There’s a saying in Shawano County, usually attributed to the county’s former district attorney, that if you come on vacation,…
Liberty
Independence and Freedom for All
As we celebrate our country’s independence on July 4th, it’s important for us to remember the incredible progress we’ve made…
Liberty includes language
My daughter and I stopped at the gas station the other day to grab some soda and a snack. We…
Precedent
At least with our homes we have some reasonable ways to know whether or not a government agent has entered…
Over 7% of Adult Wisconsinites Have CCW | Boots & Sabers
Rights, exercised: Over 7% of Adult Wisconsinites Have CCW @ Boots & Sabers.
Most creative LGBT activist
Meet the most creative LGBT rights activist ever @ The Progressive Midwesterner.
Gun control discussion ramps up
Ramping Up Discussion Of Gun Control After Bloodshed In Virginia @ CAFFEINATED POLITICS.
Wisconsinites back same-sex marriage ruling
US Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage: 52% agree, 40% disagree. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) August 20, 2015
Walker Upset with High Court
Gov. Scott Walker on Friday called the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing gay marriage across the country “a grave mistake.”…
The Price of Unlawful Conduct
“The lawyer representing six protesters who won a combined $44,830 in damages from the State of Wisconsin earlier this week…
One Paragraph
During the 2004 elections, George W. Bush’s campaign, managed by a closeted gay man, pushed a series of anti-gay ballot…
The extent of their work
“How much phone metadata does the government (and soon the phone companies) actually collect?… What other kinds of data does…
Salesman of the Surveillance State
Via Scott “Big Government” Walker supports NSA domestic spying program @ Blogging Blue.
Restrictions on logos, words on clothing
Via Eugene Volokh thinks the Madison, Wisconsin school board is violating the First Amendment… @ Althouse.
Ireland Considers
Via “Marriage May Be Contracted In Accordance With Law By Two Persons Without Distinction As To Their Sex” @ CAFFEINATED…
And you thought being born here counted for something
Via Nanny State Republican Rep. Edming says we’re all immigrants now….take a citizenship test or you don’t graduate @ Democurmudgeon.
DA Chisholm Makes Walker’s Argument for Him
Volokh finds “the use of criminal libel law in political disputes… troubling.” I’ll say. I mean, that was Walker’s point…
Some raids are more equal than others
Early this week, the National Review came out with an explosive cover story detailing the experience of three private citizens…
Fight for public records escalates
A Milwaukee-based public interest law firm has opened a second front in a legal war over Wisconsin police censoring names…
No waiting
Scott Walker signals support for eliminating 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases http://t.co/02avOwVDtn — madison.com (@madisondotcom) March 3, 2015
Ten years later…
Via Jury awards $2,500 to hunter who sued DNR warden for wrongful arrest @ JS Proof and Hearsay Blog.
Expediency
While I have always felt, and written over and over on this blog, that I knew deep down President Obama…
Marquette Steps in It
Is this a case where the newly-installed President of MU took some seriously flawed advice and pulled the trigger without…
Speak Freely
A Wisconsin appellate court has sustained the First Amendment rights of the civil-rights-movement-singing Wisconsin Solidarity Singers or Solidarity Sing-Along (Facebook).…
Cannabis debate doesn’t follow script
HLN talk show host Nancy Grace discussed the subject with rapper 2 Chainz, who is a known smoker. I think…
Civil rights case against Racine still going
But the plaintiffs’ claims that their civil rights were violated survive and will proceed to discovery, where their attorneys will…