In law school, we were told to be careful what we ask for, because the fates may give us just that. If the Supreme Court upholds a broad Second Amendment right, tens of millions of gun-owning Americans will be reminded of the high court’s role as protector of their Constitution.
If it goes the other way, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Law’
Quote of the Day — David T. Hardy
Yale Law School Podcasts
Yale Law School podcasts.
Hat tip: Badgers Forward.
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 [...]
Microsoft Proposes Patent 2005
Microsoft wants a new version of the U.S. patent system. On March 10, 2005, at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith proposed several changes to the current U.S. patent system.
Among the proposed changes are: [...]
McCain-Feingold vs. Blogs
The McCain-Feingold campaign finance law might have been passed with the best of intentions. However, those intentions pave a certain road and I don’t like the destination.
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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 [...]