” On December 19, 2016, the Social Security Administration (SSA) finalized new regulations that will create a process for transferring the records of those who seek a “representative payee” (legal proxy) under the Social Security disability benefits programs to NICS, so that they may be considered a “mental defective” and thus lose their Second Amendment rights. [read post]

Question: The epigraph to your book is taken from Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” (1952), a novel that explored the social and intellectual issues facing African Americans in the early 20th century: “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me … When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination – indeed, everything and anything except me. [read post]

In this, Chief Justice Tom Bathurst and Justice Ruth McColl emphasised that open justice was “one of the most fundamental aspects of the system of justice in Australia [ensuring] public confidence in the administration of justice”. [read post]