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Saturday, January 10, 2015

“Michael McConnell responds to questions about the raisins case”: Will Baude has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 11:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Legal Olympian: Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state.” Lincoln Caplan has this article in the January-February 2015 issue of Harvard Magazine.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Remembering Aaron Swartz with action: watch new, unreleased footage from ‘Internet’s Own Boy’; Two years after the death of hacker, activist, and good human being Aaron Swartz, new video and a new way to bring life to his legacy of making the world a better place.” Xeni Jardin had this post Thursday at “Boing Boing.”

Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“A License to Say Anything?” In today’s edition of The New York Times, professor Corey Brettschneider and law professor Nelson Tebbe have an op-ed that begins, “Specialty license plates — which bear the logo of a college or a sports team, or a slogan like ‘Save Our Seas’ or ‘Stop Child Abuse’ — bring in lots of money for state governments, as well as the schools, nonprofit groups, professional organizations and other entities that sponsor them. But these vehicular tags have also become a new frontier in debates over freedom of speech.”

Posted at 10:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ohio Supreme Court to hear arguments from two former NFL players challenging Cleveland’s ‘jock tax’ for visiting teams”: The Akron Beacon Journal has this report.

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman