Looks like a delicious recipe, blogged by my friend Kristina Johnson (a former chef).
Archive | March, 2010
Adoption Over Parent’s Objection Requires Showing That Continued Parent-Child Relationship Would Be Detrimental to the Child
An interesting, but unsurprising, decision in Todd v. Copeland (Va. Ct. App. Mar. 9, 2010): Before 1995, Virginia’s adoption statutes, as interpreted by Virginia’s appellate courts, passed constitutional muster despite the absence of an explicit standard because the courts read into the statute the requirement that “[a]n adoption over objection by a natural parent should […]
Kids These Days
Many children today are greatly to be pitied because too much is done for them and dictated to them and they are deprived of the learning processes. We seem to have dropped into an age of entertaining, a breathless going from one sensation to another, whether it be mechanical toys for the five-year-old or moving-picture […]
“Judge Thomas Porteous Impeached by U.S. House of Representatives,”
reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune. I take it from the story that the articles of impeachment were approved without amendment; I quote them below.
Judge Porteous Impeached
Earlier today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the first of four articles of impeachment against federal district court Judge Thomas Porteous of Louisiana, the Times-Picayune reports.
Astral Physics
From a job posting at the City College of San Francisco: RE: INSTRUCTOR – ASTRONOMY (GENERAL) … EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATIONS: (State Minimum Requirements) … 2. Earned Master’s Degree in Physics, Astronomy, or Astrophysics from an accredited institution; OR THE EQUIVALENT; OR … Hold a fully-satisfied LIFE California Community College Instructor Credential in Astronomy and Astral Physics […]
As Predicted, New Justice Department Policy Didn’t Stop Federal Medical Marijuana Arrests in States Where Medical Marijuana is Legal Under State Law
Back in October, the Obama Administration Justice Department issued a memorandum that seemed to constrain federal enforcement of laws against marijuana possession in states where medical marijuana is permitted under state law. I welcomed the memo as a small sign of progress, but pointed out that it doesn’t really constrain federal prosecutions in any meaningful […]
“Despite High Court Skepticism, Advocates Defend Privileges Clause Push”
In the National Law Journal, Tony Mauro has an article on the possible impact of the petitioner’s tactical decision to focus on the Privileges or Immunities Clause in McDonald v. City of Chicago. I think it’s just too early to know, as the decisions haven’t been written yet. If I had to guess, though, my […]
“Evolutionary Astrology”
Not a combination of words that I had expected to see together — yet, as I learned today, it’s apparently something of a movement. (As one might gather from the second word, the first word isn’t exactly being used in a scientific way.)
The Quintessential TV News Story,
with thanks to Language Log for the pointer:
Federal Marijuana Prosecutions and State Medical Marijuana Laws
A very interesting (but legally unsurprising) decision from a federal district court in United States v. Stacy (S.D. Cal. Mar. 2, 2010): From June 2009 until September 2009, Defendant operated what he claims was a “medical marijuana collective” called “Movement in Action,” located at 1050 South Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, California. According to Defendant, he […]
Insult-to-Religion Prosecution in Poland
By Eugene Volokh on March 10, 2010 4:27 pm in "Hate Speech", Freedom of Speech, Religion and the Law
From Gazeta Prawna, with many thanks to my father Vladimir and brother Sasha for the translation from Polish: The Gdynia district prosecutor’s office has accused Adam Darski, the leader of the death metal band Behemoth, of defamation of religious sensibilities…. The decision to accuse the musician was announced … Monday by Gdynia District Prosecutor’s Office […]
My Contribution to the NYT ‘Room for Debate’ Blog on the AQ7 Argument
By Kenneth Anderson on March 10, 2010 2:08 pm in Counter-Terrorism Policy, Public Interest Law, War on Terror
I’ll post up something fuller on my views about the AQ7 debate, but for now, here is my contribution at the New York Times’s “Room for Debate” blog. (Like Orin, I’m a signer on the original letter objecting to the AQ7 ad.)
Putting Lipstick on the Health-Reform Pig:
An interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education (I’m not sure if it is subscriber-only) raises some excellent points about the health-reform legislation that hadn’t really occurred to me previously. One point that I should have thought of myself but didn’t occur to me is the peculiar incentives created by the mandate to cover […]
Josh Wright on Behavioral Economics in the Obama Administration:
Josh Wright has an interesting comment on the WSJ’s article the other day on the apparent waning of the influence of behavioral economics in the Obama Administration. In fact, Josh observes something that I noted about the article as well–the example given of the supposed influence of BE (the divergence of interests between landlords and […]