The city of Indianapolis let an employee bring her allergy service dog to the workplace, only to discover that a co-worker was allergic to dogs. [NYTimes] More: Hyman.
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More on the Kagan nomination
I’m one of the participants in a National Review Online symposium on how Republican senators should approach Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination (earlier). And I’ve got a big link roundup at Cato at Liberty this morning pulling together some highlights of what’s being said about her, including some not-especially-reassuring reports on her views of administrative/regulatory law and First Amendment law.
P.S. As for Left critics of Kagan, Ted at Point of Law thinks they’re being foolish: she’ll deliver a voting record as Justice very similar to what a more outspoken ideologue would have done, without exposing President Obama to as much flak in the confirmation process.
“Judge Who Lost Pants Forced to Rely on Briefs”
No longer a Washington, D.C. administrative law judge, Roy Pearson, Jr. continues to pursue an appeal in his wrongful-termination case, and Kevin Underhill has fun with that.
“If something isn’t done to protect small businesses, handmade toys will be gone soon.”
A Minnesota seller of imported and specialty playthings closes its doors, and its owner reflects on the ill-conceived Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. [Allison Kaplan/St. Paul Pioneer-Press, AmendTheCPSIA]
PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGE from Honor C. Appleton, The Bad Mrs. Ginger (Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1902), courtesy ChildrensLibrary.org.
“Third-grader gets week’s detention for possessing a Jolly Rancher”
We told you crackdowns by the School Food Police were on the way. [KHOU via Obscure Store, Free-Range Kids]
May 10 roundup
- Failure to warn? “Non-Child Sues For Slide-Related Injury” [Lowering the Bar]
- “AG Cuomo Sues Lawyer for Fraud, Says He Sold His Name to Debt Collector for $141K” [ABA Journal]
- Ted Frank on his move to the Manhattan Institute and Point of Law [CCAF]
- “Viacom is becoming a lawsuit company instead of a TV company” [Doctorow, BoingBoing]
- UK: “NHS pays £10,000 to family of psychiatric patient who committed suicide” [Times Online]
- American Cancer Society: federal advisory panel’s chemicals-cause-cancer alarms are overblown [NYTimes] More: Taranto, WSJ.
- “Who Knew Bankruptcy Paid So Well?” [NYTimes]
- Famed sleuth Bloomberg Holmes on the case: was the Pathfinder headed for a vile sodium den? [IowaHawk]
Update: “CEO Arrested For Fraud A Week After Suing Short-Seller”
Funny how that happens [Business Insider, Chris Fountain]
Elena Kagan and the Supreme Court as faculty meeting
I’ve got some thoughts up at Cato at Liberty on President Obama’s new nominee.
Other views: Ted and Carter at Point of Law, Ilya Somin, Jonathan Adler, and Jim Lindgren at Volokh. And Ilya Shapiro digs into Kagan’s record on the First Amendment with some not especially reassuring results, while Radley Balko finds cause for concern on criminal law and civil liberties.
“12 year old babysitter saves kids and pet in fire, gets sued.”
Lenore Skenazy has details of a story from Edmonton, Alberta. Update courtesy reader Jerry Vandesic: suit dropped.
Forbes: “The Bribery Racket”
Lawyers are doing very, very well from the rising wave of prosecutions under the 33-year-old Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. But what other good is being done? Nathan Vardi takes a close look in a cover story (and sidebars) at Forbes. Some background: Point of Law.