I didn’t need any more reasons to dislike John McCain. But I have another one anyway. Continuing his general theme of believing that government employees are just plain better than regular folk, he wants copyright law to favor politicians over everyone else.
(Via McCain seeks special ‘fair use’ copyright rules for VIPs.)
John McCain’s presidential [...]
Last week, Justice Clarence Thomas spoke on the Constitution. Here are part of his remarks. How to Read the Constitution - WSJ.com
As I have traveled across the country, I have been astounded just how many of our fellow citizens feel strongly about their constitutional rights but have no idea what they are, or for that [...]
Apparently, Justices no longer have to fact check their Supreme Court opinions or dissents. Justice Stevens’ dissent had two rather major errors:
Comment on to previous post points out at p.2 of the Stevens dissent he refers to NFA and US v. Miller: “Upholding a conviction under that Act, this Court held that…” [...]
The Heller decision was a big win for the 2nd Amendment: it established that citizens do have a right to own guns. Unfortunately, that decision only applies to the federal government. What about the states? It will take a new court case — and a new decision — to establish whether or not the 2nd [...]
This isn’t going to make my wife very happy. She loves playing Scrabble online.
Facebook Asked to Remove “Scrabulous” - New York Times:
LONDON (Reuters) - The makers of word game Scrabble have asked Facebook to remove its popular online version “Scrabulous,” which they say infringes their copyright. The U.S. and Canada [...]
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus - New York Times
In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes. Alluding to his office’s famous 1964 report on the perils of smoking, Dr. Koop announced that the American diet was [...]
Never lose sight of the tireless battle necessary to protect out freedoms.
The National Anti- Quartering Association, America’s foremost Third Amendment rights group, held its annual gala in Washington Monday to honor 191 consecutive years of advocating the protection of private homes and property against the unlawful boarding of military personnel. [...]
ACLU sues DEA on behalf of truck whose money was seized | Houston Chronicle
A trucker has sued the Drug Enforcement Administration, seeking to get back nearly $24,000 seized by DEA agents earlier this month at a weigh station on U.S. 54 in New Mexico north of El Paso, Texas. Anastasio [...]
Panel Votes to Allow Regulation of Cigarettes - New York Times
A Senate committee approved legislation that would allow federal regulation of cigarettes for the first time.
Bravo for the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. There’s just one little problem. Regardless of how long I pore over Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. [...]
A band and its ‘forced march’
Starting in mid-June, members of the Oregon Marching Band and the Sound of Sun Prairie begin what they call “everydays”: 12-hour practices, sometimes six days a week, often in sweltering conditions. “I would say I probably put in 16 hours a day a good six [...]