In my last post on the D.C. Circuit’s rejection of an amicus brief submitted by former judges, including former D.C. Circuit Judge Abner Mikva, I responded to Mikva’s suggestion that Judges Sentelle and Randolph rejected the brief because of his opposition to privately funded seminars for federal judges. Among other things, I wrote: As for […]
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The Last Words on Federalism’s “Taint”:
Additional thoughts on the subject — and the debate that prompted it — from Daniel Drezner and Jacob T. Levy. I think they have the last words. UPDATE: Silly me. Of course Ann Althouse gets the last word — she’s a diva. ANOTHER UPDATE: Will Baude didn’t get the message.
NYT on Judicial Amicus Brief Rejection:
The N.Y. Times reports on the D.C. Circuit’s rejection of an amicus brief filed by retired judges. The article suggests politics played a role in the rejection. David B. Rivkin, who was an official in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and the first President George Bush, said he detected a political undertone. “It certainly tells […]
No Workers’ Comp in Ohio for Violator of Safety Rules:
The Ohio Supreme Court issued a particularly interesting, and potentially significant, workers’ compensation decision yesterday in State ex rel. Gross v. Industrial Commission of Ohio. By a vote of 5-2, the Court upheld the decision of the Industrial Commission of Ohio (ICO) to deny workers’ compensation benefits to an injured worker because he voluntarily terminated […]
D.C. Circuit Rejects Retired Judges’ Amicus Brief:
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied “the unopposed motion of retired federal jurists for leave to file brief amici curiae in support of petitioners regarding the Military Commissions Act of 2006” in the consolidated cases of Bouemediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States. The three judge panel’s order […]
Is Bush Admin Flipping on Gun Rights?
Early in President Bush’s first term, the Justice Department adopted the “individual rights” interpretation of the Second Amendment. According to administration attorneys, the weight of historical evidence and academic scholarship supported this view. Now, however, it appears that at least one federal agency (the Federal Aviation Administration) is endorsing the “collective rights” view in a […]
Clone Meat and Milk “OK”; No Need to Label:
As anticipated, a draft ruling from the Food and Drug Administration concludes the meat and dairy products from cloned animals are safe for human consumption. As the Associated Press reports The government believes “meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones is as safe to eat as the food we eat every day,” said […]
Universal Cuts the Trans-Fats:
Universal Parks and Resorts has jumped on the anti-trans-fats bandwagon. Early reports seem to be positive, but a self-confessed “junk food addict” can taste the difference: “It tastes drier and not too salty,” but is still tasty.
Ford and the Court:
Lyle Denniston has an interesting post on Ford’s impact on the Supreme Court on SCOTUSBlog.
Dear Microsoft . . .
I promise to blog about what I think of Vista if you add me to your laptop list. (Of course, I can’t promise that I’ll like it.)
Washingtonienne Suit to Go to Trial:
Via Paul Caron comes news that Robert Steinbuch’s $20 million lawsuit against Jessica “Washingtonienne” Cutler is headed to trial. Steinbuch is now a law professor at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, and claims public humiliation due to the claims Cutler made about him, and their sex life, on her salacious blog. Apparently the two sides […]
“Clone on the Range”:
The Food & Drug Administration is expected to give the green light to meat and dairy products produced from cloned animals. It is no surprise that biotech boosters like my friend Ronald Bailey cheer this development. Perhaps a bit more surprising is today’s endorsement of cloned meat from the Washington Post. Even though polls suggest […]
Ohio Governor Taft Reprimanded:
The Supreme Court of Ohio has formally reprimanded outgoing Ohio governor Robert A. Taft II today for violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility. As outlined in the Court’s unanimous per curiam opinion (one judge not participating), Governor Taft repeatedly violated financial disclosure requirements. Because an investigation concluded that the violations were not deliberate, the […]
No Discovery for Selective Prosecution Claim:
After a federal grand jury indicted James Thorpe for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of federal law, Thorpe sought to dismiss the indictment on grounds of selective prosecution on account of race. Lacking much evidence to support his claim, Thorpe sought “discovery of all of the government’s files regarding the […]
Another Mass v. EPA Op-Ed:
I wrote another op-ed on the Massachusetts v. EPA case. This one was for a pro/con feature distributed by the McClatchy-Tribune news service. It ran in yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch. Here’s an excerpt: A basic principle of our governmental structure is that all legislative powers of the federal government are vested in the legislature. As a […]