Further Analysis of the Bottle-Rocket Case
In which the facts of said case are analogized to Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad.
Legal History
Letters of Note: To My Old Master
Here's a remarkable letter that was posted yesterday at the very interesting blog Letters of Note. The letter was written in August of 1865 to Col. P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, by Jourdon Anderson, one of his former slaves. At…
Muslim Police Break Up Christian Broomstick Fight in Bethlehem
Someone pushed his broom into disputed territory, apparently.
Update on the “Buxom Woman” Dispute
An AP article yesterday shed more light on the motion to preclude a woman the AP described as "buxom" from sitting at counsel table during trial. (I was a little more direct the other day – has the word "breast"…
Women’s Suffrage: a “Costly and Dangerous Experiment”?
After I noted that a U.S. Supreme Court justice had said in an interview that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment doesn't apply to women (hint: it wasn't Ginsburg, Kagan or Sotomayor who said this), someone wrote me to ask why,…
Monks Brawl Over Jurisdiction at Tomb of Christ
Be honest—I had you at “monks brawl.”
Tut Murder Cover-Up Continues
An Egyptian investigative team this week said it had found no evidence to support theories that the Pharaoh Tutankhamun was murdered. Egyptian authorities said they would now release Tut's wife and prime minister, who have been held as "material witnesses"…