The Oz Express rear-ended the Wonderland Limited en route to Camelot, as the Democrat-controlled Senate porked up the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Bailout. We have reports of knights, dragons, Munchkins, cowardly lions, white rabbits, mad hatters, and smiling Cheshire cats roaming the countryside. Rumors of Alinsky, ACORN, Ayers, and Obama have surfaced in connection […]

House Passes Major Patent Reform Bill
By David Lawson — Edited by Wen Bu
H.R. 1908
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On September 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1908, a major patent reform bill, by a vote of 220-175. The bill is now on the Senate legislative calendar awaiting action.
The Washington Post […]

University of Illinois Law Review / Lee Anne Fennell
Private residential developments governed by homeowners associations have rapidly proliferated in recent decades. The servitudes that form the backbone of these private developments are usually viewed as autonomy- and value-enhancing private contractual arrangements that are presumptively valid. Unfortunately, the appealing contractual justification for private land use regimes […]