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Archive | September, 2013
Insensitivity and Good Intentions in Commemorating 9/11
Sometimes it is hard to know what one is supposed to do or say about a tragic event. Yesterday a manager of a Marriott hotel here in San Diego put out coffee and mini-muffins for half an hour in the morning, “in memory of those we lost on 9/11.” Somebody offended by this posted a […]
Terry Jones, Koran-Burning, and Selective Prosecution — or Not
AP reports. Florida pastor was arrested Wednesday as he drove a pickup truck towing a large barbecue-style grill filled with kerosene-soaked Qurans to a park, where the pastor had said he was planning to burn 2,998 of the Muslim holy books — one for every victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Sheriff’s deputies […]
LEC Faculty Workshops
The GMU Law and Economics Center has just announced a slate of new programs for law professors. This year the LEC will be doing special programs in “Risk, Injury, Liability, and Insurance,” “Public Choice Economics,” “Empirical Methods for Law Professors,” and, of course, the LEC’s traditional two-week summer seminar on “Economics for Law Professors” (to […]
Upcoming Talk on Property Rights at Cato Constitution Day
Next Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 1 PM to 2:15, co-blogger Ken Anderson and I will be taking part in a panel at the Cato Institute’s annual Constitution Day symposium, which will cover the major decisions of the Supreme Court’s 2012-13 term. My talk will focus on the Court’s important property rights decisions in Koontz v. […]
CFPB “Plain Vanilla” Through the Back Door
For those who recall the initial proposal for the CFPB, one of the cornerstones of the agency’s agenda would be the power to provide preferential treatment for so-called “plain vanilla” financial products that lenders would be required to offer to consumers. This proposal was a non-starter on Capitol Hill and was quickly dismissed from the […]
Illinois Supreme Court: Second Amendment Protects Carrying Outside the Home
From today’s unanimous decision in People v. Aguilar (Ill. Sept. 12, 2013): As the Seventh Circuit correctly noted, neither Heller nor McDonald expressly limits the second amendment’s protections to the home. On the contrary, both decisions contain language strongly suggesting if not outright confirming that the second amendment right to keep and bear arms extends […]
My Upcoming Talk at the Introductory Meeting of the George Mason Law Students For Liberty
This post is mostly intended for George Mason law students. On Monday, September 16, from 5-6 PM, I will be speaking at the introductory meeting of the George Mason Law Students for Liberty, for which I am the faculty adviser. Students for Liberty is the nation’s largest and most successful libertarian student organization, and the […]
Law School Electives and the Two-Year vs. Three-Year Debate
Whether the J.D. degree should take two years or three years is a recurring question in legal education. But a lot of the debate ignores one of the more unusual aspects of the J.D. degree: For the most part, the second and third years consist only of electives. The first year features a mandatory curriculum, […]
It’s Such a Great TV Show That Even The Criminals Like It
From the facts of United States v. Cross, a decision from Chief Judge Garland handed down yesterday involving a wiretap that targeted a large-scale heroin conspiracy: On the wiretap, the agents overheard a series of conversations between Toure and appellant Cross. On several occasions, Cross used coded language to place narcotics orders. Cross and Toure […]
Wall Street Journal Reviews Unprecedented – “Excellent”
Today the Wall Street Journal reviewed Unprecedented, along with Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s new book, the Last Line of Defense, as part of a discussion of the role of the states in combatting the sprawling federal government. The Journal said the two were “excellent books.” Here is a flavor: Republican governors and attorneys general […]
Megan McArdle on Women, Professional Education, Work and More
A characteristically well-written and thoughtful article; much worth reading. Thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer.
The Great Dissent – A Response from the Author
[Editor’s note: Author Thomas Healy asked me to post a response to my brief review of his book, and I was happy to agree. I’m even happier now, because it’s a nicely illuminating response.] Thanks to David for starting a discussion about my book, “The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind – […]
American Revolution and English Civil War
Does anyone know of some classic (or just good) history or legal-history book about how the American Revolution and constitution(al thought) were influenced by the English civil wars and Glorious Revolution? UPDATE: Right now plausible candidates seem to be Bailyn’s The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution and Pocock’s The Machiavellian Moment. Any comments on […]
The 12th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks
Today is the twelfth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I don’t think anyone who lived through that day at an age old enough to understand what was happening is likely to ever forget it. I doubt I can say anything about that event which has not already been better said by others. But, for what […]