I thought I’d mention that Mirror of Justice, the blog coauthored by several Catholic law professors, is not the same as The Mirror of Justices, a late Middle Ages English legal work. According to one source, The Mirror of Justices was once believed to be a Saxon-era work, but was in fact created between the […]
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Mirror of Justice: Just saw this new group blog — “dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory” — and was very impressed by its authors (all law professors): My friend and colleague Stephen Bainbridge (author of his own blog), my friend and former clerk for the Chief Justice, Rick Garnett, Mike Scaperlanda and Greg […]
Eenie meenie and other things:
My “Eenie meenie” experience is similar to that of David below. Depending how far you wanted to go and who you didn’t want to get “out,” you could do as many steps of the following as you liked past the third line: Eenie meenie minie moe,Catch a tiger by the toe,If he hollers let him […]
Chicago event:
Oxbloggers, Crescatters, and others under the common rubric of the Nathan Hale Society will be meeting Sunday at 7 pm, at Cosi (116 S. Michigan), for a discussion of the Department of Homeland Security. I’ve been away at a family funeral, and the backlog of student e-mails has priority over the backlog of blog e-mails. […]
Indecency:
If you’re interested in just what may or may not be broadcast (apropos the Janet Jackson incident, for instance), here’s the FCC’s Industry Guidance On the Commission’s Case Law Interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 1464 and Enforcement Policies Regarding Broadcast Indecency. Little by way of a clear rule, but lots of examples.
One more item about the Paul Craig Roberts column:
The Fifty Minute Hour has another criticism: Paul Craig Roberts believes that the Heritage Institute’s Index of Economic Freedom rates the United States too highly because they fail to give sufficient weight to the immorality of taxation. . . . I have to contest the premise of the entire piece: that the level and scope […]
“TiVo watchers uneasy after post-Super Bowl reports”: On Monday, TiVo said the exposure of Jackson’s breast during her halftime performance was the most-watched moment to date on its device, which, when combined with the TiVo subscription service, lets viewers pause and “rewind” live television broadcasts, among other features. TiVo said users had watched the skin-baring […]
Chevy Nova myth?
My brief mention of the Chevy Nova in the Trojan Doctrine article reminded me of the old claim that the Nova failed in Spanish-speaking countries because “No va” means “doesn’t go” in Spanish. It turns out that, according to the indispensable Snopes, it isn’t so; and the Snopes analysis strikes me as quite persuasive: First […]
Some more measurements,
from my former student Kevan Choset:1 quadrillion picketers = 1 PETA protester.43,560 dark square feet = 1 Blackacre.4 educated inches = 1 Learned Hand.
Judicial Salaries:
I would echo Jeremy Blachman’s comments on en banc that, even though the judicial salaries provide for a substantial lifetime income (as judges with sufficient service can take senior status or retire at full pay). I would also stress the point that judicial salaries should, in part, reflect the relative demand for the talents of […]
“Divided America”:
A superb column by Jonah Goldberg in Thursday’s NRO called Division Diversions: Enough with this two-Americas, wedge-issues, unity nonsense. You really need to click on the link and read it for yourself, but here is how it begins and ends: . . . It is true that George W. Bush divides America. But so did […]
The Trojan Doctrine:
My latest article, in the Texas Review of Law & Politics. Special bonus: It’s only two pages long!
Scalia and Cheney:
Scalia’s hunting trip with Cheney was unseemly. Forgetting the particular issue of whether Scalia should recuse himself from the pending case involing Cheney, Supreme Court Justices should make it a rule not to become the friends and cronies of high-level executive branch officials. One of FDR’s great sins was to appoint cronies to the Supreme […]
Random Fact on “Eenie Meenie”:
In Queens, NY, where I grew up, it was used as an elimination game, with each word (at the end, letter) pointing to a different kid: “Eenie meenie, minee moe, catch a tiger by the toe, if he hollers let him go! My mo-ther says to pick this one and out goes Y-O-U!”If this landed […]
A True Fact: I just heard that John Kerry was a Vietnam Vet:
Did you know that John Kerry was a soldier in the Vietnam war? Well, he was. I just stumbled across this closely held secret somewhere on the blogsphere. Not that you would know it from listening to Senator Kerry himself who mentions it only under duress, since even the appearance of exploiting his military service […]