Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indiana Supreme Court Strikes Down Evansville's Smoking Ban Ordinance Due To Casino Exemption

Man's greatest achievement? Perhaps not, but c...

2014-03-15T09:54:39.880-05:00

Man's greatest achievement? Perhaps not, but can you afford not to read on when I am about to tell you about supreme court? The constantly changing fashionable take on supreme court demonstrates the depth of the subject.

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2014-02-25T00:12:00.232-05:00

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If exemptions aren't proper in local laws, wha...

2014-02-14T10:01:58.667-05:00

If exemptions aren't proper in local laws, what makes them proper in state law?

4 things: I. 3-2 vote? what the heck was the diss...

2014-02-12T06:42:56.380-05:00

4 things:

I. 3-2 vote? what the heck was the dissent based on? (i can't read the decision pdf on my phone)

II. the supremes actually invoked art 1 sec 23 ?!?! wow. if they always did so, there would never be property tax abatements because abatements aren't available to individuals, only corporations. equality is good!

III. the first comment raises a good, broader point. there's too much local variation by locality, in crafting laws. all laws must have a foundation in the constitution, but the variations by locality bely this concept. example, if you live in hendricks county, you can't plant certain species of tree. every local officeholder thinks themselves the master of their locale, grand interpreter of the constitution...

IV. imo smoke is a health problem that workers shouldn't be subjected to. but if that's the law, it's got to be consistent. so marion county's law HAS to be tossed because it allows for hookah bars.

This ultimately means the state legislature will h...

2014-02-11T18:17:17.754-05:00

This ultimately means the state legislature will have to create new legislation that removes local control over smoking.

Or else a constitutional crisis erupts between federal law and statelaw. The easiest fix is to take away local control and there by stop any constitutional crisis from happening.