Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Minnesota’s Budget Battle: Assessing Gearin’s Decision

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“It’s time you did your job.” Essentially this is what Judge Gearin stated today in her ruling that only core functions will receive core m...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Constitutional Chicken: Litigating the Minnesota Shutdown

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As kids we played chicken all the time, daring someone to do x or cross over a line. The same game of chicken is being played now with the ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Do the Math: The Costs of the Government Shutdown (And how to avoid them in the future)

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This originally appeared as an opinion piece on June 10, 2011 in Politics in Minnesota. The Minnesota state government shutdown looms larger...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

And the Winner is. . . Preliminary Thoughts on the New Hampshire GOP Presidential Debate

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Who won the debate last night? Bachmann and Romney emerged as winners in very odd ways. Bachmann won but not really on substance. She won...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Hamline University School of Business BBQ on June 22

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Looking for cheap eats? Come to the June 22, 2011 Hamline University School of Business BBQ and picnic at the Minnesota State Capitol from ...

Minnesota judges can order temporary spending to prevent a government shutdown

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Today's blog post was on Minnpost.com on June 9, 2011. May a Minnesota judge order the spending of tax dollars to fund essential state ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Bachmann, Palin, Overdrive

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Bachmann and Palin. The very prospects of both entering the presidential race have created a frenzy. Both are media magnets and savvy in t...