Category Archives: Law, suits and order

Other people’s legal problems, aside from my own.

What an education we’ve been getting since Nov 2016!

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Naomi

I just read Marc Elias’s article on the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And I thought, gee whiz, I never knew about this fascinating aspect of a law I sort of thought I understood — but … Continue reading →

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Guns — further restrictions.

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Naomi

Way back in — good grief could it be 2012? Yes — in 2012, I published a characteristically sarcastic essay about guns in America, culminating in a new law I called, “The One Gun One Child Act.”  This was six … Continue reading →

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How can we confront this bizarre, destructive SCOTUS?

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Naomi

One word answer: Bedazzled. I had a lot of gun control ideas along this line but the New York State Legislature beat me to it — at amazing speed. Still, I want to offer the Bedazzled lesson as lanolin* for … Continue reading →

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