A lawsuit has been filed against Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California. However, there’s no clear answer as to whether this lawsuit is justified.
Latest Articles by Tom Traina
November 19, 2008
When confronted with a monstrous act that doesn’t violate the law, it’s tempting to twist the law to punish wrongdoing. The problem is, doing that undermines the rule of law.
November 11, 2008
A recent court case suggests that race considerations should be removed from acutarial tables. Is that good social policy, bad science, or both?
October 29, 2008
The way in which drugs are classified as legally dangerous has little relation to how actually dangerous they are.
October 22, 2008
The recently signed PRO IP Act turns copyright infringement into a cabinet-level matter and massively increases the penalties for infringement.
October 13, 2008
Our look at the different issues of the two presidential candidates continues with a look at McCain and Obama’s perspectives on civil liberties issues.
October 9, 2008
Neither Obama nor McCain has an economic policy. They have gimmicks and pie in the sky plans that won’t last a day in Congress and wouldn’t fix the economy if they did.
October 6, 2008
A recent case out of Washington DC and the history of its legal theory highlights a large gaping hole in anti-discrimination law.
September 24, 2008
In honor of the World Day Against Software Patents, here’s an explanation as to why software patents are both useful and justifiable.
September 16, 2008
Opponents of the “public monopoly” in education ignore the realities of how the free market would work in the education field.
September 11, 2008
Recently, J.K. Rowling sparked an uproar when she won a lawsuit against a fan for publishing an “encyclopedia” of the Harry Potter Universe. Here’s why she deserved to win.
September 3, 2008
Laws that allow pharmacists to not distribute contraceptives violate the rights of their employers, and are hypocritical, to boot.
August 28, 2008
As the election draws nearer, we begin our first look at what type of Supreme Court nominations that John McCain and Barack Obama might make.