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Reason December 2008 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Designing Women Under Connecticut law, women and men banned from using the words interior designer can still perform all the same functions as certified designers.
Reason December 2008 David Weigel	Yellow Peril In 1943, in Hirabayashi v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a curfew for all Japanese-Americans. The decision has never been struck down. It could still be used as precedent.
Reason December 2008 Damon W. Root	Sterilized by the State In his startling new book, Three Generations, No Imbeciles, University of Georgia law professor Paul A. Lombardo looks at the Supreme Court's notorious 1927 decision in Buck v. Bell, which upheld a Virginia law permitting the forced sterilization of the "feebleminded and socially inadequate."
Reason December 2008 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Lo-Cal So-Cal? Los Angeles passes a law requiring restaurants with more than 15 locations to post calorie counts on their menu boards, following the model of the Big Apple, whose menu labeling rules went into effect on August 1.
Reason December 2008 Brian Doherty	How the Second Amendment Was Restored The inside story of how a gang of libertarian lawyers made constitutional history, declaring by a 5-4 decision that yes, the Second Amendment does secure an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Reason December 2008 Brian Doherty	Four Decades of Defending Self-Defense Since its inception in 1968 the defense of Americans' Second Amendment rights has been a staple of reason. Take a look back at how they have covered this issue through the years.
U.S. Banker December 2008 Michael Sisk	Will Retail Deposits Be Uncapped? The law capping national retail deposits at 10 percent is likely to be overturned this year, allowing the nation's big banks to grow even bigger through M&A.
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 Tim Beyers	Facebook Just Quadrupled A California district court on Friday ruled in favor of Facebook in its case against spammer Adam Guerbuez and his company, Atlantis Blue Capital, for violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.
InternetNews November 24, 2008 Judy Mottl	Two More iPhone Lawsuits Hit the Courts Apple is facing two new lawsuits stemming from its popular smartphone. One claims patent infringement, another alleges the bestselling Apple device doesn't deliver on its promises.
ifeminists November 24, 2008 Teri Stoddard	Terri Stoddard on John Murtari While in jail, John Murtari passively protests the unjust child support stipulations put on him, claiming the backdoor connection between Child Support payments and driving is a violation of individual rights to due process.
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