Tag Archives: personal

Reaction to McDonald v. Chicago

In the wake of the decision, the Jackson County (WI) prosecutor has announced he’s no longer taking CCW and similar gun cases . “Prior to this historic ruling, our state Supreme Court placed the state’s interests first, and would only create an exception to these laws when the individual’s need for protection outweighed the state’s interest.

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Dave Kopel’s testimony on the Kagan nomination

Video on Youtube, here .

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Family histories

I was just remembering a matter involving my my late ex, Frances . After I discovered that the name Hardy is an alias , taken by my outlaw judge great-grandfather, our son Mark found it very interesting, but Frances found it rather appalling. Mark wanted to write a paper for school on the subject, and she made him pick some other topic.

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Bureaucratic memories

The comment to the previous post reminds me of an experience when I worked in Interior’s legal shop. Understand, to a bureaucrat “we’ve always done it this way” is sacred, safe; “we’ve never done it that way” means it’s dangerous and unwise.

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Reminds 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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