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On Thursday, April 21, 2011, at 6pm, I will be debating another individual, a labeled “conservative scholar” on the subject of the Commerce Clause, as it applies to Congressional action on health care and federal bailouts.  The debate is being sponsored by the Orange County Chapter of the Federalist Society, and will be held at the

As a First Amendment rights advocate, I am pleased to announce my representation of the website, DocumentingReality.com.  The website has also given me a nifty new banner!  Thanks, DocumentingReality!  Derek http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/

Acknowledgment to Concurring Opinions, where Gerald Magliocca ponders the prospect of 4 justices being able to filibuster, and thus prevent the Supreme Court from issuing a particular decision.  Absolutely fascinating prospect in this day and age of reactionary judicial decision making from the Extreme Right.  It could serve, at a minimum

Last evening, some of the students in my Constitutional Law II course at UCF asked several, challenging questions regarding the constitutional prohibition on child porn, and the enforcement mechanisms used by the States on sexting offenses.  For those unaware, “sexting” is the process of text messaging to another various sexually e

This Court term is getting progressively worse.  I am incredulous; a warping of the facts, a defense of prosecutorial misconduct, and a complete vacuum of sympathy or empathy to the individual almost put to death. http://www.slate.com/id/2290036/pagenum/all/ Special acknowledgment to Slate.com and its reporter, Dahlia Lithwick: In 1985, John T