... to himself. AND: For comparison, check out the Howard Stern headstone . They had a "Secret Santa" thing on the radio show, and the guy that got Stern's name gave him that headstone with his picture on it. Hilari…
SCOTUSblog previews tomorrow's oral argument in Pleasant Grove City, et al., v. Summum . Will the Justices’ vision be fogged by a cloud of potential horribles? The Solicitor General’s brief well illustrates this argument: “U…
SCOTUSblog reports: The newly granted case on monuments on public property — Pleasant Grove City v. Summum (06-665) — will return the Court to the thorny issue of government control of expressive displays in city parks and other …
I did a post the other day about the Ten Commandments monument, with photos showing how it's positioned on the grounds of the Texas state capitol. I said I didn't think putting it by the side of the road like that was ve…
Strolling around the grounds of the Texas Capitol, I looked for the Ten Commandments monument, the one that was the subject of the Supreme Court case -- Van Orden -- two years ago. Here it is: Here's how Chief Justice Rehnqu…
"Whatever you think, for me it’s not art, it’s a provocation." So says Mayor Pierre Dumont about "The Abode of Chaos," a $5 million house project that the neighbors don't like too much. Together with arti…
The NYT has a profile of Thomas Van Orden, the man who brought the lawsuit about the Ten Commandments monument in the case the Supreme Court is considering. It's quite an unusual story: Mr. Van Orden, a suspended lawyer who …
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case about government displays of the Ten Commandments. Linda Greenhouse has a nicely detailed account in the NYT. She highlights Justice Scalia's role: Justice David H. So…
Yesterday, I complained about the Wisconsin quarter . An emailer wrote: If I do collect that one at all it will be like the daffy great-aunt, relegated to some attic room. Most of the state quarters have been, shall we say, &quo…
Yesterday, in my hallway of the law school, we were talking about the connotations of "draft dodging." The subject came up in connection with calling President Bush a draft dodger for joining the National Guard. One thi…