I have to respond to Richard’s post about House and explain why I like, and continue to watch, the show. I know that some people say that the show has “jumped the shark” (and it seems, incidentally, that some people are just eager to claim to be the first to say that a show “jumped [...]
Archive for April 8th, 2009
In Defense of House
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Vegetable Week: Nix v. Hedden
Posted in Food, tagged Food, fruit, law, Nix v. Hedden, Supreme Court, vegetables on April 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the great, yet underappreciated, Supreme Court opinions ever published was Nix v. Hedden, in 1893. In that seminal decision, the Court wrestled with the weighty question of whether a tomato is a “vegetable,” or a “fruit,” within the meaning of the Tariff Act of 1883. The entire decision, including title, reporter’s note, background [...]
