Today we celebrate President’s Day in honor of, ostensibly at its roots, the birthdays of George Washington (February 22) and Abraham Lincoln (February 12). Would either have been elected if they were on the ballot today? One was part of the 1%, the other trod on the constitution…would they have survived any primary process, today? [cont…]
Archives for February 2012
Is Intellectual Property Law in Need of an Overhaul? [video]
February 17, 2012 by
Everything is a Remix Part 4 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.
Freedom Path “Two Scoops…” Mailer Misses the Truth on Double-Dipping
February 16, 2012 by
Recently, I started to get glossy mailers lamblasting Chris Herrod and Dan Liljenquist, the two candidates who are challenging Senator Orrin Hatch for one of Utah’s seats in the US Senate.
I was not surprised. It’s not even an open secret that Orrin Hatch has been for the last two years preparing for a frontal assault on his renomination. Despite the fact that we are still a month away from the actual selection of state delegates for the Utah Republican Convention on March 15, I expected that Senator Hatch (and his PAC Freedom Path) would be actively campaigning to fill caucuses with his supporters and to control the message about Hatch’s and his opponents’ records.
What surprised me was message in the mailers. [cont…]
Meet Rep. Brad Galvez of Utah’s 6th Legislative District
February 16, 2012 by
Representative Brad Galvez is best known, in legislative circles, for passing a bill last year that allowed Utahn’s to pay their debts in gold and silver coins, as well as avoid state capital gains tax on gold and silver. In a legislative effort to slow the inflation of the dollar, at least for Utahns, Rep. Galvez is pushing forward a proposal that would help integrate gold and silver into Utah’s commerce, something that while legal after last year, is a bit impractical. [cont…]
Meet Senator Todd Weiler of Utah’s 23rd Senate District
February 14, 2012 by
Although I’ve known Senator Todd Weiler for a couple years now, perhaps what most indicates his quality and value is how he is judged against his opponents in his election, earlier this year, to the Utah Senate. I was there in Davis County when Republican Party delegates met with and listened to speeches from seven candidates seeking to fill the state Senate seat vacated when Dan Liljenquist challenged Orrin Hatch for the US Senate. I met several of them, and I am good friends with one of them (occasional contributor here, Ben Lusty). Without exception, all were qualified and intelligent individuals, and I would be hard pressed to find a local race in recent memory where so many good candidates have been seeking the same office.
Todd beat them all, though, and with good reason. [cont…]
“Hip has nearly wrecked the country. Let’s try square for a while.” [video]
February 10, 2012 by
“I think we have had enough of hip. Hip has nearly wrecked the country. Let’s try square for a while.” [Cont…]
The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate: The Very One-Sided Fordham Debate. [video]
February 10, 2012 by
There are few things in politics or the law quite so enjoyable as watching one use words to bludgeon and destroy a weak or faulty idea.
Recently (as in, on Monday of this week) the University of Utah’s SJ Quinney College of Law hosted the Fordham Debate. The topic for the two Ivy League educated scholars who would take up opposing sides?
Be it resolved that the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional under the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Yeah. Pretty much the lodestone for the entire political right’s anger at the elected left and why Obama, for all his panache, brilliance, and Vulcan-like demeanor, has lost the blessing of nearly a majority of Americans. [cont…]
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