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- Fraidy-Cat Republicans by Mad Kane's Political Madness on Nov 20, 2009
According to Republicans, it’s way too dangerous for Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder to try terrorists in federal courts. And that seems just a wee bit odd. Because the 2002 trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, an al Qaeda terrorist often r...
- TRAMPLED TO DEATH FOR A 10% DISCOUNT SALE by Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer on Nov 13, 2009
OESTERHOUDT STRIKESOn November 28, 2008, the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y. braced itself for "Black Friday," the notorious shopping frenzy the day after Thanksgiving. It hired temporary employees to work longer hours. It also planned to open earl...
- Your Weekend Reading by King Politics on Nov 6, 2009
You know those catchy FreeCreditReport.com commercials with the dudes singing? Turns out the government hates that site because it lures people into buying unnecessary service. Should we sentence teens to life in prison? I don't know what you think,...
- DOMINIC CARTER, EVIDENCE LAW, HEARSAY AND TRUTH : IT IS NEVER EASY TO SAY WHAT "ACTUALLY HAPPENED" by Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer on Nov 3, 2009
AN ESSAYEarlier this week, I read about Dominic Carter, a disgraced New York TV anchorman. Last year, authorities charged Mr. Carter with domestic abuse after his wife complained that her husband tried to strangle her during a fight. She later reca...
- Lazy Thinking, Bad Prosecutors, Palin & Terror by King Politics on Nov 3, 2009
Items shared by Chris Lawrence:Anticipating the dumb reactions to Nov. 3. Why aren't bad prosecutors held accountable?Sarah Palin polls like Dan Quayle. The origins of security screenings at airports.
- Fairness In Sentecing by King Politics on Oct 22, 2009
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation that would equalize the sentences meted out for powdered cocaine and crack cocaine. Currently, "it takes 100 times as much powdered cocaine as crack to trigger the same mandatory minimum sentence"...
- THE LAW HAS NO POWER OVER SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HIS BODY by Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer on Oct 16, 2009
AN ESSAYIn many essays over the last year, I have paraphrased Martin Luther's argument that the law has power only over the body and property. See, e.g., On Governmental Authority (1523) at p. 23: "The temporal government has laws which extend no fu...
