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Graduation season is upon us, and thus starts the annual ritual of the middle-aged and elderly offering advice to the young. "Go forth and change the world!" "You can do anything!" "You have freedoms and resources that previous generations only dreamed of, take advantage of
Massachusetts
Among the Supreme Court decisions issued last month following the death of Justice Scalia was a per curiam decision of the Court that reversed an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that did not recognize the validity of a same-sex couple's adoption in Georgia. A per curiam decision means that
Donald Trump
I wrote my first anti-Trump column in August. I wrote another in December. It is apparent that many Republican primary voters don't share my disdain for the man. Trump supporters are gleeful that he appears on the verge of the Republican nomination. I accept that. It's
Massachusetts
With the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court facing several pending vacancies and more on the horizon, and with the late Justice Antonin Scalia's United States Supreme Court seat vacant and already creating a showdown between President Obama and the Senate, the topic of who should fill judicial vacancies, particularly
Democratic primary
With the primaries in full swing, the Republican food fight over Trumpism continues, and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders compete to bash Wall Street and expand government. But the issues in the primary will not be the issues in the general election. Eventually, the Democratic candidate will be attacked as
GOP
As a conservative, deciding who to support in the Republican primary is about two things: substance and electability. First, conservatives want to choose someone who will advance the conservative cause while rolling back the excesses of the Obama years.
trump
On Jan. 14 and 28, and Feb. 6, the Republicans will have the final three debates prior to the New Hampshire primary. Although Fox Business, Fox News, and ABC will host the debates, in my fantasy world, these are some of the questions I'd like to see asked
rape
As a lawyer, I have followed closely the campus sexual assault "epidemic" that has gathered much attention in recent years and find the abandonment of any concept of due process by campus tribunals appalling. As detailed here, here, and here, universities living in mortal fear of the Department