Maxims Light SimonMarch 7, 20230 “Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant; electric light the most efficient policeman.” Associate...
Immigration The Law SimonMarch 6, 20230 “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” Associate Justice Louis...
Maxims Laboratories of Democracy SimonMarch 1, 20230 “The States may serve as the laboratories of democracy.” Justice Louis Brandeis March is sunset month...
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Politics Buy American SimonFebruary 20, 20230 "Buy American" as a national policy is a really bad idea. It was a bad idea when President Trump used it to...
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