I am no expert on the game, but I don't think they count goals you score in extra time when you lose in regulation by ten goals.

I'll keep that in mind! I used to practice environmental law and actually miss it quite a bit! Thanks for your help.

Sorry if my question was confusing; I am aware of how the standards of review work (and how they can sometimes be determinative in and of themselves), but was intrigued by the notion that the review mandated by RFRA was radically different from strict scrutiny. The challenge here wasn't a constitutional one, it was a…

I certainly agree that it's a high bar, but is it vastly different from the review that RFRA asks the Court to do?

Sorry, I should have been more precise: it will have no effect on anyone's access to contraception.

Could you explain why you say that RFRA mandates strict scrutiny is a large leap? I think it's a lazy leap, but I don't think it's a huge leap, given the other alternatives available to the Court. The type of analysis that RFRA requires seems relatively close to strict scrutiny.

Given the options available to HHS, I doubt this will reduce contraception availability. The government can, and likely will, fund this directly.

The issue arises in RFRA analysis: the Court has to look for less restrictive ways of accomplishing whatever purpose Congress is trying to accomplish through the challenged law. In this case, the federal government can just make direct payments for contraception, which is a less restrictive (as to the employers) way…

Right. Anything anyone says about this case is based on speculation, because the facts are woefully incomplete. The affidavit was one particular piece that stood out to me as very plausibly being an ethical violation (in the legal sense, not the personal sense). For what it's worth, I think Hillary was an…

There's no proof that it wasn't false either; we're all speculating. I say it was false based on the presumption that the information was from her client, and she knew her client was lying. Just because you hear something from a client does not absolve you from your duty to exercise independent discretion with…

Swearing out the false affidavit was where she crossed the line for me. Outside of that, I didn't see anything she did that was out of the ordinary (other than being more zealous than most attorneys, and that's not a bad thing).

I can accept that "blame the victim" may have been a good defense for her to raise. I can't accept that swearing out a knowingly false affidavit is an acceptable legal tactic from any lawyer.

It sounds like you are trying an attorney referral service. I would suggest trying the state bar for your state. Most have their own referral infrastructure. This would likely solve the jurisdiction issue. I would also suggest making a phone call rather than submitting a query. Attorneys are generally busy (good…

Or get a sheet of Tyvek. Waterproofing doesn't last as long (i.e. not good for a whole season), but very light and less than 1/10 the price of a fancy tarp. Do the fancy tarps last long enough to make them cost effective?

You seem to be missing the point. Motorists disobey the rules of the road all the time. On pretty much any drive of any distance. We watch this happen. It doesn't bother us because it is extremely common. In fact, strict adherence to the rules of the road is so onerous that we each accept a certain amount of…

Well, it's a good thing you brought it up then. Thank you for your concern regarding the well-being of cyclists.

When you cited that large gap, my first thought was selection bias, which the study you link to takes some steps to address. I am not convinced of their methodology in that regard, but their findings are promising.

It's not just the existence of poverty, it's the stubborn commitment to retaining it.

I see owning a home as a luxury good, not an investment. Marginal home-buyers-to- be seeking to improve their financial condition are very likely better off remaining renters. When renting you pay a premium on the taxes, repairs, and maintenance. These charges, however, are like insurance premiums, in that the…

Um. I'll bite. Cyclists pay taxes on tires, cyclists don't consume gas, cyclists pay taxes on their vehicle, cyclists don't need insurance because their potential liability is minuscule compared to a driver, cyclists don't require licenses for the same reason, and more than 50 percent of funding for public roads is…