From the Seventh Court of Appeals of Texas comes this case. It concerns Kenneth Smartt, who began operating a business involving nude dancers (Xoticas) outside the city limits of Laredo in 1995. In 1998, Laredo annexed the property. Four years later, Laredo amended a previously existing ordinance to require those operating sexually oriented businesses to [...]
Insight from the Inside: Dissenting Opinions
October 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This past Sunday (10/21) I attended the Leo & Berry Eizenstat Memorial Lecture at the Ahavath Achim Syngogue. The guest of honor? None other than The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. What a superb Sunday outing. You can read about the speech here. Justice Ginsburg spoke about the importance of dissenting opinions and the role that [...]
The Party of the First Part
October 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I just finished reading The Party of the First Part, by Adam Freedman. What a super book. I wasn’t sure what to expect, given that reading about ‘words’ and their origins can be like, well, yucky. None of that here. Mr. Freedman’s writing is devilishly sharp, crisp and probing while maintaining a light feel. I [...]
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