Independence Day is around the corner, gas prices are crazy, people need a summer break and the Scotus Nine, heading out for theirs, drop four big decisions about abortion, guns and religion. Quite a mix. We were at a party with a thoughtful group of friends last night and you could sense everybody not wanting to let current events turn a grill out into ...
This time of year is when our Supreme Court announces a bunch of decisions before the Nine head out for the summer. It’s a tall order because the cases have big consequences for the lives of Americans in religion, speech, abortion, the environmental, public health and safety, guns, privacy, commerce, tech and so on.
The Court’s job isn’t just ...
In honor of Flag Day…
Our American flag is a powerful visual image that still inspires in many different forms and contexts, whether at the ballpark, a veteran’s funeral, or a second grader’s crayon drawing.
Our flag’s design is set in law: federal statutory law. It’s also constitutional speech. The Supreme Court has ruled that the flag is ...
“Let’s pull up on our phones a YouTube video from January 3, 2022 , a missile strike on Freedom Square in Kharkiv.” As twenty undergraduates watch their ever-present phone and laptop screens, I watch their facial expressions change as an architectural symbol of civilization and freedom explodes into a fireball. “What you’ve just seen ...
The new part of news captures our attention. Today, for example, there’s new data supporting a new, experimental Covid-19 antiviral pill. And, tragically, there’s a new reminder of the swift and destructive power of tornados.
We know that “the new” is never altogether new, but always has within it vestiges of the past: the long story of ...
Excuse the pun, but let’s right here right now officially coin the term “ConText”. In Constitutional Law, Scotus decisions often turn on Context + Text = ConText.
ConText once again played out in the Supreme Court’s ruling this week saying no to two requests to stop New York’s vaccine mandate for health care workers. Health care ...
For many us in Southwestern Ohio, the drive from Cincinnati to Oxford is familiar; more so driving each Wednesday afternoon to teach a class of 18-21 year-olds at Miami. The drive, give or take a traffic-dependent hour, goes from urban to rural, from Bearcats (top 4!!) to RedHawks, from city-scape on the Ohio’s banks to bucolic campus, along ...
Whether you’re Joe Burrow or a Sunday morning pickle ball aficionado, you gotta have it, right? Footwork.
Footwork is fundamental. Especially which foot you lead with. That first foot plant sets it all in motion: the foundation, the balance, the shot, the throw, swing, coordination and power. Big O, Cincinnati’s basketball icon Oscar ...
After Scotus-by-screen last term, the 9 are back live! for the new term this month... or make that 8 live with covid-positive Justice Kavanaugh via screen. New Justice Barrett starts her first in-person term on the Court. Justice Breyer is here too despite pundit speculation about retirement during the Biden presidency. (Justice Breyer will take ...
“Meet you back here in 15,” my wife says pointing at the Findlay Market entrance. A big crowd and bright sun is out this lively July Fourth weekend. She’s headed for the produce and farmer’s market. I’m going for the grill. The ribs, fresh sausage and burgers are flying off the counters today. Aren’t we the town of flying pigs? I plunge into ...