Survivor or not?
From NPR this morning, an interesting question being posed to SCOTUS about survivor benefits from Social Security for children conceived after the beneficiary’s death: Two eras clash on Monday at the...
View ArticleFlorence and the 4th Amendment
I promised Mark I’d post some thoughts on Florence v. Board of Freeholders, the recent 4th Amendment case from SCOTUS. Since this post isn’t a scholarly document, I’m not going to provide extensive...
View ArticleLegal news
An interesting case was argued at SCOTUS yesterday: [I]n Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp[, t]he Justices will decide, once and for all, whether pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) are...
View ArticleFallout from PLIVA v. Mensing
Something I’ve been keeping an eye on is the effects of the SCOTUS ruling in PLIVA v. Mensing, limiting liability of generic drug makers for side effects of the drug that are not included on the...
View ArticleToobin on Citizens United
Jeffery Toobin has an article in the New Yorker about the behind-the-scenes action in Citizens United. It’s long, so I haven’t had the chance to read it in its entirety, but here’s a “review” from...
View ArticleElinor Ostrom, RIP
Somewhat related to both the discussions of economics and evolution is the work of Elinor Ostrom, who passed away yesterday. Ostrom was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009. She was a political...
View ArticleFaux health care report
Just a couple of quick links from the NEJM about electronic medical records and the difficulty doctors are having with implementation. Perhaps NoVA can help out and give a his perspective as well. Even...
View ArticleDiscrimination in Public Accommodations
A post by Eugene Volokh on VC talks about a recent jury award under the CA public accommodations anti-discrimination statute against a (Muslim) hotel owner that kicked out a Friends of the IDF...
View ArticleWorst US generals
I was reading Frum this morning and found a link to Tom Ricks’ list of nominees for worst general in American history. Here’s his list: 1. Douglas MacArthur 2. Benedict Arnold 3. Ned Almond 4. Tommy R....
View ArticleElectoral vote predictions
Picking up on a comment by nova, here’s a link to a website where you can design your own electoral map. Then you can copy the URL into your comment for everyone else to see. Overall vote percentages,...
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