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This is when Thomas Jefferson penned the Colonists’ grievance that King George III had deprived the Colonists of “the benefits of Trial by Jury. [read post]

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Disquieting Reflections On Jeffrey Toobin’s Homegrown: Timothy Mcveigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

12 May 2023, 6:00 am by Sandy Levinson

The principal thesis of Jeffery Toobin's excellent new book Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism is contained in the subtitle. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Reference Manual – Desiderata for 4th Edition – Part IV – Confidence Intervals

10 Feb 2023, 4:44 am by admin

One such example is the third edition’s treatment of confidence intervals.[1] The “DNA Identification” chapter noted that the meaning of a confidence interval is subtle,[2] but I doubt that the authors, David Kaye and George Sensabaugh, actually found it subtle or difficult. [read post]

Tortini - http://schachtmanlaw.com/blog/

The Man Who Wrote "We the People"

2 Feb 2023, 6:30 am by John Mikhail

In 1789, George Washington nominated Wilson to be one the first Justices of the Supreme Court, a position he held until his death in 1798. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

[David Kopel] The Theoretical Lethality Index is useful for military history but not for gun control policy

1 Nov 2022, 10:23 am by David Kopel

Part III examines the Theoretical Lethality Index in depth and explains why its military-oriented metrics do not provide useful information in a nonmilitary context about the relative dangerousness of different types of firearms. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

The Declaration of Independence Was a Call for More Government and More Taxes—And That’s Still an Important Lesson for Us Today

2 Oct 2022, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan

We’re British subjects, and we’re about to break the law—big time. [read post]

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Saving the Constitution or Saving America: Are they Identical Projects?

13 Sep 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

Anyone reading Federalist 1 might be forgiven for thinking that it was written by Thomas Jefferson (and not Alexander Hamilton) inasmuch as it is suffused with a faith in “the people” and their capacity for disciplined “reflection” and then wise “choice. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Vehicles: A Quick Guide After the Death of a Loved One

5 Apr 2022, 10:23 am by Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation at Iowa State University

[xvi] For example, the Certificate of Title shows the owners as “George Jefferson and Louise Jefferson. [read post]

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Break It Up [?]. Richard Kreitner and American Secessionism

20 Aug 2020, 11:26 am by Sandy Levinson

So, although Ethan Allan and the Green Mountain Boys provided important aid to their fellow secessionists, Vermont actually entered the Union only in 1791, when, like George III, New York and New Hampshire recognized that their cause was lost. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

[Eugene Volokh] UCLA Business School Lecturer Placed on Leave for E-Mail to Student Rejecting Request for Exam "Leniency" for "Black Students"

10 Jun 2020, 3:55 pm by Eugene Volokh

Jefferson Cmty. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Reply to Critics-- Part Four: How Democratic Do We Want the US to be (and by what definitions)?

10 Jun 2019, 7:30 am by Sandy Levinson

Jefferson, of course, had made a similar move in the Declaration by referring to "one people" instead of the obvious truth that the people of Massachusetts differed in many important respects--most obviously their toleration of chattel slavery--from his fellow Virginians. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Ruminations 79: On American Independence Day 2018--The Meaning of Grievances Beyond the Principles at Its Edges; The U.S. Declaration of Independence in the New Era

4 Jul 2018, 2:05 pm

It might be useful, now, to re-consider those facts, the acts, the relations, to which the great principles of the Declaration of Independence were meant to give meaning and suggest action. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions is being lambasted as the uncool parent in Washington, and maybe the universe..."

7 Jan 2018, 4:45 am

We're drinking coffee. [read post]

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The Habeas Privilege and Enemy Combatants

5 Dec 2017, 11:00 am by James E. Pfander

George Washington would likely order the execution of captured British soldiers in reprisal for any treason executions). [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

July 4th, Medical Malpractice, and the Bill of Rights

1 Jul 2017, 6:56 am by Eric Turkewitz

————————- The Declaration has, as its heart and soul, a discussion of how King George III seized too many powers. [read post]