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Legislating from the bench

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Recently I got into an online argument — surprise, I know! — over the Controlled Substances Act and the extent of Congress’s interstate and in...

Due process

Revisiting Brock Turner

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

There’s a big reason we don’t have “justice” in the United States: justice is not objective. It’s entirely subjective. What is ...

Due process/Feminism/Free speech/Religion/Second Amendment/Supreme Court

Limiting the exercise of rights, and the risks of freedom

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitu...

Due process/Second Amendment

A compromise on the “terrorist watch list”

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

A lot of the gun control talk in recent days following the Orlando attack has centered around the “terrorist watch list”, a covert list of individua...

Due process

Regarding the Brock Turner case…

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Defending principles is extremely difficult. But necessary. On this blog and in other venues, I’ve defended the outcomes of the Casey Anthony and George Z...

Background checks/Due process

Reply to Nicholas Kristof

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Nicholas Kristof is a writer for the New York Times focusing on human rights, women’s rights, health and global affairs. As part of the SundayReview colum...

Due process/Second Amendment

Road Trip: A renewed view of the Second Amendment

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Recently I had the great opportunity to take a road trip with my wife to southern Nevada. Being a freshly-renewed permitted carrier of a concealed weapon from M...

Due process/Second Amendment

Revisiting due process and firearms

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Perhaps my expectations are too high. I don’t think they are. Just as I would expect a programmer to understand the fundamental concepts of the languages ...

Concealed carry/Crime/Due process/Feminism/Second Amendment

Talking about rape

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 3 Comments

Let’s talk about rape. Rape is forced sexual performance or sexual performance that occurs while the person — the victim — has been coerced, i...

Concealed carry/Due process

Reply to the New York Times Editorial Board regarding gun laws

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I will say up front that I have a concealed carry permit lawfully issued under the laws of the State of Missouri. I’m also up for renewal later this year....

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