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First, the good news . The Mississippi House of Representatives has passed the bill requiring anyone doing autopsies in the state to be board certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. The bill now goes to Gov.

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Breaking, Bizarre News in Mississippi

Since the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protects people’s freedom to talk about politics, even when they are organized as corporations and even when an election is approaching, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig has been tinkering with the Constitution in his legal workshop. Here is the result : Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to restrict the power to limit, though not to ban, campaign expenditures of non-citizens of the United States during the last 60 days before an election

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Larry Lessig’s ‘Simple’ Solution to Excessive Speech

Via Alan Vanneman comes a link to this interesting Nation story about Mario Savio, the head honcho of the vaguely leaderless force known as the Free Speech Movement (MSM) at U.C.-Berkeley in the mid-1960s. A snippet: Notwithstanding its declaration of victory in 1965, the FSM also left behind a good deal of unfinished business.

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Where Have You Gone, Mario Savio?

Yesterday a federal judge rejected a constitutional challenge to Seattle’s ban on guns in city parks, noting that the U.S.

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How Sensitive Is Your Park?

“I don’t like regulations,” says Amy Alkon, a syndicated advice columnist who blogs daily at AdviceGoddess.com .

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Reason.tv: Advice Goddess Amy Alkon Wants to Beat Manners Into Rude People

Writing at The Daily Beast , Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Edmund Morris responds to the news that President Barack Obama is currently reading one of his books about Theodore Roosevelt. Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that Roosevelt was a man of action and a gifted political operator.

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Mr. President, You’re No Theodore Roosevelt

As soon as the Supreme Court decision came down in January ruling that the corporate spending ban violated free-speech rights, a number of leading Democrats demanded action to undo this unconscionable wrong. But as Steve Chapman explains, imposing new restrictions on speech is no way to enhance democracy.

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New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Misguided Liberal Response to Citizens United

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts tosses belated barb at Obama for attacking SCOTUS at SOTU. Israel announces new settlements in East Jerusalem, upstaging Vice President Biden’s meeting with Palestinian leaders

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Reason Morning Links: Roberts Scolds Obama, Israel Disses Biden, Mukasey Slams (Liz) Cheney

Democrats to cut congressional pay ? And ban earmarks ? Study ties moderate drinking to weight control.

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Reason Morning LInks: Dems May Ban Earmarks, Drink To Lose Weight, SCOTUS Looks at Free Speech and Funeral Protests