The Northern Review

When I worked in Washington DC as a VISTA Lawyer I had the pleasure of meeting Justice William O. Douglas.  Being from Washington state Justice Douglas, from Yakima, Washington, was revered by many out here.  I met him in person when he swore me in to the Washington Bar in 1970.  He said many things [...]

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A few days ago, a friend of mine was in Washington DC to attend a dinner in honor of a certain DC Circuit Court jurist.  He told me of a story one of the jurist’s clerks told the audience. The clerk had been asked by his judge to look into whether the judge may have made a [...]

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Not going to be a constitutional law commentator or reviewer, but one must wonder this:  Where in the constitution of the United States did the people and the states authorize the federal government to use taxpayer money to buy assets from money lenders?  At the time of the making of the constitution is it possible [...]

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