NY Times obit for Fess Parker
Author: Damien M. Schiff A very nice article focusing on Mr. Parker's acting career and successful roles as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. … Continue reading → The post NY Times obit for Fess Parker...
View ArticlePLF in the New York Times
Author: Damien M. Schiff Last Sunday's Bay Area edition of the New York Times featured an article on Peter Douglas, the California Coastal Commission's long-serving executive director. While noting...
View ArticleWhy the Colbert Report is wrong about friend-of-the-court briefs
Various news and entertainment outlets have questioned the usefulness of friend-of-the-court briefs (also known as amicus briefs) at the Supreme Court. Both the New York Times and the Colbert Report...
View ArticleObamacare’s defenders resort to low blows
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty once said, “it means just what I choose it to mean–neither more nor less.” Congress lacks that luxury because the judiciary judges the meaning of its words. However,...
View ArticleA government of laws, and not of Obama
An unusual argument has arisen as a way to save Obamacare. Today, a New York Times op-ed written by law professor William Baude suggests that the Obama administration could just ignore the Supreme...
View ArticleNew York Times op-ed wrong on PLF cases
Though much of constitutional discourse today focuses on liberties enshrined in the Bill of Rights, the real genius of the Constitution lies in its use of structural devices. One such device is the...
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