Archive for Law
Today is a Day of Remembrance: the 75th anniversary of FDR's executive order to incarcerate Japanese Americans. A bunch of...
I happened across an article about the aftermath of the marriage equality ruling at WND (formerly known as WorldNet Daily),...
In the wake of the US Senate report on the CIA's use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” plenty of prominent people...
A US judge has ruled (in agreement with various other court decisions and administrative rules) that it's still OK to...
In 2000, the Yale Law Journal published a fascinating article by Cass R. Sunstein titled “Deliberative Trouble? Why Groups Go...
Riffing on something someone said a while back (in a comment on, I think, a Joe.My.God entry), here are some...
I've been following the California Attorney General vote-counting with fingers crossed. Here's a quick recap for those who don't know...
It occurs to me that some of y'all may be as unclear as I've been on why the plaintiffs in...
Two worthwhile pieces about torture: Former FBI agent Ali Soufan speaks up about the ineffectiveness of waterboarding and other related...
NY Times says: "Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts." Here's Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in the majority...
This morning, I went over to Pam & Arthur's to help them move furniture and books; they're rearranging a bunch...
I think most Americans are unaware of the existing limitations on freedom of speech. I used to think that freedom...