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Because of the Labor Day holiday, my Advanced Topics in Law class did not meet this week. Next week, however, we will resume full steam ahead with “the Commerce Clause problem.” But first things first: Why is the venerable Commerce … Continue reading →

Today (Sept. 8) is the feast day of Our Lady of Charity, the patron saint of my beloved Cuba. May my brothers and sisters on the Island be free one day soon!

I just discovered via Ms Megan Turner, a student journalist at my university, that the president of the university, without any prior notice or meaningful discussion, recently adopted an emergency “student behavior expectations policy.” (Here is a link to the … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
I am totally serious. In honor of the upcoming Labor Day Holiday Weekend, allow me to pose the following (non-rhetorical) question: Why do we still allow the federal government (and many State governments) to tax…

This map purports to show which presidential candidate is most likely to win a given State based on public opinion polling from the last two weeks. Let’s put aside the fact that these polls are pretty much worthless–just ask Hillary … Continue reading →

You may have already seen some variant or snippet of the video clip below in which Ander Christensen, a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, asks his local city council to ban the misleading and deceptive term “boneless chicken wings.” Although Mr … Continue reading →

Will the interstate highway system be the last major public works project to be built in the United States, or should we re-start the Cross Florida Barge Canal or the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport? I first learned about these two … Continue reading →

I am totally serious. In honor of the upcoming Labor Day Holiday Weekend, allow me to pose the following (non-rhetorical) question: Why do we still allow the federal government (and many State governments) to tax our physical and mental labor, … Continue reading →

“I am so sorry, but …” Although the “random excuse generator” pictured below (play around with it here for yourself; hat tip: @pickover) is quite crude–awkward even–it does a fairly decent job of coming up with good excuses! Maybe if … Continue reading →

As you may or may not recall, Peter Thiel–the crypto-libertarian tech billionaire who made his massive fortune via PayPal, Facebook, and other startup ventures–publicly supported candidate Donald J. Trump during the previous presidential election cycle. (See, for example, these remarks … Continue reading →