Archive for 'The Law'
SCOTUS to hear two Indiana voter ID cases
“I’m sorry ma’am. Please put that driver’s license away. I am forbidden by law from verifying that you are who you say you are. Please, just step into the voting booth.” That is a conversation you may hear come November after the Supreme Court hears two Indiana cases.The ACLU and Rep. William Crawford (D-Indianapolis) have each […]
Posted: October 4th, 2007 under Dems Run-a-muck, The Law.
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Congratulations
to the newest attorneys to be admitted to practice law in Indiana, announced this week. Heartiest felicitations! May God grant you all prudence, temperance, fortitude, patience, justice, and mercy.
Posted: September 28th, 2007 under The Law, General Political Philosophy.
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Justices will consider corporal punishment case
This story in Indiana Lawyer raises the question of where parental discipline gives way to child abuse. According to the story, Sophia Willis was convicted of child abuse after spanking her child seven times with an extension cord or belt. The story is sort of fuzzy as to which exactly.
“We sympathize with Willis’s argument that she […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007 under The Law.
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Does Indiana Need Another Law School?
A recent story in Indiana Lawyer asked the question of whether Indiana needs another law school. The argument against is that Indiana already has four law schools (Indiana, Indiana-Indianapolis, Notre Dame and Valparaiso) and, based on the number of people who take the LSAT (law school admissions test) as a percentage of the national population, […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007 under The Law.
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