Monthly Archive: April 2014
The Smartphone Ceasefire
There was a time when it mattered what smartphone people chose. That time has passed.
Leaguefest Update
Leaguefest is a little over a month and a half away. If you’re considering coming, here is some updated info — and a few questions I need your feedback on.
The Atlantic just published the most important story of the year.
From Pro-Publica’s Nikole Hannah-Jones, an amazing and maddening article on the active and deliberate re-segregation of blacks happening right now, in 2014 America.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment Bleg
So, you guys have a cruel and unusual punishment clause in your constitution. But I’ve got a few questions:
Introduction!
Please help us welcome Ordinary Times’ newest contributor (and our first Irish contributor), Brian John Spencer.
Let’s say the Libertarians get their way on the War On Drugs… Now What?
Surely we’re going to do a better job with drugs than we are doing with booze, right?
Tardy Tuesday questions, Steve Prefontaine edition
Thank you, random stranger, for giving me something to ponder as I count down the miles on my way back home.
In My Opinion’s Wake
Burt Likko thinks that Citizens United and McCutcheon were correctly decided. But how can he square that conclusion with his recent Ordinary Court opinion?
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part IV: Government’s Showing, Disposition
The Ordinary Court’s majority moves on to the final issue left in the case, and issues its ruling.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Parts II and III: Dissenting and Concurring Opinion
Tim Kowal agrees the Greens have individual standing, but suggests the corporation is the appropriate party to assert their claims.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part III: Justiciability of Individual Claims [Updated]
In Part III of the Ordinary Court’s treatment of the Hobby Lobby case, the Ordinary Justices’ voting pattern shifts, with dramatic results.
All the Single Sailors
When you are singlehander you are – paradoxically – in situation of rather pronounced self-reliance, but also dependent on the kindness of strangers. As you move from place to place your life is shaped by favors you will never be able to repay.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part II: Justiciability of Corporate Claims
Part II of the opinion, dealing substantively with whether Hobby Lobby can state a claim for relief under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Tuesday Writing Prompt
It’s Tuesday again. This week let’s visit a small town newspaper waiting for a big story.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part I: Background and Standards of Law
The first part of the Ordinary Court’s treatment of one of this year’s most-publicized legal cases. To begin, we must understand the factual and legal landscape.