• Say nay, laddie: Unsettling new Scotland law will assign each child state interest guardian (“named person”) [BBC, Scottish government, more, Josie Appleton/Spiked Online, opposition group and another] More: Skenazy.
• Why Judge Alex Kozinski doesn’t like jury nullification [Reason interview last year]
• “Asbestos Ruling Boosts Transparency —- and Threatens Plaintiffs’ Attorneys” [Paul Barrett, Business Week, on Garlock ruling]
• Winona, Minn. town cap on rental conversions violates property owners’ rights [Ilya Shapiro, Cato]
• Challenger claims Ohio attorney general’s hiring of debt collection firms amounts to pay to play [Columbus Dispatch]
• Mixed verdict in Philadelphia traffic court prosecutions [Inquirer, ABA Journal, earlier]
• Save the date! Cato’s annual Constitution Day returns Wed., Sept. 17, with panelists and speakers like P.J. O’Rourke, Nadine Strossen, Tom Goldstein, Judge Diane Sykes, Roger Pilon, and a host of others [details]

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