AJ and James have had a little disagreement about the constitutionality / advisability of age-discrimination laws. I’m not sure that my ideas on the advisability of such legislation would add much to the discussion, but have a few comments to add as to the constitutionality of legislation that targets certain age groups.
The Supreme Court has [...]

Today I’ve mused quite a bit about both how much I hate Dallas and also about a small constitutional question. I accidentally bought a Dallas Morning News instead of an Austin-American Statesman today at lunch, and this article was on the center of the front page. This was my first clue that I had bought a Dallas [...]

The Washington Post had a article recently about the way in which more and more American’s are viewing the court as too conservative. 33% of Americans feel that the Court is too conservative and only 47% believe that the court is balanced. 55% of Americans agree with the court’s ruling in Carhart but 70% disagree [...]

I am going absolutely crazy with all the talk of Clarence Thomas and his total perversion of originalism. I’m not one to rant, but this is the closest I will ever come to declaring an absolute- Originalism is NEVER appropriate. Thats right, there is never an instance where it is appropriate to take our noses [...]

Earlier this week, the editorial board of The Dallas Morning News endorsed Tom Leppert in the Dallas mayoral runoff election to be held June 16. Unsurprisingly, they got this one wrong.
The best candidate is City Hall veteran Ed Oakley. Oakley, 54, is an experienced city councilman who currently serves as chair of the Trinity River [...]

The court today handed down a ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. With Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito making up a majority, the Court held 5-4 that pay raises made outside of the statute of limitations were not protected under the Civil Rights Act. The decision makes [...]