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Sheriff Joe Arpaio likes to use his law enforcement powers to harass his critics. That’s a federal felony.
Archive for October, 2009
October 31st, 2009
Category: Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Ignoring that principle isn’t realistic.
October 31st, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Over the past week I’ve been posting some thoughts on crime and punishment at the Volokh Conspiracy. Reading the comment threads has been in interesting experience. I was going to put up a final post responding to those comments, but the VC site seems to be down, and it occurred to me that RBC readers [...]
October 30th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Fines for corporate violations have to be large enough to hit the bottom line.
October 30th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
… from Galleon to Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. The bill was for brokerage services, but it seems Galleon was actually paying for information that wasn’t Goldman’s or Morgan’s to sell. And no one blew the whistle.
October 30th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
42% of Afghans think their country is moving in the right direction. What’s up with that?
October 29th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
In her campaign to unseat Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who sent an innocent man to his death (and is still trying to cover it up), who suggested that Texas might secede from the Union, and who gets his political support from “evangelicals, social conservatives and members of anti-tax groups,” Kay Bailey Hutchison has attracted the support of [...]
October 28th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
The Defense Authorization bill is a big win for the White House.
October 28th, 2009
Category: Law Notes
Even the weakest public option makes future health care regulation eligible for budget reconciliation.