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Yesterday an OWS-affiliated (whatever that actually means) crowd tried to occupy what functions as a quad at Berkeley, with tents in which to stay a while. Campus police and Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies arrived in armor looking like Darth Vaders, cleared the tents away by force, pulled down signs, and brutalized a bunch of students [...]
Archive for the ‘Civil liberty’ Category
November 11th, 2011
September 27th, 2011
Pamela Geller is an idiot and a bigot. And like all such, she has a clear First Amendment right to express her ideas in the New York subway.
July 14th, 2011
Corrupt Murdoch empire: dog bites man.
Corrupt cops: man bites dog.
Heads must roll.
May 10th, 2011
Category: Civil liberty, Terrorism and its control
Should a homeowner annoyed about the lights of a neighboring mosque be allowed to post a sign in his yard saying “Bomb making next driveway?” I’d say no.
April 11th, 2011
A couple of my students approached me today with what they thought was a rather disturbing discussion in their first year Constitutional Law class (I teach Property to the same group). The class was discussing Korematsu v. United States, the infamous Supreme Court case from 1944, which upheld the internment of Japanese-American citizens. Nothing so [...]
October 18th, 2010
I don’t care if Rand Paul has been hurt by Jack Conway’s ad. I’ve been hurt.
August 5th, 2010
Dan Senor and the National Review want to stigmatize donors to the Ground Zero Muslim community center? Sign me up.
May 13th, 2010
To right-wingers who say that the Arizona immigration law is necessary to protect “respect for the rule of law,” there is a simple two word answer: John Yoo.
