirmative action case. The case was decided 7-1 with Anthony Kennedy delivering the opinion of the Court’s majority in a blander fashion than I’m used to. The case is remarkable… Continue Reading
Today is the last scheduled day for decisions and opinions scheduled by the Supreme Court. In the comments to this post, I’ll be glossing the Voting Rights Act, affirmative action, and same-sex marriage cases.* And, of course, setting up a… Continue Reading
This week’s trivia list is comprised of: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. The order is alphabetical. These states have something – or a certain type of something – that the other states do… Continue Reading
I really wanted Man of Steel to be fun movie. And at times, it was. It was worth the matinee price. The superhero battle sequences are fun, if a bit silly, and the no-red-undies-on-the-outside, hex-mesh-fabric Superman outfit is an improvement over past… Continue Reading