Tag Archives: country
Former 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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An interesting life story . While serving time for bank robbery, he teaches himself to become a jailhouse lawyer…. and finds he is unbelievably good at it, soon generating an impressive record with the Supreme Court.
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Story here , in the Wash Post (which is pretty extraordinary in itself). “Verma said he plans to join the recently formed National Association for Gun Rights India to lobby against new gun controls that the government has proposed, blaming the proliferation of both licensed and illegal weapons for a rise in crime. Although India’s 1959 Arms Act gives citizens the legal right to own and carry guns, it is not a right enshrined in the country’s constitution
Full StoryReminds me of my government days
At Interior (1982-1992) I chiefly represented Fish and Wildlife Service. And this article reminds me of the type of strange cases we had
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