Author Archive | Jonathan H. Adler

in my op-ed in today’s L.A. Times. Incidentally, I’m pretty happy both with the op-ed and with my original post on the subject; but comparing the two, I think, helps show the differences in the genres, and the strengths and weaknesses of each. My blog post would never have been published as an op-ed (likely […]

TaxProf gives Blog Juice Ratings for various lawprof blogs, calculated using a mix of “Number of Bloglines subscribers (40%)[,] Alexa rank (15%)[,] Technorati ranking (30%)[,] Number of inbound links via Technorati (15%).” InstaPundit is of course #1 (8.7), but we’re at our usual #2 (8.1) — woohoo! — followed by the divine Mme. Prof. Althouse […]

The New York Times is running an interesting series on voluntary religious accommodations — mostly statutory exemptions for religious institutions and individuals from generally applicable laws, exemptions that are not mandated by the Free Exercise Clause. One tidbit from the first item struck me: An analysis by The New York Times of laws passed since […]

reports Solove, J., concurring.

dammit! We’re the People’s Front of Judea‘s Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. Wankers. OK, that’s not that close an analogy, but I still couldn’t help thinking of it.

The New York Times writes about the recent school shootings: It is not clear what led [the shooter] to seek out a quiet country school in Lancaster County, Pa., but it is possible he chose it because he knew that it belonged to a trusting, insular community, where there would be no one to stop […]

in McQueary v. Stumbo (E.D. Ky. Sept. 26, 2006) (Caldwell, J.). The challenged provision, 2006 Kentucky Laws Ch. 50, sec. 5, read: A person is guilty of interference with a funeral when he or she at any time on any day: … (b) Congregates, pickets, patrols, demonstrates, or enters on that portion of a public […]

The answer is here; there’s a controversy about whether something like this: should be included as well.

As always with Rauch’s work, this item is much worth reading even if you disagree with it.

The Washington Post reports: A top aide to U.S. Rep. Charles Bass resigned Tuesday after disclosures that he posed as a supporter of the Republican’s opponent in blog messages intended to convince people that the race was not competitive. Operators of two liberal blogs traced the postings to the House of Representatives’ computer server. Bass’ […]

The Law Should Force Them To Open Saturdays: Yes, that’s the legal theory of the Spring Valley (N.Y.) NAACP, which argues that the clinic’s closing Saturdays (because the doctors who run it observe the Sabbath) “stifle[s the NAACP’s] efforts towards the equality, diversity, and religious freedom to encourage tolerance in our society.” Uh-huh. The NAACP’s […]

Last week, as I noted here, Slate reported that the Vatican had added something to the transcript of the Pope’s controversial recent speech — something that the Pope didn’t actually say. It turned out, though, that it was the Vatican’s original transcript that was mistaken, and the new transcript properly reflected the Pope’s statement; the […]

Is there something odd or stilted — or inadvertently jocular — about the usage “‘I didn’t do it,’ he lied”? I’ve seen it used before, in the same contexts that one would see “he said”; but while one would say “he said the answer” we wouldn’t usually say (I think) “he lied the answer.” Generally […]

is here. Thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer.

Rick Sander, guest-blogging at the excellent Empirical Legal Studies, has more on this subject. His analysis ties to his research on how race preferences may in many situations hurt their beneficiaries, by placing them in schools where they end up near the bottom of the class; but it goes considerably beyond that. Here’s an excerpt […]