Tuesday Talk*: Dignity Lost? | Simple Justice
What is it about a grifter from Queens who neither knows nor cares about you, who has neither principles nor plans, that makes people love him. Not merely support him or want to vote for him, but adore him. Putting a flag with his name on a truck, comparing him with a deity, being willing […]
New Law Would Make It Mandatory To Report Stolen Firearms
Gun safety advocates are pushing for the passage of a proposal that would require firearm owners to report the theft of a gun within 48 hours of realizing the weapon has gone missing. Surprisingly, only 15 states require gun owners to report that a firearm has been stolen. Federally licensed firearms dealers must report lost […]
Who Will Teach The Teachers?
There is a crisis of faith in Constitutional Law, and as Jesse Wegman notes, it’s changed the way law professors look at it and teach it. “Teaching constitutional law today is an enterprise in teaching students what law isn’t,” Leah Litman, a professor at the University of Michigan law school, told me. Litman is about as […]
Man Arrested Attempting to Lure Minor
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that a 31-year-old male was recently arrested for attempting to lure a minor after a disturbing incident occurred near Cottonsparrow Street. According to police, the suspect, later identified as Irving Malagon, was driving around a neighborhood at around 2:38 P.M. on Thursday, February 15th. He was in a black two-door […]
The Engine of Truthiness | Simple Justice
Ross Douthat frames it as a 1950s dystopian sci fi scenario. Imagine a short story from the golden age of science fiction, something that would appear in a pulp magazine in 1956. Our title is “The Truth Engine,” and the story envisions a future where computers, those hulking, floor-to-ceiling things, become potent enough to guide […]
Is There A First Amendment Right To Affirmative Action?
Having authored my all-time favorite law review article, when Sasha Volokh writes, I take him seriously. He asserts that what the Court took away in SSFA v. Harvard, it gave back in 303 Creative v. Elenis, creating a back door that would enable colleges to engage in racial discrimination under the protection of the First […]
For Biden, It’s Michigan Or Israel
Michelle Goldberg, the millennial pixie, conveys a threat from a Michigan activist named Layla Elabed. It’s Israel or us, Genocide Joe. Pick one. As infuriated as she is by Joe Biden’s stalwart support for Israel, Layla Elabed has not ruled out voting for him in November. A progressive Palestinian American community organizer in Dearborn, Mich., […]