Trial by Jury: Just Give Us the Facts
I just finished a seven-day trial as a juror on a civil suit. This was my first time called and serving on a jury. It was an enlightening experience. There are a number of observations that I have. I...
View ArticleTrial by Jury: Keep the Jury, Eliminate the Trial
Yesterday, I made a simple argument for handing the jurors the facts that are not in dispute at the beginning of the trial. I want to extend that argument a bit further to a more expansive idea that I...
View ArticleThe Electoral Jury
How much time to do you spend figuring out how you should vote? A few hours? A few minutes? Any time at all? I could not find a study that measured the average time that voters spend researching their...
View ArticleFree Star Wars for Everyone
You got a robotic vacuum cleaner for Christmas. It is the cutest little thing—circling around the room, diligently picking up confetti from the New Years Eve party the night before. You just can't let...
View ArticleReady for a National ID
When Yahoo was hacked, we threw away our passwords and got new ones. When Target was hacked, we threw away our credit cards and got new ones. Now that Equifax has been hacked, we'll have to throw out...
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