A Stitch in Haste

Depressingly wrong church-and-state ruling from the Texas Supreme Court recently:
On Saturday June 8, 1996, Tom and Judy Schubert left town, leaving their three teenage children at home. While the Schuberts were away, their seventeen-year-old daughter, Laura, spent much of her time at the family's church, Pleasant Glade Assembly of God, participating in church-related activities.
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During the [...]

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To review: While I certainly concur with the overwhelming majority of my fellow libertarians that there is a presumptive right to raise one's children as one sees fit, I sometimes get into trouble for insisting that this presumption is rebuttable. Whatever the "right to raise one's children" may be, it simply cannot include a "right [...]

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Yesterday I posted a friendly correction to a post at the excellent (and Elite Eleven) blog Crossed Pond regarding a criminal prosecution in the news:
You might be confusing "motive" with "intent." The DA is entirely correct: "motive" is not an element of a crime and need not be demonstrated either to a grand jury for [...]

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Lawsuit stole her baby!

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How can you not just love a fact pattern like this?
A Jackson State University official blames pranksters for the mistaken demolition of a house — and everything in it. Owner Annie Wilson of Dallas said trying to get fair compensation has been a nightmare.
Vice president Troy Stovall said Jackson State bought the lot next to [...]

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