There is an interesting exchange between Ryan Sager and Ramesh Ponnuru about the role of libertarians in the Republican coalition (Instapundit has the links here). This is a complicated subject about which I would have a good deal to say if I had the time to compose a careful post. But I do want to […]
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Bainbridge on Takings:
Nice post today by Steve Bainbridge on Kelo vs. City of New London: Will Leviathan Prevail?
The Constitution in 2020 Conference:
This conference sounds very interesting. It is certainly an all star line up. As there are students organizers for this event, I assume it is not limited to faculty but, if you are a student, you may want to check before registering. The home page is here. The Constitution in 2020 April 8-10, 2005 * […]
Quinnipiac Talk Cancelled:
A severe snowstorm that has already begun, combined with freezing rain later this afternoon, will prevent me from driving to New Haven from Boston this morning, so my talk today at Quinnipiac has been cancelled. (The school itself is closed until 11.) I have offered to reschedule for late April, and will post here if […]
Term Limiting Supreme Court Justices:
Lately I was asked to endorse the following proposal by law professors Paul D. Carrington and Roger C. Cramton to limit the terms of Supreme Court Justices: THE SUPREME COURT RENEWAL ACT OF 2005 Congress should enact the following as section 1 of Title 28 of the United States Code: (a) The Supreme Court shall […]
Summers Transcript Released:
Harvard has released a transcript of the remarks by President Lawrence Summers that has gotten him into such hot water. You can access them here.
Monday’s Talk at Quinnipiac:
Although it is not yet on their website, my talk on Monday (2/21) on Ashcroft v. Raich at Quinnipiac University School of Law has been scheduled for noon in the Grand Courtroom. The event is open to the public. Also next week, I will be speaking at Cumberland Law School Birmingham AL (noon – 2/24) […]
Interesting Star Trek Initiative (UPDATE: NEVER MIND):
A reader just passed along to me this link to an interesting posting by J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of Babylon 5. (Volokh readers have much praised Babylon 5 to me but I could never get into it during its first run.) After a discussion of how the Star Trek franchise evolved to this point, […]
New Daily Feature on NRO:
In addition to The Corner and TKS (formerly “The Kerry Spot”), National Review Online is now offering the Beltway Buzz. Here is its introduction: Welcome to Beltway Buzz 02/15 01:10 PM We’re constantly thinking of new ways to make NRO bigger and better. With that general goal in mind, today National Review Online introduces a […]
” ‘Dja Get That? “
Great final line by Keifer Sutherland on last night’s 24. And it wasn’t even a season finale like this final line from ST TNG: “Mr. Warf, Fire.” Do you have a favorite line from a TV series? I think this will be my last TV blogging for a bit, so I thought I would enable […]
No Spam and the Joy of Gmail:
I signed up for a Gmail account a while ago, but as I really love the power of Nelson Email Organizer to access my email on Outlook, I had no real use for Gmail. (NEO is amazing! No more folders or filtering. Your Inbox becomes a powerful database.) The main problem I had with using […]
Bloggers v. Journalists:
In response to my Joy of Blogging post a reader writes: I have seen this sentiment posted on many blogs, and I think it displays a lack of knowledge about the newspaper industry. As someone who has done my time in the trenches of a small town daily newspaper, I can assure you that readers […]
The Joy of Blogging & More on Startrek Enterprise:
I have made this point before, and so have many others, but one of the joys of blogging is benefiting from the knowledge of readers who are willing to share it. While bloggers are starting to get credit for what they do (e.g. in disciplining the mainstream media), outside the blogging culture it is not […]
Star Trek Enterprise Cancelled:
I am a big fan of Star Trek Enterprise. The concept of the show is that as a “pre-quel” to the original Star Trek showing how Earth first ventured out into space, under the scrutiny of the Vulcans who are also protaganists, and how the United Federation of Planets is eventually established. I especially appreciated […]
Marcus Cole on the Restatements:
As I said in my initial post on this topic, my opinion on the merits of Restatements has been influenced by Professor Marcus Cole of Stanford. Marcus offers this response to my posts here (which I reproduce with his permission): While I do not have time to fully engage the issue right now, I would […]