The Liberal Legal Bubble
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How could members of the Supreme Court possibly seriously consider the argument that ObamaCare’s individual mandate to purchase health insurance is unprecedented and unconstitutional? The quality of the arguments? The presence of a genuine legal debate? No, if you ask the law’s liberal cheerleaders, there can only be one answer: pure partisan politics. From the [...]
War on Women: Equal Pay Edition?
The repeal of Wisconsin’s “Equal Pay Act” is much less significant than certain politicians would like you to think it is. And the pay gap overall is much narrower than certain interest groups would like you to believe it is.
Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much Copyright Protection We Already Have – Margot Kaminski – Technology – The Atlantic
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I’d say there’s a strong argument to be made that we should be weakening U.S. copyright law—not strengthening it.
It’s Not About Contraception
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This controversy is not about contraception. It’s about freedom versus compulsion.
Paul Ryan: Restoring the Rule of Law
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Paul Ryan, with a very, very good speech on the importance of the Constitution and on the primacy of the rule of law, in our political and economic system.
Usually, our defense of the Constitution is presented as a defense of America’s founding principles and values, and rightfully so. But our constitutional system is …
No “Fundamental Right” to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk
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Wisconsin Judge Patrick J. Fiedler, on your fundamental rights.
“This court is unwilling to declare that there is a fundamental right to consume the food of one’s choice without first being presented with significantly more developed arguments on both sides of the issue.”
“no, Plaintiffs to not have a fundamental right …
Why ‘Caylee’s Law’ Is A Bad Idea
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Because many people reacted with anger to the Casey Anthony verdict, lots of state legislators saw a chance to be a hero to parents everywhere. More than 30 states have pending legislation to implement “Caylee’s Law”—an attempt to make sure that the next Casey Anthony gets punished as harshly as everyone thinks the real Casey …
Bad Evidence in the Casey Anthony Trial
How confident are you that Casey Anthony was guilty? Now, what if I told you that a key piece of prosecution evidence—that she searched for information about “chloroform” more than 80 times—was wrong?
Assertions by the prosecution that Casey Anthony conducted extensive computer searches on the word “chloroform” were based on inaccurate data, a …
Another Poppy Seed-Based Child Abduction
Another Poppy Seed-Based Child Abduction
For the second time in a year, Lawrence County Children and Youth Services has been accused in a federal lawsuit of removing a child from a mother’s custody after a positive test for opiates allegedly triggered by poppy seeds.
Eileen Ann Bower, a Lawrence County resident …
Silly Unions, Act 10 Doesn’t Violate Civil Rights
After Governor Walker’s budget repair bill (AB-10) was re-instated by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, our unions immediately ran off to Federal court to claim civil rights violations.
At the time, I thought that their case was exceedingly weak and more in the vein of a stupid Hail Mary attempt than a serious effort at practicing law. …