Tag Archives: congress
DISCLOSE bill and NRA
A few months ago, the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on corporations airing campaign ads (or anything mentioning a candidate’s name, including an ad that suggests asking him to do something). The powers that be started pushing a bill, DISCLOSE, which would make these now-lawful ad expenditures a bit more burdensome.
Full StoryAttorney shoots self in foot in court
Literally . Incidents like this make me feel less old-fashioned: I won’t have a gun without a manual safety, and it stays on unless readying to fire. I know ..
Full StoryFormer Justice Souter speaks
Story here . I can understand that he doesn’t seem to like textualism — stick to the words, that’s what was agreed upon — nor original understanding — words explained by our best understanding of what they were meant to be
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The WashPo is publishing the thoughts of six spokesmen, relating to the proposal to (a) give DC a seat in the House; (b) offset this Demo seat by giving Utah an extra, likely Republican, seat and (c) attach a rider rolling back most of DC’s onerous gun restrictions. What I find appalling in the commentaries is that only Bob Levy deals with the problem that (a) and (b) are clearly unconstitutional
Full StoryQuick analysis of reply briefs
I read Alan Gura’s brief last night while waiting to meet with my surgeon (1. I will live. 2.
Full StoryNew article by Randy Barnett
“Whence Comes Section One? The Abolitionist Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment.” It explores the many ways in which abolitionist legal thought influenced the 14th Amendment. The leadership of the 39th Congress were abolitionists to a man, and shared legal understandings that did not require explanation.
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