It is absurd in the extreme to suggest that two free individuals acting jointly can somehow have "less rights" than those two same free individuals would have acting individually.
Entries Tagged as 'Constitutional Issues'
In Defense of Full Corporate Rights
September 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Constitutional Issues · Law · Libertarianism
A "Baker v. Nelson" Primer
July 18th, 2009 · Comments Off
There's been yet another Outbreak of Stupid™ in the gay blawgosphere — and, this time, in the Senate Judiciary Committee — so let's pause to get it right.
Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
Gay Bloggers Turning Against Gay Activists Over Olson/Boies
July 9th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Some very misinformed gay bloggers are completely misunderstanding, and misreporting, the news that Lamba Legal, the ACLU and other major gay advocacy groups are petitioning to intervene in the controversial "Olson/Boies" lawsuit challenging Proposition 8.
Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
On No-Fly and Emanuel & Lautenberg's "New Due Process"
July 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Remind me again how Obama and the hyper-liberal Congress were going to usher in a new civil libertarian paradise where basic constitutional rights are actually acknowledged and respected?
Tags: Law Enforcement Abuses · Libertarianism · Politics · Terror v. Civil Liberties
Yet Another Hillbilly Decalogue Lawsuit
July 7th, 2009 · Comments Off
What is it about Kentucky and the Ten Commandments?
Tags: First Amendment - Religion · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
Kip Clip — Special Independence Day Edition
July 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Please take a moment to pause from enjoying the bread of your holiday idleness to recall the ("compromised") document behind the holiday, and the one that succeeded it.
Tags: Constitutional Issues
Two SCOTUS Victories, But With Missed Opportunities
June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off
What the Court got right — and missed altogether — in Safford and Ricci.
Tags: Equal Protection · Law Enforcement Abuses · Student Rights
A Quick "Matthew Shepard Act" Observation
June 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
As the bill slogs its way through Congress, keep in mind that there are two alternative reasons to oppose it.
Tags: First Amendment - Speech · Law · Libertarianism · Politics · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
PSA: Conference Call — "The Future of Same-Sex Marriage"
May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Two of the nation's top marriage equality litigators will lead a nationwide phone briefing on Tuesday, May 12th, to discuss current and upcoming developments in same sex marriage. The call is free and open to the public.
Tags: Constitutional Issues · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
On Religious Bigots' New-Found (Faux) Libertarianism
April 16th, 2009 · 22 Comments
If religious bigots really want to invoke libertarian arguments to legitimize their bigotry, then they better be prepared to be judged by real libertarians about the entire spectrum of libertarian issues.
Tags: Capitalism · First Amendment - Religion · Freedom of Contract · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars


















