“Under Article I, Section 5, each house of Congress can set its own rules of proceedings. The larger House, where membership reflects the population of each state, has set rules that limit how long members can speak and that reduce their opportunity to block legislation coming to a vote. The smaller Senate, where all states […]
After I concluded my clerkship with Chief Justice Hasting of the Nebraska Supreme Court I moved to San Diego to begin working for a law firm. Within a month or two the executive director of Harmonium, Inc. (a non-profit company dedicated to helping at-risk children and adolescents) asked me to be on their board of […]
A true fish story…… Several years ago I was retained by a few lake associations to cure what was “fishy” at their lakes. Have you ever heard of invasive species? An invasive species is a species that is introduced into a new environment, becomes overpopulated, and harms the ecosystem. Examples found in the news lately […]