Thirty years ago in Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983), the Supreme Court held in a divided opinion that opening legislative sessions with prayer did not violate the Establishment Clause. But can the government open such legislative…

Former NLRB Chairman Liebman recently wrote an opt ed piece calling for the Senate to take action on the 5 nominees to the NLRB. That article can be found here. Chairman Liebman states in part: Mitchell H. Rubinstein

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, advises employers that after May 7, 2013*only the newly revised federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9)** may be used New York State…

NYLS has switched me to a new location. Beginning in 2013, I am blogging at artleonardobservations.com.

U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti ruled on December 3 that two New York City realtors, Manhattan Apartments, Inc., and Abba Realty Associates, violated a city law when dealing with a person living with AIDS who was seeking to rent an...

The Supreme Court has appointed Prof. Vicki Jackson of Harvard Law School to be "amicus curiae" in United States v. Windsor to brief and argue in support of the point of view that the Court does not have jurisdiction to...

From about 2002 until the time I left in 2009, I created a program of digitization at the Bernhard Library of Quinnipiac University. First we did Connecticut history titles, and then public domain titles from the Great Hunger Room collection…

   My retirement as such only lasted 3 months and one week. Starting next week, I will be working for the College of New Rochelle as a half-time special projects librarian. When they first wrote me about the need for this position,…

Three weeks ago, I ended a 46 year run of working in libraries. Retirement was inspired by reaching full retirement age of 66, and not wanting to make the three hour a day commute to the city for another winter.

My previous post highlights how Americans are generous, despite a challenging economy. An earlier post mentioned that donating firearms could help the donor, the donor’s family, the charitable organization, and all Americans who get a…

A recent report highlights the generosity of Americans. Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2010 finds that Americans contributed about 2 percent of disposable income in 2010. The executive summary of the report…

I have been researching estate planning for firearms, and I came across a video that is worth sharing today, a day on which we celebrate the United States and reflect on its history. The video is about the Girandoni air rifle, which is on…