Archive | July, 2007

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According to WESH Channel 2, “Orlando is becoming one of the most difficult cities in America to sell a home for fair-market value.” Note to news editors at WESH: “fair market value” is the price at which buyers and sellers are willing to conclude a deal. If sellers can’t sell their homes, by definition they […]

Via Paul Caron comes news that Ralph R. Papitto asked that his name be taken off the law school at Roger Williams University and the school has agreed to do so. Students and alumni had called for Papitto’s name to be removed after he used a racial epithet during a discussion of diversity at one […]

Yesterday, in United States v. Diaz-Castaneda, the Ninth Circuit had some interesting dicta in an otherwise-routine Fourth Amendment decision. The dicta touches on a topic that law professors have long been very interested in, so I thought I would flag it.   The facts of the case are simple. A police officer saw a truck driving […]

A commenter says “no,” “according to the government diversity manual.” It turns out the answer is more complex — it all depends on which program you look to. A few examples: 36 C.F.R.

asks a Stanford Law school “Addendum to NALP Workplace Environment Questionnaire.” On the one hand, it’s good that they are treating “diversity” as more than a code word for race. On the other hand, how would someone who is sincerely trying to answer this figure it out? Is a lawyer “openly religious” only if he […]

From the fourth edition of the Vault / Minority Corporate Counsel Association survey: 4. For this survey, minorities are defined as those whose race is other than White/Caucasian and include African-American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, Alaskan/American Indian, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and Multiracial. If your firm has not tracked and does not have data for one or […]

even when the speaker is aware that publicizing these identities may help others commit crimes against police officers; so the Tenth Circuit held last Friday in Alvarado v. KOB-TV. An interesting crime-facilitating speech case, and in some tension with some earlier cases involving witnesses (see footnote 18 of my crime-facilitating speech article).

Ashland University, a church-affiliated school denied tenure to an Objectivist historian because he did not support the “Judeo-Christian tradition.” A religious institution certainly has every right to enforce its ideology, but only in accordance with the contracts it signs with faculty. In this case, it appears that Ashland’s academic regulations made it far from clear […]

A reader writes, responding to various calls for “sensible restrictions” on gun rights: Anyhow, I propose sensible restrictions on the first amendment! Just sensible restrictions, e.g., the NY Times should not be able to publish anti-terrorist methods, like how the DoJ searches financial records to find terrorists. That’s a reasonable restriction, isn’t it? The NY […]

A reader asks: Could you possibly cover the subject of states recognizing other state licenses? I have a driver’s license from state A that state B must recognize. I have a marriage license from state A that state B must recognize. I have a carry license from state A that state B refuses to recognize. […]

Like me, GMU economist Bryan Caplan rejects the traditional libertarian taxeater/taxpayer theory of class conflict. However, Bryan has put forward his own clever and original libertarian class theory. It’s the Jock/Nerd theory of history: One of my pet ideas is the Jock/Nerd Theory of History. If you’re reading this, you probably got a taste of […]

Most people associate the theory of class conflict with Marxism, and its view that modern society inevitably leads to a zero-sum conflict between “capitalists” and the “working class.” But, ever since the 19th century, some libertarian thinkers have advanced their own theories of class conflict – ones that emphasize the division between those who bear […]

the sex crime (sexual contact with a child under 14) prosecution — even in juvenile court — of a 12- and a 13-year-old who had consensual sex with each other. An interesting opinion, and an interesting occasion for a puzzle: Which court do you think this is? To learn the answer, just click on the […]

A quick question — if you own a copy of Academic Legal Writing, how did you decide to get it? Was it recommended by a professor? Was it recommended by your law review? Was it recommended by a classmate? Did you see it in a classmate’s hands, and ask about it? Did you buy it […]