Emotion, Stupidity, and Animal Abuse Laws
For a societal explanation of animal abuse laws, follow this unassailable line of logic:
Fred Thompson Pulls an Al Sharpton
. . . and no, it’s not race baiting. Instead, somebody filed suit at the FEC against Fred Thompson for running a “campaign” without declaring (the same thing Sharpton did in 2004). I apologize profusely that this originates from a leftist blogger (the same one that exposed the Foley scandal), but it appears […]
Reject Crime Registries
Florida has kids in its sex offender registry following passage of a new law last year.
“[The Child Protection and Safety Act] requires that teens 14 and older who engage in sexual contact with children younger than 12 be included in state community notification laws such as Florida’s sexual predator list.”
They’re not the only state. […]
Congress Taxes Oil and Gives It To Renewables
Thomas Nast’s cartoon depicting Boss Tweed and the Tammany Ring
You know what? I give up.
Declaring a new direction in energy policy, the House on Saturday approved $16 billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives for renewable energy and conservation efforts.[cite]
It should be patently obvious that […]
The Fraudulent Commerce Clause
At some point in every freedom-loving law student’s academic career comes a two-week period of outrage and bewilderment coinciding with lectures on the interstate commerce clause.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the constitution reads as follows:
“The Congress shall have Power …To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the […]