Legislator Upset That Muslims Want to Use School-Voucher Program Too
She just assumed that “religious” meant “Christian,” because … is there another kind?
Constitutional Law
Would the Last Civil Right in America Please Remember to Close the Door on Its Way Out?
The doctrine of qualified immunity makes you all pretty much unnecessary.
TSA: Too Sad for an Acronym
One more just to complete the trifecta, and then I will try to get a little more lighthearted. We've recently seen the TSA harassing the elderly, the very young, and now … the disabled. (Also the nude, but in that case…
Hello! You’ve Been Targeted for Assassination!
Great work by Ruben Bolling on this week's Tom the Dancing Bug cartoon. No, that's not the whole thing. Click here or on the image to see the full cartoon at Boing Boing. It's worth it. Because what's funnier than the death…
Amish on the Loose
Is it just me, or is there a rising tide of reports about Amish-related mayhem? The Associated Press reported yesterday (via WSJ) that a number of young Amish adults in western New York had been charged with illegal possession of…
AG Sort of Explains When and Why the President Could Drop a Bomb on You
In case you missed it, the Attorney General of the United States spent a little time yesterday discussing the circumstances under which the President could order your death without having a trial or even having charged you with any crime….
Wyoming to Consider Buying an Aircraft Carrier
Come get some, Montana!
The Odd Clauses: All About the Constitution’s “Crazy Uncles”
If you want to read an interesting and highly entertaining book about constitutional law, and who doesn't, you should immediately buy The Odd Clauses, the latest book by Boston University law professor Jay Wexler. That name has been associated with…
The TSA Can’t Tell an Insulin Pump From a Gun
I don't like to let more than a couple of weeks go by without pointing out how pointless and incompetent the TSA is, and so at least for that purpose it's lucky that its employees do dumb things so frequently….
If Pajamas Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Wear Pajamas
I guess that slogan does work better for guns, probably because that's something people might conceivably care about. At least, until recently it honestly hadn't occurred to me that the wearing of pajamas, even in public, could cause any controversy….