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Only hard-core courts buffs are sticking with me on this, my third post on the subject of the Seventh Circuit's en banc mezuzah ruling . But if you're hanging in, I recommend the oral arguments. Judge Richard Posner: "Suppose the [Shoreline Towers Condominium Association] said to a Jew, a Jewish person, for example, 'Well, we sell to Jews because we have to, but after you move in you're going to be very uncomfortable here because we don't like you and we're going to make life unpleasant for you. But, yo  

So as Ingrid notes , EU member states have chosen Von Rompuy as the new President of the European Council. To use the terms that Euro-politicians have themselves been using (which were nicked, presumably by Brian Cowen, from the title of a political science text on Irish Taoisigh), they have decided to go for a chairman – someone with a low international profile who is good at conciliating warring factions – rather than a chief. I have no doubt that Von Rompuy will do very good work, but he surely will no  

The discussions about the responsibility of high-ranking federal officials in the Defense Department, CIA and vice president's office, and the lawyers who advised them about the legality of torture, seem to be going nowhere. How we define torture and when it is permissible seem to be more appropriate questions for philosophers than politicians. Reading the lawyers' analyses about the legality of throwing someone against a wall or for how long it is OK to pour water down someone's throat makes for some wei  

The Supreme Court debated Monday whether the fees charged by mutual funds are too high, and if so, whether investors should be allowed to sue the boards that approved them. The case put a spotlight on the often-cozy relationship between mutual funds and their advisers. It is the advisers who sponsor the fund and choose members of its board, who in turn decide on fees that go to the advisers.

You can look it up on Morningstar   -John G Roberts

 

WHAT will the global economy look like without the consumption-mad American? In response to the recession Americans are saving more and spending less. In 2009 the American personal saving rate spiked to about 6%.  

Law professor Jonathan Adler over at the Volokh Conspiracy, notes that the Obama administration has been much slower nominating federal judges than the Bush administration was at a comparable point in time.  

The Supreme Court debated Monday whether the fees charged by mutual funds are too high, and if so, whether investors should be allowed to sue the boards that approved them.  

The Supreme Court debated Monday whether the fees charged by mutual funds are too high, and if so, whether investors should be allowed to sue the boards that approved them.  

Following the Conglomerate's excellent forum on Jones v.  

Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights from Marriage to TerrorismBy Gary Becker and Richard PosnerChicago University Press £20, 384 pages Uncommon Sense finds its origin in an unusual blog.