Participation
- Rebecca on The Tiny Constable: I love it when other SC justices answer back to Scalia’s ass-holery.
- adam on 4’33″: Rehearsal must be a breeze.
- adam on The Tiny Constable: The English language is so fucking stupid.
- Steven on The Problem of Persuasion: I, for one, would much rather have my guilt or innocence determined by a computer, than a lot of...
- Steven on Law vs. Justice: Law MUST have equal consideration for justice! EVERY written law has a justifiable contradiction to that law....
- Peter on The Tiny Constable: I’m pretty sure “secrete” is a verb meaning “to conceal.”
- adam on The Tiny Constable: Except the episode would be about whether “Tory Belleci can secret himself” rather than...
- Peter on Still Searching: Thanks.
- Rebecca on Still Searching: Good post.
Tweets
- .@RepJeffDenham If you won't support high speed rail, then I won't support you.
- RT @calladus: The minority voices of #Christian extremists are heard so clearly because the majority of Christian moderates refuse to sp ...
- @ATF628 Did you get anything good?
- RT @jboren4507: Read half-dozen stories today about people getting thrown under the bus. CHP should investigate outbreak of bus v. ped. ...
- @senatorboxer Vote NO on PIPA and SOPA. Stopping piracy is a good idea; trampling free expression in the process is a terrible idea.
- @RepJeffDenham Vote NO on PIPA and SOPA. Stopping piracy is a good idea; trampling free expression in the process is a terrible idea.
- @calladus Is that study merely OF beliefs, or study driven BY beliefs?
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
The Problem of Persuasion
One of the many things they don’t teach you in law school is how to persuade someone, especially someone in a black robe. How do you “make your case”? Law school did teach me how to do legal analysis—or at least … Continue reading
Secure the Good, Amend the Evil
I recently subscribed to The Green Bag, subtitled “An Entertaining Journal of Law.” Having read through most of the Winter 2009 edition (the only one I’ve received so far), I’m not sure the word “entertaining” usefully describes this journal, but … Continue reading
Hobbes, Heidegger, Rawls, Bruce, and a Priest Walk into a Bar
I have elsewhere suggested that granting religious exemptions to otherwise generally applicable laws is a bad idea because, of the two ideas in conflict—the religious idea of the exempted person and the legal idea of the society, the legal idea … Continue reading
Or a Cunning Hacker?
So it appears that maybe Amazon.com is not engaging in censorship. A hacker says he did it, basically by exploiting an Amazon.com “feature” for reporting “inappropriate content.” I’ve always thought those kinds of “features” on websites were dangerous. “Weev” says he … Continue reading
There Are No Dirty Books, Only Dirty Booksellers
Watch out for the censorship—it’s everywhere: even on Amazon.com. (Also, despite his appearance in the photo accompanying the linked article, Gore Vidal is still alive.)
Justice Jackson was All Too Right
Robert H. Jackson, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and former United States Attorney General, made a famous observation about appellate argument: I made three arguments of every case. First, came the one that I planned as I … Continue reading
All the Penns of the Rainbow
Nice. So while Sean Penn is just an irritating, big-mouthed, political blowhard, Kal Penn (a.k.a. “Kumar,” a.k.a. “Dr. Kutner“) is actually going to work for the White House as a low-level staffer: [I]t’s not exactly a glamour job—he’s actually going to be a … Continue reading
Mid Cal Tour of Champions
I just discovered that Drum Corps International (DCI) will be in Clovis on Friday, June 26, 2009, for the “Mid Cal Tour of Champions.” Performing corps include the Blue Devils, corps A, B, and C, the Blue Knights, the Bluecoats, the … Continue reading