Proposed law (full text): CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE and NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS. Legislative intent – This bill recognizes that the following: 1. People can be arrested, convicted and sent to jail. 2. People are subject to progressive taxation. 3. People can be drafted and actually become wounded or die in war. 4. People do...
Pinguis Istuc Miser ……………………………………………………… The rich are poor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gee, I’m just thrilled the WI GuvWalk Walks to up the welfare for the rich, Because it’s true, pinguis istuc miser
First off, Republicans are crazy vis-a-vis the death panel and end of life issue. Whenever I see them on television they get their facts all screwed up. End of life counseling is a great thing and as with all other things they do, doctors should get paid for their time. End of story. Second,...
Think twice, Intelligence Squared Debates. You can find them at http://intelligencesquaredus.org/ and this debate at http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/treat-terrorists-like-enemy-combatants-not-criminals/, including the transcript. Last night I went to NYU and attended an Intelligence Squared debate. Two sides squared off on the question of whether the United States treatment of “enemy combatants” should fall under the Military Code of...
Often asked in the dark, Americans wonder if the immigration waves we all know are on the way, absent protective legislation, will come from South Americans or The Chinese. When asked about preference, to an American, all choose South Americans. After all, they are Americans, albeit not North Americans (considering Mexico is not N...
The Brooklyn New York Times Out Loud with Jonny Gowanus provides a unique mix of Argument and Literature. The argument stems from current events, as well as those political legal, philosophical and religious topics your momma told you to steer clear of at cocktail parties. The literature is original poetry, stories, drama, music and...
Law School taught me a lot of obscure things that were meant to expand my mind, not to facilitate my practice. Oddly enough, DISGORGEMENT seems to have been one of those things if only because nobody uses it. And why doesn’t anybody use it, it seems lawful, fair and necessary. And if they do...
After wracking my brains to arrive at a coherent understanding of the Neocons justification, I have finally arrived.The Neocons believe that the clear Social Contract, which embodied social and economic justice, enforced in The New Deal and The Great Society are invalid. They believe them invalid because this form of justice or classism has...
In law school we were shone films in which the lawyer basically tells the client what to say by way of wholly impermissible leading (the answer is contained in the question) questions. As a practicing lawyer, I worked hard to fully prepare my client while remaining on the ethical side of the road On...
We’re only talking about a few rare special cases, and as soon as you (Sol. Gen. Paul D. Clement) tell me that what’s supposed to happen is that the judges are supposed to start deciding whether this is one of these unusual cases or not rather than relying upon significant medical opinion as this...