RICO is so broad that prosecutors have been able to use it as the basis for bringing crushing, criminal proceedings against purely legitimate businesses.
The Association for Objective Law
“Expert” Testimony on Product Liability Law
The wheel is turning a bit, and some courts have refused to admit expert evidence which does not meet minimum standards.
Mandatory Pro Bono is Immoral, Unconstitutional and Impracticable
A Position Paper by the Association for Objective Law
Right to Die of the Mentally Lucid
McAfee, a former civil engineer, helped a friend design a timing device he could activate with his mouth which would allow him to shut off his ventilator on his own.
Mandatory Pro Bono Update
Lest anyone think this issue affects only lawyers, consider the following from the concurring opinion of Justice Kennedy: “Lawyers, like all those who practice a profession, have obligations to their calling which exceed their obligations to the state.”
Right to Counsel, Subpoena Power and The Right to Privacy
Whether indigents accused of crimes should be provided with free counsel by the state; Whether a state should have the power to subpoena witnesses; and Whether there is a “right of privacy.”
Passing The Buck via Product Liability Law
Purchasers have a right to expect manufacturers to act with due care, but they are not entitled to omniscience or omnipotence.
Abortion: An Absolute Right
Roe v. Wade is partly right in its result, but dangerously wrong in its reasoning. If Roe v. Wade is reconsidered, the Supreme Court should affirm abortion as a right that cannot be invaded or compromised.
Proposition 103
Those who supported or voted for the Proposition deserve the consequences. So do the insurance companies. Unfortunately, the price will be paid by the innocent as well as the guilty.
Critical Legal Studies Promotes Socialism
Critical Legal Studies is an avowedly political movement among law school professors. The politics: socialism.
Integrated Bar Violates The Right of Association
“[T]o compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical . . .”
U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Overrule Roe vs. Wade
TAFOL board members are developing an op-ed article, in conjunction with the Ayn Rand Institute, opposing any effort to deny a woman the right to an abortion.
The New “Conservative Majority” and Remedial Discrimination
There has been no fundamental change as a result of the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court and there will not be, until basic philosophical premises are questioned
Up For Grabs
Courts may not look beyond the language of the statute unless the language is ambiguous.
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