Equity will not stoop to pick up pins

September 11, 2016

Update, 9/12: The Court went with the laches argument. One of the great things about law school (and there are many; I loved law school) was being introduced to equitable maxims. There is a pithy and often funny equitable maxim for almost any proposition you could advance. I think they stand as a stalwart defense […]

by Steve Timmer

Let the sun shine in

September 8, 2016

There have been multiple calls recently for some sunshine on the PolyMet permitting process before the Department of Natural Resources. Sunshine would take the form of appointing an administrative law judge from the Office of Administrative Hearings who would hold hearings on the permit to mine. A record would be made — a public record — and […]

by Steve Timmer

Leave the Clintons alone, or the AIDS kid gets it

August 30, 2016

The headline is harsh, I recognize. But it is only a shorter, somewhat editorialized version of the op-ed piece in the Strib, written by Sharon Schmickle, a former reporter at the paper. Don’t dismantle the Clinton Foundation, Schmickle pleads; it does good work. And she quotes the entirely impartial Donna Shalala: Shalala says that only the Clintons can do […]

by Steve Timmer

The Fifteen Dollar minimum wage

August 29, 2016

This is a cross post from the professor’s blog, Schultz’s Take. The case is set to be heard in the Minnesota Supreme Court tomorrow. After the story, I have a few observations. Steve – o O o – The decision to place the $15 minimum wage on the ballot in Minneapolis is up to the […]

by David Schultz

The dog in the manger

August 21, 2016

And the guy who wants to bunk in with him

by Steve Timmer

Noor or Kahn? a reprise

August 7, 2016

There is nothing new under the sun

by Steve Timmer

A David Schultz reader

August 2, 2016

Hamline’s Professor David Schultz has had a series of insightful posts about the presidential race on his blog, Schultz’s Take. Professor Schultz writes stories here once in a while, and I am tempted to crib his latest batch en masse. But I will make you go over to his blog instead. You might start with […]

by Steve Timmer

Pity the elites!

August 1, 2016

And look out for them damned Russkies

by Steve Timmer

On August 9th, you must all rouse yourselves

July 27, 2016

And vote for Natalie Hudson in the Minnesota primary

by Steve Timmer

Defending Melania Trump

July 19, 2016

To all my liberal pals: knock it off

by Steve Timmer

Joe Olson’s butt hurt

July 9, 2016

Has nothing to do with Philando Castile

by Steve Timmer

White supremacist domestic terrorism or self defense? A reprise

June 16, 2016

June 16th, 2016: Here is a story I wrote in the days following the shootings at the Black Lives Matter encampment near the Fourth Precinct police station last fall. As I figured, the shooter would claim self defense. A few days ago, there was an article in the Strib about the defendant raising that defense. […]

by Steve Timmer