11/1/2022
On rare occasions, I am right about things. By rare, I mean about as often as I win an argument at home. That’s rare.
Despite my abysmal track record, I was (finally) proven to be right about something — namely that the truck-only tolls in the great state or Rhode Island are unconst...
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10/1/2022
I always work under the assumption that I and perhaps a handful of others are really the only people who care about stare decisis and how it impacts our legal system. The reason I am so confident in this is that I believe most folks have no idea what the doctrine of “stare decisis” means...
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8/31/2022
I always work under the assumption that I and perhaps a handful of others are really the only people who care about stare decisis and how it impacts our legal system. The reason I am so confident in this is that I believe most folks have no idea what the doctrine of “stare decisis” means...
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8/1/2022
I am wrong about a lot of things. By “a lot,” I mean an obnoxiously large number of things. So, I guess I should not have been surprised when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) denied cert on the California Trucking Association case challenging AB5.
I know I shouldn&rsq...
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6/1/2022
Those of you that read my columns may remember that I recently wrote on free speech and social media. As I mentioned then, I am a BIG free speech guy and feel strongly that no idea should be free from scrutiny, criticism or mockery. As I also said then, an unexamined thought or belief is not worth h...
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5/1/2022
As you know, I often complain about how the things that are hot topics at the time of writing will be old news by the time of publication. This is something that occurs with about 99.99% of all my column ideas.
However, the exception to the rule is the topic of the federal government. The one t...
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4/1/2022
Sometimes these columns are hard to write. You come up with an idea, but by the time it would be published, your idea is not nearly as interesting as it originally appeared.
This happened to me in this column. I had an idea but its “best if eaten before” date would have passed befor...
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3/31/2022
Believe it or not, I actually like being an attorney. Granted, some days I like it a lot more than others, but I think is that probably true with any profession.
I get to interact with people — help them solve problems and see a little justice served. And, I get to say things like, &ldquo...
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3/15/2022
I know that some of you may find this hard to believe but I am not a political junkie. I truly am not. In all honesty I would rather get poked in the eye with a sharp stick than be drug into a political argument. For the record, I am neither far right nor far left. I am something of a Goldilocks i...
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2/28/2022
Everyone — all two or three of you — that regularly read my columns in The Trucker are probably aware of what I do for a living. For those of you that don’t know, I am a lawyer. I defend CDL drivers (and occasionally myself) in traffic citation cases.
As a result, I see a lot ...
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