Apr
30

Why should judicial precedent bind the nation if the Constitution itself does not?

nolanimrod on April 30th, 2010

That is a pretty good ques­tion. And if the Con­sti­tu­tion can have ema­na­tions and penum­bras why not deci­sions upon which prece­dents are built. After all, nobody rat­i­fied the prece­dents. They did the Con­sti­tu­tion. So why not say of a prece­dent, That was then; this is now? Great dis­cus­sion of the topic com­plete with par­tic­i­pa­tion by […]

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Apr
30

Don’t Ever Fix Something if Your Fix isn’t Perfect

nolanimrod on April 30th, 2010

Rea­son Mag: If some­thing doesn’t work don’t try to fix it if you can’t make it perfect.

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Apr
30

That’s Not the Legislation that I Knew

nolanimrod on April 30th, 2010

That’s not the Bill I used to know

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Apr
30

Cutting Spending — How About a Trial Run?

nolanimrod on April 30th, 2010

Cut­ting spend­ing requires re-​​thinking a lot of precepts.

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