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Posted on: Ruling on gyms to have big effect on nightclubs, too

Does anyone have any information on Ms. Legal Eagle? She runs a blog entitled:

"WILD WILD LAW: LEGAL ANTICS AND JURISPRUDENCE IN NEVADA."

You can e-mail me privately ...

(Suggest removal) 11/12/08 at 6:25 p.m.

Posted on: Ruling on gyms to have big effect on nightclubs, too

Todd Phillips to KDR81:

I haven't been to law school for many years, but Carolene Products has to do with "rational review" scrutiny and the Commerce Clause. I do not believe the case adjudicates private property rights.

As for Nebbia v. New York, that case concerns price regulation. I do not believe the case adjudicates private property rights.

Neither case dealt with sex discrimination because the concept had not been invented. I believe both cases are Depression-era cases.

How'd I do on the pop quiz !!

(Suggest removal) 11/12/08 at 6:11 p.m.

Posted on: Ruling on gyms to have big effect on nightclubs, too

Todd Phillips to KDR81:

You write:

"If the court finds that LVAC waves [sic] the fee for women because women are less likely to join with membership fees the court will find that reason perfectly ok."

Actually, no. LVAC gave precisely this excuse. The NERC investigator disagreed, the Nevada Attorney General disagreed, and ultimately, the Board of Commissioners disagreed. As a result, a cease-and-desist order was issued.

(Suggest removal) 11/12/08 at 6:03 p.m.

Posted on: Ruling on gyms to have big effect on nightclubs, too

Todd Phillips to KDR81:

NOTE: Women are NOT a protected class; rather, gender is a protected class.

(Suggest removal) 11/12/08 at 6 p.m.

Posted on: Ruling on gyms to have big effect on nightclubs, too

Todd Phillips to johnvegas:

Hey John!

C'mon. Why should women get into the Swingers Club for free? I mean, really. If you knew that single women paid the same as you, would you be any less willing to go swing?

And, if the single women knew they had to pay, would they refuse to go swing?

Dig it.

(Suggest removal) 11/12/08 at 3:59 p.m.

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