“First, do no harm” — the timeless admonition to new doctors — gets about as close to the core of conservative philosophy as four words can. A conservative measures twice before cutting, heeds the doctrine of unintended consequences and lives by the motto: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. A healthy republic needs conservatives…
Jen was fired just before Christmas in 2017. She had worked for a music venue for a few months when she learned that David, a musician who she alleges raped friends of hers, was an investor in the company (both of their names have been changed to protect anonymity). “I only found that out because…
At the Mexican border, US law is flagrantly disregarded by people who know they will never be punished. It’s true, there’s a crisis at the border. People openly disregard the laws of this country, knowing there is little chance they will ever be held accountable. One organization has become particularly brazen in this regard: the…
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida legislators are cracking down on illegal street racing with proposed legislation headed to the governor’s desk. The new state legislation cites a Bayshore Boulevard fatal accident that happened about a year ago where a mother and her child lost their lives– an accident that has been connected to illegal street racing….
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s pursuing a “red flag” law for Ohio to allow guns to be seized temporarily from owners believed to be a threat to themselves or others. DeWine says his team is trying to come up with a version that could pass the GOP-dominated Legislature, which rejected…
I wholeheartedly agree with the recent letteraddressing Law Journal political bias. Over the last two years I see, for the first time in my 45+ years of practice, a political slant to the Law Journal. And it is particularly disturbing. You are cloaked with government imprimatur as being designated the repository of court calendars…
WASHINGTON — About a month and a half ago, a woman who had just gone through the process of reporting harassment at her job in Washington approached Ally Coll. Coll, the president and cofounder of the Purple Campaign, a group aimed at ending workplace sexual harassment, has been outspoken on harassment issues, and the woman…
President Trump says he’ll “fight all subpoenas” from House Democrats and urges aides to stonewall, too. Is there an impending constitutional crisis? Guests Rep. Gerry Connolly, Democratic representative for Virginia’s 11th District. Senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations. (@GerryConnolly) Claire Finkelstein, teaches law…
When the Legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act last year, it touched a match to a tinderbox of concerns about how much of our personal information is outside the protection of federal laws. Now companies of all kinds are lining up to support federal data-privacy rules — so long as those would preempt the…
Police and firefighters would have expanded access to mental health services under a proposal by State Sen. Terry Link, D-Indian Creek, which has passed the Illinois Senate and is headed to the House for a vote. “The men and women who dedicate their lives to the protection of their neighbors do so under extremely stressful…
