This business about a three-year freeze on discretionary spending -- it won't work, it's misdirected, it won't last, it's cynical, it's inconsistent, it's an idea the President rejected and mocked as a candidate, it's a potential moral hazard and it's the kind of "solution" that perpetuates the problem. ... > MORE

No, I'm not going to read Mr. Justice Stevens' 90 page dissent in Citizens United v. FEC, I found myself skimming parts of Swingin' Tony Kennedy's opinion of the Court as it is.  I do recommend Mr. Justice Thomas' opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, for a sober,...  > MORE

But do I understand the thinking behind extortion/blackmail law?  Neeeiiiggghhh. From what I can gather having casually observed this case, in which a CBS news producer sought the American dream of making lots of money without doing lots of work, specifically by asking Dave Letterman to pay him $2 million...  > MORE

The Supreme Court of the United States today declined to act when pressed into service by the vanguard of our nation's defense against an invasion by freshwater fish.  They will have to live with their own consciences when fish take over Michigan and other, more impressive Great Lakes states. Tellingly,...  > MORE