With Constitution Day just passed (September 17th), hopefully we’ve all increased our awareness about the governing document for our nation’s political processes. Written over two hundred years ago, the US Constitution is now the oldest written constitution. And yet, it is still important, if not essential, to our nation’s governance. Included among its clauses is guidance […]
Thinking about returning that prom dress? Think again.
September 13, 2010 by
Thinking about returning that prom dress? Think again, says Ian Ayres, professor of law and economics at Yale and Freakonomics contributor. You’re committing fraud, he says. And that text book you purchased at the campus book store while waiting for the cheaper one to arrive from Amazon, all the while planning on returning the more expensive […]
Tattoos: Free speech on your body
September 10, 2010 by
Image by megabn via Flickr While I suppose it would be plausible for other circuits to deal with tattoos as political speech, it’s really no surprise that it was the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Anderson v. City of Hermosa Beach, that actually did. And that found them to be speech. Some […]
“Don’t create a passive President”: Looking at “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” by William Baude (part 3, Conclusion)
September 9, 2010 by
Part three of my look at William Baude’s “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” (86 Ind. L. J. (forthcoming 2011))… today we are looking at the risks associated with signing unconstitutional laws. What are the risks? Even if, enlightened as he may be, the President signs the law with no intention of acting or executing it, there is […]
Looking at “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” by William Baude (part 2)
September 8, 2010 by
Continuing my look at William Baude’s “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” (86 Ind. L. J. (forthcoming 2011))… We had just finished look at the summation of why Baude did not believe the act of signing unconstitutional laws was in itself unconstitutional. In reviewing the arguments of those opposed to signing such laws, Baude states that the reasons […]
Looking at “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” by William Baude (part 1)
September 7, 2010 by
What I’m reading right now, continued: William Baude “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” 86 Ind. L. J. (forthcoming 2011). Recently, I’ve heard a lot of talk, primarily from the Tea Party wing of the political right, about how law makers should not pass into law legislation that is unconstitutional. I know of at least one candidate who made […]
What I’m reading right now:
September 3, 2010 by
What I’m reading right now: William Baude “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” 86 Ind. L. J. (forthcoming 2011)
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