Sep 30

And God Said, Let There Be Tax Exemptions

On the Media is one of my favorite NPR (and podcast!) listens, I always enjoy getting to hear it over the weekend as Brooke and Bob dissects the entrails of mainstream media. No one is perfect though and the closing...

Filed under: 501(c)(3), Alliance Defense Fund, Bob Jones University v. United States, Branch Ministries, Charitability Tests, Discrimination, English Charitable Uses Act, Eric Williams, Erik Stanley, First Amendment, Free Speech, Inc. V. Rossotti, IRS, Justice Burger, NPR, On the Media, Pluralism, Religion, Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Revenue Ruling 71-447, Swaggart Ministries v. California Board of Equalization, Tax Law, Waltz v. Tax Commission of City of New York

Sep 28

Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley

I am so excited about getting to share an opinion about a recently released book! While I always enjoy the good feeling of buying a book my availability to read and enjoyment of it is much more hit and miss....

Filed under: Book review, Christopher Buckley, Jack Bauer, Judge Judy, Reading, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Supreme Courtship

Sep 19

When a Supreme Court Decision is not a Supreme Court Decision

While it wasn't exactly my idea of a good time, earlier in the summer I found myself watching the Oliver Stone movie Natural Born Killers. I say not my idea of a good time because if I were looking for...

Filed under: Article III, Byers v. Edmondson, Louisiana Supreme Court, Marbury v. Madison, Natural Born Killers, Oliver Stone, Supreme Court, Title 28, Writ of Certiorari