The 14th Amendment Will Save us All … Don’t Bet on It.
There seemed to be growing calls for President Obama to end the debt ceiling crisis by invoking the 14th Amendment. http://salon.com/a/swz8fAA However, I still believe this is an unlikely approach...
View ArticleCitizens United … Against Us
I finally got a chance to read one of the biggest decisions handed down by the Supreme Court in the last few years. Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission was decided waaay back in January...
View ArticleHow the Health Care Fight Will Further Demean the Supreme Court
With the contentious health care reform case the Supreme Court will further cement its place alongside the other political branches of our government. It has become more comfortable throwing...
View ArticleThe BCS is Dead!
Now there’s some well-needed good news for dark times. The corrupt cabal ruining running college football has decided to give in a little to fans and let us give them a lot more money than they had...
View ArticleCourt Finds Health Care Law Constitutional, or Roberts Takes One for the Team
I was right about the result, but wrong about the margin and justification. Upholding the ACA is a pro-business result that will be justified by adopting a precedent-supported broad reading of the...
View ArticleSome Morning After Reaction to the 2012 Election
Some morning after reactions from Election Day 2012: I noticed a big difference from 2008. Four years ago was a historic election, where there was widespread joy mostly from the fact that Americans...
View ArticleFilibuster Reform 2013
With a new session of Congress set to begin in January, there are again calls to ditch the filibuster in the Senate. This is becoming a biannual tradition inspired by the dramatic increase in the use...
View ArticleSupreme Comedy: Court Accepts Brief from Westboro Baptist Church on Same-Sex...
In a few weeks the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case involving same-sex marriage, Hollingsworth v. Perry. The court has accepted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief from the...
View ArticleToday the Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Gay Marriage Case and Nation...
In the next few hours the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case concerning gay marriage, Hollingsworth v. Perry . The protesters/spectators have been camping out to get in. They had to...
View ArticleIs Interviewing for “Cultural Fit” an Illegal Form of Employment Discrimination?
An article in Business Week, “Job Applicants’ Cultural Fit Can Trump Qualifications,” raised some issues that have been needling in the back of my mind for months. In this era of a perpetually tight...
View ArticleWhat Does Interviewing for “Cultural Fit” Really Mean?
This post takes an important aside in the series examining how interviewing for “cultural fit” can be a form of illegal employment discrimination. There seems to be a few different concepts of...
View ArticleHow the Roberts Court’s Freedom of Speech-Dollars Can Save American Democracy...
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC continued the trend of rolling back limits on how money is used in elections. Today, money as free speech can be regulated only to stop quid pro...
View ArticleJustice Scalia’s 79th Birthday Reminds Us of the Coming Constitutional Crisis
Today is Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s 79th birthday. I rarely agree with his opinions but they are usually a fun read. You have to admit, he has style. Now, the average retirement age for...
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