Image via Wikipedia I’m reading “Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown” by Wiedemer, Wiedemer, and Spitzer. They claim to have seen the current recession coming before it happened, the result of the popping of various bubbles in our economy, including in the housing and credit markets. Interestingly, and perhaps most […]
Archives for December 2010
The Commerce Clause argument in Virginia v. Sebelius, among others
December 14, 2010 by
Yesterday, the headlines shouted that individual mandate of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (let’s just call it “the Act” for short) was found unconstitutional by a federal court in Virginia. (see my short post on it here) Partisan critics of the ruling were quick to point out that there have already been two cases […]
Law Practice Tip #2: Evaluate a case in 15 minutes
December 13, 2010 by
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 […]
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting before the Supremes
December 9, 2010 by
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
December 8, 2010 by
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…
December 6, 2010 by
Yet another post that has nothing to do with the law…but certainly worth a chuckle. (h/t to Incidental Comics)
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