Common sense revolts against the machine in a post entitled:” If Tomorrow I Tell The Press That, Like, A Fat Kid Will Get Humiliated, Or A Nerd Will Be Slapped, Nobody Panics, Because It’s All “Part Of The Plan.” But When I Say That One Little Bully Will Get His Ankle Broken, Well Then Everyone Loses […]
When the LDS Church shows up for a press conference, does it jeopardize tax exempt status?
March 16, 2011 by
I’m expecting an Utah paper editorial separation of church and state any day now. I’d bet dollars for donuts that it’ll be in the Salt Lake Tribune, too. The Deseret News just doesn’t roll that way. Yesterday, the LDS Church openly supported Governor Herbert’s signing of HB 116 by sending Presiding Bishop H. David Burton to […]
No more “third-tier toilet” for you to worry about?
March 15, 2011 by
With the release of U.S. News law school rankings comes a new style of ranking. No longer will school lower than 100 be grouped and unranked together. Yup, that’s right: say goodbye to the term “TTT,” or “third-tier toilet.” Now these schools get individual numerical ratings, instead of being lumped into an undifferentiated “third tier.” […]
Prop 8 Advocates in Court Today: “Let us stand in for elected officials.”
March 15, 2011 by
With California elected officials opting out of defending Proposition 8, the advocates for the successful ballot measure went to court today to argue that they should be allowed to defend it in their place. Their brief, found here, argues that the voter initiative process depends on a legal defense in court. Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog […]
So you don’t like judicial activism? How about “rule by text?”
March 15, 2011 by
Don’t like judicial activism? How about jettisoning the judiciary altogether? Both the political left and right seem to take turns accusing judges, specifically those who hand down opinions opposed to their political proclivities, of judicial activism, or judges reading into the law what just is not there. Originalists call for judicial interpretations that read legislative […]
Beware the Ides of March…
March 15, 2011 by
In case you missed my post yesterday reviewing Rubicon by Tom Holland, be sure that you note that tomorrow, March 15, is the ides of March, the day traditionally marked as the death of Julius Caesar, the very protagonist who finally pushed the Roman Republic over into its grave. JD Hull eulogizes him over at his […]
Book Review: “Rubicon” by Tom Holland
March 14, 2011 by
I recently finished “Rubicon” by Tom Holland. What follows is first the Publisher’s Weekly review, because it gives a good summary of the book, and then my thoughts on this excellent book. After a palace coup demolished the reign of King Tarquin of Rome in 509 B.C., a republican government flourished, providing every person an […]
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