Howard Friedman has found a terrific set of twinned cases that makes extraordinarily clear the reason why some of the scare advertisements used in favor of Proposition 8 — “If we have gay marriage, churches are going to be sued”… Continue Reading
Some of you Readers may be surprised at this opinion coming from me. But here it is. If Barack Obama wants to take his oath as President and add on the words “So help me God,” I’m totally cool with… Continue Reading
The President pardoned some dude of white collar crime. Then, after the media pointed out that this dude’s relatives poured phat cash into the GOP machinery while the pardon application was pending, the President decided he didn’t like how that… Continue Reading
Another contender for Outrage Of The Week is Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. For a sample of this, check out Andrew Sullivan — who was about as infatuated wtih Obama as anyone… Continue Reading
As I first saw yesterday on The Wife’s favorite site, the usually-amusing cakewrecks.com, the Outrage Of The Week comes from Greenwich, New Jersey, where Heath and Deborah Campbell have had to fight to get a birthday cake made for their… Continue Reading
The closest thing that exists in the world of litigation to a rule or statute banning the filing of frivolous lawsuits is Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. The reason that “frivolous lawsuits” are not banned is because that concept… Continue Reading
Today, the election to choose the forty-fourth President of the United States was held. You may think that election took place six weeks ago on November 4, but you’re wrong if you do. That was an election to choose the… Continue Reading
Today in 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. Our then-young Constitution was amended in fulfillment of a promise made to those who had misgivings about its strong Federal government. The genius of the original Constitution was to divide power… Continue Reading
A subject near and dear to my heart since my legal career began is student newspapers. Fact of the matter is that student writers and editors, at least at the high school level, have diminished free speech rights with respect… Continue Reading
A Federal Court in South Carolina has enjoined the state from advertising, selling, printing, and distributing license plates that would look more or less like the one illustrated to the left. This should have been a pretty easy call, and… Continue Reading