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MA Laws on Voter Intimidation

October 27, 2020 By gmoke 8 Comments

Fact sheet on MA laws on voter intimidation https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2020/09/Massachusetts.pdf Just in case. Georgetown Law’s ICAP has a voter intimidation fact sheet for each state if you want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot protection, elections, law, voter intimidation

Environmental Law in the Trump Administration

January 31, 2017 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Went to Harvard Law school today, January 30, 2017, to hear Professors Jody Freeman and Richard Lazarus explain what they think will happen to environmental law in the Trump administration. I got there about 10 minutes before the scheduled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, environment, harvard, law

On Holding Down The Conversational Fort, Or, Jobs, Republicans, And Hooey

January 2, 2012 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

As the next Congressional fight over payroll tax extensions and unemployment benefits and pipelines gets set up in the next few weeks for either its final chapter or to be kicked down the road a bit farther, one or the other, you’re going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, democrats, economy, elections, environment, HR 2587, jobs, Keystone XL, labor, law, nlrb, obama, republicans, union

On Protecting The Innocent, Or, Is There A Death Penalty Compromise?

September 23, 2011 By fake-consultant 11 Comments

I don’t feel very good about this country this morning, and as so many of us are I’m thinking of how Troy Davis was hustled off this mortal coil by the State of Georgia without a lot of thought of what it means to execute the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 8th Amendment, aclu, capital-punishment, civil-rights, congress, constitutional-law, death-penalty, georgia, Innocence Project, law, Troy Davis

On Living Up To Your Words, Or, Tornado? That’s Not In The Constitution.

April 20, 2011 By fake-consultant 5 Comments

"...For that was not true; his attitude was not to be explained by greed, or at any rate by greed alone, but rather by the touchiness which his great labors and their complete unsuccess had bred in him." --From the story "The Village School … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10th-amendment, article-1-section-8, congress, constitutional-law, democrats, disaster, election-12, fema, law, law-and-lawyers, oklahoma, politics, republicans, tea-party

DADT Update: The Service Chiefs Report, The Republicans Fret

April 11, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

The Governments of the States Parties to this Constitution on behalf of their peoples declare: That since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed; That ignorance of each … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: air-force, army, dadt, defense, democrats, law, law-and-lawyers, lbgt, lgbt, marines, military, national-security, navy, obama, repeal, republicans

Social Security: Get On The Phone Tuesday And Wednesday And Help Fight Cuts

March 27, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

First, the I'm A Bit Confused Dept.: There's an ad currently running on TV for a drug called Intuniv.  The drug is for children who are suffering from ADHD, and the visual image features a mother coming out the doors of the school with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-for-americas-future, congress, continuing-resolution, democrats, economics, law, national, politics, republicans, s.amdt.207, senate, social-security

On Monday Morning Philosophy, Or, Founders Tell America: “You Figure It Out”

March 21, 2011 By fake-consultant 21 Comments

"...you see, all the majesty of worship that once adorned these fatal halls / was just a target for the angry as they blew up the Taj Mahal..." --From the song "Gasoline", by Sheryl Crow The reason this is coming up today is because I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10th-amendment, article-1-section-8, article-4-section-3, campaign-for-amerias-future, congress, constitution, democrats, economics, elections, history, law, law-and-lawyers, politics, republicans, social-security

On Petals And Metal, Or, Today And Tomorrow, Street Actions Are Afoot

March 15, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

A young lady visitor on the set of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" asked W.C.Fields if he liked flowers. Fields replied he was very fond of Four Roses. --Ronald J. Fields, from the book "W.C.Fields  By Himself" So here's what's up: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, civil-rights, defend-the-american-dream, democrats, demonstration, economy, elections, labor, law, national, rally, republicans, social-security, street-action

On Being A Titan, Part One, Or, See It, Say It, Sue It

March 9, 2011 By fake-consultant 3 Comments

We have tomorrow Bright before us Like a flame. Yesterday, a night-gone thing A sun-down name. And dawn today Broad arch above the road we came. We march! --From "The New Negro", by Alain Locke So here's the deal, as it sits today: for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corruption, dr.-david-hill, economics, environment, free-speech, hazardous-waste, intimidation, kayne-darrell, law, law-and-lawyers, lawsuit, north-carolina, politics, pollution, titan-cement

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