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Increase the size of Congress?
This is a pretty compelling idea. For the first 140 years of the republic, the House increased in size with the population in varying degrees, going from 65 members originally to 435. A Republican...
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CNN Debate: Should FCC Boot Rush Limbaugh From the Airwaves?
On the side of kicking him off the air, Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem. On the side of protecting his right to free speech, Marc J. Randazza. This is not the same debate over whether the...
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Feminist War of 2012
By Tatiana von Tauber I’m embarrassed to be an American woman with witness to the current state of the Union. Being a woman is without a doubt the most difficult process of becoming I’ve ever...
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Conservative bloggers claim retaliation for crowd-sourcing posts
In an online flame war spanning across party lines, conservative bloggers say they have been targeted recently for blogging about Brett Kimberlin, a man who was convicted in the 1980s of bombings in...
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Talking to your kids about gay marriage
I used to have neighbors in Flori-duh, whose argument (to me anyhow) against gay marriage was “what am I supposed to tell my kids?“ Louis CK had a funny reply to that. “It doesn’t have ANY effect on...
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Federal Circuit’s COCKSUCKER Decision Sucks
As many long-time readers know, Section 2(a) of the Trademark Act is one of my pet peeves. This is the section of the Trademark Act that gives pretty much unfettered discretion to a trademark examiner...
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Nevada has a New Anti-SLAPP Law
Post updated here. Filed under: First Amendment, internet law, law practice, politics, Section 230, SLAPP
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Nevada’s New Anti-SLAPP Law
You may have noticed that the writing has been a bit slow as of late. Well, one of the things that has been taking our attention away has been an all-hands effort up in Carson City, working on getting...
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Fourth Circuit Delivers First Amendment Ass-Kicking
By J. DeVoy This is not a Star Trek order. There are no pithy jokes here. There is, however, a shocking exposé of just how insidious the government can be in coercing silence when you speak out...
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Knox. Knox. No Justice There.
By Tatiana von Tauber What do you think of this Amanda Knox story? I watched her interview here . It’s moving. I’ve been following the case for years and I empathize as sometimes facts lead to...
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This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps
This is a pretty familiar story line. A businessman wants to open a strip club. Some members of the local community decide that they do not want that kind of thing in their town. The resistance is...
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Gov. Dewey was Wrong: Obama 2016
During his 1944 campaign for President, N.Y. Governor Thomas Dewey argued that permitting Pres. Roosevelt to have a fourth term was a dangerous threat to freedom. Gov. Dewey lost in 1944 and, more...
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Incitement
“If you protest, you’re just inciting the police to shoot you, so what do you expect?” Pretty stupid, huh? How about, “if you don’t want people to protest, then don’t treat them in a way that they feel...
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Sen. Cruz is an Unnaturally Born Citizen
by Jay Marshall Wolman Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripped. -Macbeth, Act V, Scene 8 There’s been a lot of...
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Justice Scalia Pardoned
by Jay Marshall Wolman From time to time, I read the blog “A Public Defender” by the pseudonymous Gideon. Today, in the wake of Justice Scalia’s death, he decided to post a dyslogy highlighting the...
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