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The perception that left-of-center judges are judicial activists and conservative judges engage in judicial restraint no longer holds. Recently retired judge David Tatel (left), a former civil rights lawyer, writes in his recent autobiography that his judicial philosophy was judicial restaint. Chief Justice John Roberts (right) presides over a conservative majority, activist court. It has […]

Hank Aaron, an all-time baseball great, was hesitant to move to Atlanta from Milwaukee with the Braves because of his experiences growing up in segregated Mobile, Alabama and as a minor leaguer in Georgia. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was among those who encouraged Aaron to play in Atlanta. Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of

The “three wise monkeys” were created in the 16th Century from a shrine in Japan but the underlying of maxim of “hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil” for somebody who is trying to avoid the truth goes back more than 2,000 years to China, at least according to Wikipedia.   When one

  This week’s post is on two distinct subjects. For weeks I have planning to publish a post about the concept of a Civil Rights Lawyer Hall of Fame because of events this week commemorating the “Hall of Famer” Steve Pollak. Then last Thursday the Supreme Court issued its decision on the constitutionality on how

A few Saturdays ago, my son and I were driving on Pennsylvania Avenue on our way toward the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the National Arboretum when I looked across the street and saw construction workers working on a building. I looked at the new several story building under construction and then I saw