Happy Belated Day, Walt Whitman (Tuesday was his birthday)!
I accept reality and dare not question it. Walt Whitman, The Bard of Democracy
An Historian’s Thoughts on The Founders and The Second Amendment
The sentence is weak. The weakness is deliberate. Madison couldn’t afford, on the one hand, to let the amendment seem to contradict the hard-won federal military power in the Constitution’s main body. He couldn’t afford, on the other hand, to underscore too strongly for the states’ comfort the overwhelming nature of that federal power. The […]
Does your doctor have a disciplinary record? What if he or she does?
As reported here, medical error is the leading cause of death in the United States according to a 2016 Study by Johns Hopkins University. But only 1% of physicians account for more than one third of all malpractice claims that are paid out, a 2019 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found. The link to […]
Victim of New York Subway Shooting Sues Gunmaker Glock and Parent Company
While firearms manufacturers and dealers are shielded in part under the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which limits liability when their products are used in crimes, New York state passed a law last year designed to allow civil suits to be brought against the gun manufacturers. Unlike politicians, trial lawyers find ways to act […]