Non-Sequiturs: 04.07.15

* Rand Paul is running for president. He says we need to "clutch[] the Constitution in one hand and the Bill of Rights in the other." Pretty sure those were the same thing. And I'm very sure Senator Paul is leaving out the whole "end of slavery" amendment in his idealized vision of liberty. [YouTube] * With all these states banning travel to Indiana over the RFRA, Professor Gerard Magliocca muses about the constitutional limits of states protesting other states. It's somewhere between banning non-essential employee travel and armed invasion. [Concurring Opinions] * That's one way to set a Guinness Book record: use slaves. [Lowering the Bar] * Jenner & Block managing partner Terrence Truax talks about the legal market and the vital importance of technology. [Bloomberg BNA / Big Law Business] * The Department of Justice has released its report on the long-running story of New Orleans prosecutors allegedly posing under assumed names to poison the well. Long story short, they did it and it was wrong. [Observer] * Wisconsin's campaign finance issues are messed up. [LFC 360]

onApril 7, 2015 at 5:47 PM

* Rand Paul is running for president. He says we need to “clutch[] the Constitution in one hand and the Bill of Rights in the other.” Pretty sure those were the same thing. And I’m very sure Senator Paul is leaving out the whole “end of slavery” amendment in his idealized vision of liberty. [YouTube]

* With all these states banning travel to Indiana over the RFRA, Professor Gerard Magliocca muses about the constitutional limits of states protesting other states. It’s somewhere between banning non-essential employee travel and armed invasion. [Concurring Opinions]

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* That’s one way to set a Guinness Book record: use slaves. [Lowering the Bar]

* Jenner & Block managing partner Terrence Truax talks about the legal market and the vital importance of technology. [Bloomberg BNA / Big Law Business]

* The Department of Justice has released its report on the long-running story of New Orleans prosecutors allegedly posing under assumed names to poison the well. Long story short, they did it and it was wrong. [Observer]

* Wisconsin’s campaign finance issues are messed up. [LFC 360]