Some days I think Jon Katz is OK, some days I think he's a complete idiot. In his recent two part essay, In A Virtual World, Who Owns Ideas? (Part 2), he has successfully wasted a lot of his time.
Some days I think Jon Katz is OK, some days I think he's a complete idiot. In his recent two part essay, In A Virtual World, Who Owns Ideas? (Part 2), he has successfully wasted a lot of his time.
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; ....
(Emphasis his.)
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for
the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform
throughout the United States:
Samuel Reynolds thinks it's Article I, section 8.
Article IV, Section 1: Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
To tell the truth, I can't find an "interstate-commerce clause" of the US Constitution. I'm going to guess it's the full faith and credit clause, but I could be wrong.
Seattle Times: Anti-spam e-mail suit tossed out: 'The victory came when King County Superior Court Judge Palmer Robinson dismissed a case in which the state charged Jason Heckel with violating Washington's anti-spam law. Robinson said the law, generally regarded as the nation's toughest, violates the interstate-commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.'
Heh heh... think of it from our point of view. A: There's nothing to lose! B: Maybe the Curmudgeon sticks to his syllabus, but most prof's consider it a guideline at best. It probably has worked before, or will work someday for that student.
Spring Break!: "I hate it when a student e-mails me announcing that I have to give him a make-up exam, especially when it clearly says on the syllabus that there are no make-up exams. (Sorry for venting, but I can't vent at the students. They are so sensitive.)"