Free, good advice from a law professor. If only all law professors were this entertaining…
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Hat tip: Stephen Nipper.
Posts under ‘Law’
Don’t Talk to the Police
Quote of the Day — ACLU
The Court was careful to note that the right to bear arms is not absolute and can be subject to reasonable regulation. Yet, by concluding that D.C.’s gun control law was unreasonable and thus invalid, the Court placed a constitutional limit on gun control legislation that had not existed prior to its decision in Heller. [...]
Lobbyists: Restricting Gifts Infringes Free Speech
Lobbyists argue that restricting the gifts they give to legislators infringes their constitutional right of free speech. Okay. Let’s limit the gifts legislators can accept. Problem solved.
Let the games begin
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announces her retirement.
Blog Law
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a legal guide for bloggers.
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Hat tip: Michael Pollock of Small Business Branding.
Can we stop genocide?
David Kopel (of The Volokh Conspiracy), Paul Gallant, and Joanne D. Eisen have posted a law review article, Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right?, as a working paper draft. It discusses the history and effectiveness of various methods used to stop genocide.
Kofi Annan observes “the developing international norm in favor of intervention to protect innocent [...]
The Right to Die — Welcome to the Grassy Knoll
Recently, I’ve blogged twice my views on the right to die, here and here. In summary:
I should have the right to refuse medical treatment, even if I would die without it. [* * *]
If I’m incapacitated, my wife should have the right to decide whether I receive medical treatment, even if I would die [...]
The Right to Die — More Food for Thought
Yesterday I blogged my views on the right to die. In summary:
I should have the right to refuse medical treatment, even if I would die without it. [* * *]
If I’m incapacitated, my wife should have the right to decide whether I receive medical treatment, even if I would die without it. [* * [...]
The Right to Die
I was discussing the Terri Schiavo case with my daughter on the way to look at yet another bird and buy a binder and some note cards. I was able to rearrange, revise, and refine what I just wrote in a comment to make a more coherent argument as to what I think about the [...]
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Comments on blogs dangerous?
Hugh Hewitt, in the same sentence, explains (maybe) why he he doesn’t have comments on his blog and at the same time destroys his ability to win a defamation suit against derogatory comments in a blog.
So let’s get a little bit more conspiratorial. Let’s say you want to take down a blog or at [...]