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A Stitch in Haste

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A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.


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Entries Tagged as 'Constitutional Issues'

DOMA: Is the Tea Party "Mute" Dumb or Just "Stupid" Dumb?

July 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

What kind of party (or movement or whatever), especially one that claims to be radically transforming the political landscape at the most basic constitutional and philosophical levels, "does not take a position on social issues"?

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Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Libertarianism · Politics · Updates

Some Thoughts on the DOMA Rulings

July 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Some hasty stitches about Gill v. OPM and Massachusetts v. Sibelius.

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Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law

Justice Harlan, Meet Speaker Pelosi

March 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Contrary to the hopes (or fears) of many, the Presentment Clause has not been repealed.

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Law · Libertarianism · Politics · Socialized Medicine

In Defense of Full Corporate Rights

September 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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Tags: Equal Protection · Law Enforcement Abuses · Student Rights