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Dying gasps of racial preference industry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2012 27 Comments

When equality is unconstitutional, the ideology behind racial preferences has failed

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Fisher v. U. Texas could have been avoided

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2012 9 Comments

Argument was heard today in the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas. The issues, as summarized at ScotusBlog were: This morning the Court heard oral arguments in what is likely to be one of the highest-profile cases of this Term: Fisher v. University...

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When Richard Mourdock stood tall for private property rights

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 6 Comments

I have written quite a bit about the challenge by Richard Mourdock to Obama’s Favorite Republican, Richard Lugar. But one subject I haven’t touched upon was Mourdock’s valiant effort, against great political odds, to stand up for private bondholders against the Obama-enforced bailout of Chrysler....

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Up is Down, In is Out, Inactivity is Activity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 7 Comments

I don’t have time today to get into detail on the Michigan trial court decision upholding the Obamacare mandate under the Commerce Clause.  The decision can be boiled down to these three words:  “Inactivity is Activity.” Here is the money quote from the decision (at...

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