It is the week before Christmas, 2018. President Trump issued another “tweet” two days ago about removing all U.S. troops from Syria. Nothing illegal about that; it makes sense that a U.S. president heads foreign policy, with the advice and consent of the...
On The Kavanaugh Nomination It is “perfectly legal” to nominate someone to the U.S. Supreme Court whose views on various important matters are far to the right of most Americans. It is “perfectly legal” for the Senate to have held up President Obama’s nominee, Merritt...
Should Starbucks Have Called the Police? In April of 2008, Starbucks was in the news when a manager in a downtown Philadelphia Starbucks called the police to arrest two young black men who were asking to use the bathroom without purchasing anything from the store....
Don Mayer is a lawyer, educator, writer, friend, and teaches sustainability, policy, law, and business ethics at the University of Denver.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s First Amendment cases that distinguish between commercial speech and political speech are explained, and the arguments in favor of greater protection for Nike’s statements about its overseas operations are evaluated in light of...
