The definition of blight, according to the Merriam Webster online dictionary, is “Something that frustrates plans or hopes, …or something that impairs and destroys.”  Both of these definitions could be used to describe the impact of this week’s Court...

Tomorrow Thanksgiving will be celebrated across the United States.   Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express our thanks for our good fortune. The question is to express thanks to whom? There really is no doubt that this...

Google announced last week that its Google Scholar search feature will now include full text searches of State and Federal case law.  I haven’t had time to fully explore this new search facility, but from what I have seen so far it looks very...

The other day I read an interesting article about the constitutionality of government run health care.  The issue is clear cut, but, as usual, the answer to the ultimate question is not. It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will deem a...

Last week United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced his decision to prosecute five men accused as co-conspirators in the Sept. 11 attacks in federal court in Manhattan, rather than in a military tribunal. At the time, I disagreed with this...