The First Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has ruled 5-0 against NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s soda ban, in the case of In re New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, et al. v. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, et al. (The Hispanic […]
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Nearing the end of the search for the non-existent limiting principles
By David Kopel on March 29, 2012 4:47 am in Commerce Clause, Constitutional Law, Federalism, Fifth Amendment, Growth of Government, Guns, Health Care, Individual Mandate, Necessary and Proper, New Class, Regulation, Supreme Court, Taxes, Uncategorized
With the Supreme Court probably voting on the constitutionality of Obamacare (a term the President proudly embraces) on Friday, the health control law’s academic friends are diligently attempting to do what the entire United States Department of Justice could not do after two years of litigation: articulate plausible limiting principles for the individual mandate. Over […]
Coasean-Style Praise for the ‘Coherence’ of Institutions – Hayekian Praise, Too!
One further comment, while I’m thinking of Chris Caldwell. He is, after all, a reminder that there are journalists who are much smarter, intellectual, and certainly better read than most academics, including me. We had lunch recently, while he was working on his euro-zone essay. I was then ordering books for my spring law and […]
Obama Endorses India for Permanent Security Council Seat, and a Note on Disaggregation of the State and the Globalized New Class
By Kenneth Anderson on November 8, 2010 10:44 am in Global Governance/World Government, International Law, New Class
News services report that President Obama, speaking to the Indian Parliament, has endorsed India receiving a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. The AP story adds that this was the biggest applause line in the speech, fully consonant with the rise of Indian nationalism within India, and its rapidly increasing sense of importance in […]