So the latest "smartest state to dumbest state" rankings are out, and once again, Massachusetts tops the list. (As Eugene Volokh accurately points out, though, these rankings really don't measure how "smart" a … [Read more...]
Archives for June 14, 2005
Second Middlesex Senate race gets officially underway this Thursday; candidate questionnaires from M
This Thursday, June 16, the truly adventurous can attend not one but two campaign kickoff events for the Second Middlesex Senate seat vacated by the death of Charlie Shannon. Rep. Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) will be holding her event … [Read more...]
Endangered Species Act apparently safe, for now
Without comment or recorded dissent, the Supreme Court today denied review of a case from the 5th Circuit, called GDF Realty Investments, Ltd. v. Norton, that raised the question whether the Endangered Species Act could, consistent with … [Read more...]