Shocker! EPA chief admits nature can ‘restore’ itself (but only if the EPA caused the problem)
15 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: constitutional law, sovereign immunity
If Roe v Wade was to fall
26 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: abortion, constitutional law, expressive voting, median voter, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, social change
On abortion, the USA is split on pro-life versus pro-choice. State legislatures pass laws safe in the knowledge that they will be struck down the next day. they were playing to a grandstand made up of values voters.
When the supreme court became a little vague on some procedural aspects of abortion law in the early 1990s, the state legislatures started showing much more restraint because the median voter would be annoyed.
Where Roe v. Wade to fall, some states would permit abortion, some would not. The Center for Reproductive Rights predicts that 21 states are likely to outlaw abortion immediately where Roe v. Wade to fall. This assessment is based not only on current law, but on the political makeup of the state legislatures. On the other hand, abortion is likely to remain legal in many states, according to these groups.
Democracy is not untrammelled majority rule
26 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, liberalism, Public Choice Tags: Bill of Rights, constitutional law, free speech, rule of law
Takings, property rights and democracy
25 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, property rights Tags: constitutional law, rule of law, takings
Should Majorities Decide Everything?
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, liberalism, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: constitutional law, expressive voting, median voter theorem, Mike Munger, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, tyranny of the majority
Geographic anomalies around the world
24 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in law and economics Tags: border disputes, constitutional law, geographic anomalies, geography, maps, sovereignty, unrecognised states
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Full map is at http://www.geocurrents.info/geopolitics/key-to-map-of-geopolitical-anomalies
Who was the first president of the United States?
20 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: American history, constitutional history, constitutional law
What are the courts to do about improper laws passed by a sovereign parliament?
30 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
Is the Electoral (Disqualification of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2010 invalid as submitted today in the High Court?
27 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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