Conflicts

Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit, in its decision in U.S. v Renzi, considered what constitutes a "legislative act" with respect to the constitutional Speech or Debate Clause, which provides legislative immunity to legislators by preventing the executive and judicial branches from investigating or heari…

Government ethics is dangerous to dating and weddings. That's the message of an article in Sunday's Palm Beach Post. Because the proposed amendment to the Palm Beach County ethics code's gift provision, just like the current provision (§2-444), does not make an exception for people who are dating, …

It's always nice to know that your discipline is at the heart of what it means to be human. In Tuesday's New York Times Science Section, Nicholas Wade wrote: Biologists have little hesitation in linking humans’ success to their sociality. The ability to cooperate, to make individuals subordinate th…

The U.S. is not the only country with a revolving-door problem. In Japan, the problem is deeply institutionalized. It is as much a part of the retirement system as pensions. But the Japanese name for the revolving door shows that not only does the system work in a different manner than ours, but th…