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A chance to create the baby market?

by Whet Moser June 10, 2008August 19, 2021

A Chicago woman sold her baby yesterday; someone call Richard Posner!

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Nun and void

by Whet Moser May 7, 2008August 19, 2021

The Acme Supreme Court Co.

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Wearing our intolerance on our chests (on the sleeve is extra)

by Whet Moser April 8, 2008August 19, 2021

Richard Posner finds the humor in intolerance.

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The U. of C. law school goes wirelessless

by Whet Moser March 28, 2008August 19, 2021

The U. of C. law school shuts off wireless access to prevent shoe shopping and Gawker-reading.

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Looking for Andrew Wilson’s confession

by Whet Moser March 26, 2008August 19, 2021

How many other Alton Logans are there?

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Death and taxes

by Whet Moser February 19, 2008August 19, 2021

Would a gun tax cut down on shootings?

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Halo v. The Man

by Whet Moser November 7, 2007August 19, 2021

Screwed out of 80 pixels of vertical resolution? There’s hope.

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Criminal law, downstate edition

by Harold Henderson October 23, 2007August 19, 2021

How to get a six-year state-paid vacation.

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Not three of a kind

by Harold Henderson June 27, 2007August 19, 2021

Conservative Supreme Court justices strike a blow for free speech over McCain-Feingold.

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Judge Motz rules

by Harold Henderson June 11, 2007August 19, 2021

Judge Diana Gribbon Motz calls Constitution on the lawless Bush administration.

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Does the constitution apply in DC?

by Harold Henderson March 15, 2007August 19, 2021

The District of Columbia is a state when it comes to the Second Amendment. So where are its two senators?

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Flagrant foul in federal appeals court

by Harold Henderson January 12, 2007August 19, 2021

Judge Richard Posner’s thumb presses down on one side of the scales of justice.

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The lawyer will not see you now

by Harold Henderson November 29, 2006August 19, 2021

Good legal advice: stop talking.

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Did you earn your luck?

by Harold Henderson October 24, 2006August 19, 2021

Welfare programs go to great pains to separate the “deserving” from the “underserving” poor. Why do the rich get off so easy?

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Why can’t libertarians stop while they’re still making sense?

by Harold Henderson October 5, 2006August 19, 2021

Rights aren’t free — check. All real rights are basically just the right to be left alone — not.

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