The fallout from yesterday's Supreme Court decision on eminent domain continues (Kelo v. City of New London).  Today the NY Times editorial page weighs in, describing the Court's action as "a welcome vindication of cities' ability … [Read more...]

Today the Supreme Court decided, by a 5-4 vote, that your city council can decide that it would rather have a Wal-Mart occupying the land that your home and the homes of your neighbors currently occupy because Wal-Mart will generate more … [Read more...]

So Rhode Island is considering getting rid of the last vestiges of its colonial era "blue laws," which used to prohibit most commerce on Sundays, but which now restrict most retailers to operating between 12 noon and 6 pm, and … [Read more...]

The issue in Gonzales v. Raich, the Supreme Court's medical marijuana case, was not whether people who need marijuana to treat otherwise untreatable medical problems should be allowed to use it (I've discussed this misconception here and … [Read more...]

Check this out, by a constitutional scholar at the ultra-libertarian and generally quite conservative Cato Institute, regarding Justice Scalia's vote in favor of federal authority to regulate medical marijuana.Money quote: Scalia condemns … [Read more...]

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...]

Today's Globe op-ed page features two columns, each from a distinctly libertarian point of view, and each by an author whose last name is Young.  I have a couple of thoughts on the substance of both pieces.  I leave to your … [Read more...]

The plaintiffs in Raich sought the protection of a California law allowing them to use marijuana for medicinal purposes.  The problem, of course, is that federal drug laws prohibit the possession of marijuana for any purpose, and … [Read more...]

The Supreme Court has held, 6-3, that federal drug laws that outlaw the possession of marijuana trump state laws allowing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.  (The case is called Gonzales v. Raich.)  The issue before the … [Read more...]

So the boys who "requested and received oral sex" from a 15 year old girl at Milton Academy have been charged with statutory rape (which makes it a crime to have sex with anyone under age 16, regardless of consent).  They … [Read more...]