The recent Supreme Court term has ended with a flurry of decisions, some of which can only be characterized, charitably, as "troubling." Others reaffirmed long-standing constitutional principles or–as in the internet indecency case– applied those…
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Promoting Public Safety
Is the criminal justice system broken? And if the answer is yes, how do we fix it?
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When is Public Private?
What is the difference between “public” and “private”? And more importantly, why does it matter?
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Are They Really Blue?
As many of you know, when I left the Republican Party and became a Democrat, Stonewall Democrats had a "coming out" party for me. They considered coming out an appropriate term, because both Democrats and Republicans accused me of being a closet Democrat all along. But that was really not the case. The truth is, I did not leave the Republican Party. It left me.
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Who Pays the Piper?
In Merrie Olde England, so the story goes, there were pipers–lute players–who lived by their music. They would go to fairs or similar venues and perform, secure in the knowledge that they would be paid by one of the many who had enjoyed the pleasure of the dance. This is thought to be the origin of "to pay the piper," an adage that reminds us that if no one had come forward to pay the piper, the music would have stopped. This elementary rule of the market seems to have escaped the members of Indiana’s General Assembly.
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