August 15, 2026

Law Practice Tip #2: Evaluate a case in 15 minutes

If you’re a lawyer, time is your commodity, and it’s limited. When a potential client (a “PC”)  walks in the door, you have just a few minutes to evaluate their case and get the case started, or realize that the case is a complete waste of time, for you and the PC, and send the […]

Federal Judge Rules “individual mandate” Unconstitutional

It won’t be the last stop  for President Obama’s signature health care bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, but it was a road bump that I’m sure the Obama Administration could have done without. Today, a federal judge in Virginia ruled that the “individual mandate,” which mandates health coverage for most Americans by 2014, […]

Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting before the Supremes

Remember this one? This case deals with series of laws passed in Arizona in response to the failure of the federal government to enforce federal immigration laws. As summarized by the ACLU in September: As part of a comprehensive overhaul of the immigration laws, Congress adopted a series of carefully calibrated measures, beginning in the […]

Constitutional amendments from the folks who love it most

Indubitably, during the recent election, one of the major rallying points of Tea Party aligned voters  was the US Constitution and its interpretation. Indeed, although the Tea Party started out as primarily a revolt against perceived spending policies of the Obama Administration and the Democratic controlled Congress (for example, the Affordable Health Care for America Act and the […]

You might have a book problem if…

Yet another post that has nothing to do with the law…but certainly worth a chuckle. (h/t to Incidental Comics)

Why NASA didn’t serve theme based hors d’oerves at the press conference

Brought to you by the inestimable XKCD, have a laugh, on me:

Mmmmm, fish tacos and more: Lunch at the Lone Star Taqueria

The biggest problem that the  Lone Star  Taqueria has is the parking situation. I did laps while waiting for a spot, and when I finally found one, I had to “ignore” two love birds hug their good-byes, followed by ominous glaring (probably because the good-byes were prompted by my car waiting  with the blinker on while […]