The Washington Post reports: The owner of a Ford truck bearing the license plate 14CV88 will have to find a new message after the DMV on Wednesday canceled its earlier approval of that series of letters and numbers. A photo of the truck hit the Web a few days ago, went viral on car and […]
Archive | 2010
Bleg: Where to Look for Artist on the Internet
I have an idea for an illustration for the cover of my forthcoming Rehabilitating Lochner book. (If you must know: A drawing of Lochner author Justice Peckham and Lochner dissenter Oliver Wendell Holmes in a boxing ring, with Peckham knocking out Holmes). I’m skeptical that the press will accept this idea, but even if it […]
Legal Gambits
“Thus he argues that video surveillance by or with the consent of a government informant constitutes a search within the gambit of the Fourth Amendment’s protections, and a warrant is therefore necessary to legally conduct such video surveillance.” From United States v. Brathwaite (5th Cir. 2006). A Westlaw ALLCASES search for “within the gambit of” […]
Carl Menger Essay Prize for Undergrads:
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics has just announced the inaugural Carl Menger Essay Prize for undergraduate students. Info is here. The prize is $1,000 and the opportunity to present at the Society’s annual meeting in the fall at the Southern Economic Association meetings. The subject matter is described broadly: The purpose of […]
Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole!
One of the fun, albeit somewhat disheartening, things about having written a book about the encroachment of antidiscrimination laws on all aspects of civil society is watching hypotheticals your critics dismissed as “absurd” or “ridiculous hyperbole” turn into real cases. For example, while the Boy Scouts of America were sued for refusing to allow homosexual […]
The Lesson of the Lorax:
In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d repost something I wrote in 2005 on the TV version of Dr. Seuss’ story of the Lorax. Dr. Seuss’ story of the Lorax is an environmental classic (as is the television version that I’ve just seen). The conventional interpretation is that it’s a tale of market-driven environmental […]
Schroeder Confirmed
Duke law professor Christopher Schroeder has finally been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy in the Department of Justice. Among other things, this position traditionally oversees judicial nominations. The vote was 72-24. Dan Farber comments here.
Last Atlantic Yards Property Owner Agrees to Sell His Land Under Threat of Condemnation
The last property owner in the condemned Atlantic Yards area of Brooklyn, New York has agreed to sell his land in order to avoid the condemnation of his property by the city government [HT: Josh Blackman]: The last man standing in front of the Atlantic Yards bulldozer has stepped aside. Daniel Goldstein — founder of […]
Speaking at Columbia on Thursday
I will be speaking on “Was Lochner Right? Economic Liberties and the Fourteenth Amendment” at Columbia law school on Thursday (tomorrow) at noon. The location is Jerome Greene Hall room 102; Jerome Greene Hall is located at 435 W. 116th Street, NYC, NY 10027. Lunch will be provided by the Columbia Federalist Society. If you […]
The Short List
Jan Crawford reports on President Obama’s short list of nine potential nominees to replace Justice John Paul Stevens.
State v. Wetmore (Conn. 1802)
A very interesting case, which was to my knowledge not reported in any print reporter, but which was covered in the Litchfield Monitor, Sept. 8, 1802, at 3 (some paragraph breaks added): At the Superior Court, which sat in this Town and rose last week, Maj. Seth Wetmore of Winchester, was tried and found guilty […]
Derivatives Clearinghouses and Exchanges
Update: The Lincoln version of the derivatives legislation clears the Senate Agriculture Committee today (which raises another set of issues, different from the ones under discussion below): Democrats won the support of a senior Republican who voted in a Senate committee Wednesday for a sweeping overhaul of the market for derivatives, the complex financial instruments […]
“Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Meta”
A Hitler parody video about the removal of Hitler parody videos. Thanks to Brian Bodensteiner for the pointer.
Indiana Appellate Case on the Right to Resist a Police Officer’s Unlawful Entry
The case is Barnes v. State (Ind. Ct. App. Apr. 15, 2010); I’m not an expert on the field, so I don’t know how representative this is of the law throughout the country, but it struck me as interesting. The court’s conclusion: We reverse Barnes’s disorderly conduct conviction because the State failed to prove that […]
Official Miami-Dade Transit Approval of the “Leaving Islam” Ads
The Miami-Dade County Attorney’s Office got back to me in response to my e-mail, and confirmed that the ad has indeed been approved: Dear Mr. Shilling: Please be advised that CBS Outdoor failed to comply with Sections 4.01 and 4.02 of Contract No. TR03-ADV “Advertising Contract,” specifically, CBS did not obtain approval from the Miami-Dade […]