Thinking about Pareto
Say there are two parties, the SWs and the PIs, who always know the exact outcome of their legislation: The SWs subscribe to the ideology that legislative action should be taken anytime it will improve...
View ArticleStatistics Season
Baseball keeps stats on everything. You could find the day game batting average for third year players, when playing in stadiums with retractable roofs, when the roof is closed. But having statistics...
View ArticleBad ads
When Google downgraded the search ranking for An Inclination to Criticize, I sank into a deep, self-loathing depression. How was that teenager in Stockholm to learn that he was not alone, that others...
View ArticleBack, by Petulant Demand
My blogging gears are rusty; maybe I'll ease back in with some go-read-that-other-thing posts. Like, say, D.C. finally filed its petition for cert in Heller today. It is mostly well written, though...
View ArticleCampaign Finance Reform (Law School Post 1)
Steve Simpson from IJ came over to the law school to give a little chat on 527s and free speech. The takeaway: money may not be speech but it can be used for speech, and when you limit that ability you...
View ArticleI solemnly swear I am up to no good.
Since Addison is regaling you with his riveting stories from the frontlines, I may as well mention that my third year started yesterday. There are distressingly few crim classes left for me to take; I...
View ArticleA quick smoke break
I have get back to reading about federal subject-matter jurisdiction and don't have time to talk about all the ways in which this is disgusting, but here's the quickish version of my rant... First off,...
View ArticleA bad assignment
I've been around some smaller wildfires but it is hard to relate to the suck this guy must have been feeling. As a side note, awhile back I saw this article (or a similar one) on insurance companies...
View ArticleQuizzin' is more better than studyin'
Which Federal Rule of Civ Pro are you? If this is accurate I am one relaxed cat, Rule 8(a). Perhaps why I haven't started studying?
View ArticleA blow to third party candidates.
The Supreme Court in Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party reversed the 9th Cir. and upheld Washington State's top-two primary system. The way it works is that every candidate...
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