An Attorney-General's Report that says a Government-supported Bill is an unjustifiable restriction on freedom of expression, claims of a ban on the phrase "ballet teacher", none of which turns out to be that exciting after all (probably).
Read MoreBill of Rights Act
Taylor strikes again (but still has no right to take his place in the human race)
The Court of Appeal has upheld Arthur Taylor's challenge to the ban on prisoner voting under the NZ Bill of Rights Act ... except that he personally shouldn't have been able to bring the case in the first place, and he still won't be able to vote. But still - exciting!
Read MoreJust because it's been done before doesn't make it right
Auckland Transport appears to think that selling houses is a more important activity than trying to influence how people may vote. Is this just a sign of the times, or are they simply wrong?
Read MoreParliament's 2014 election review: the goodish, the so-so, and the ugly
The parliamentary review of the 2014 election has just been reported. What treats do our MPs have in store for the 2017 campaign and beyond?
Read MoreThe time is always right to do the right thing
Without anyone apparently noticing, the Auckland Transport Board has decided for Auckland ratepayers just when it is appropriate to convey their political beliefs to the world. Can they really do that?
Read MoreWon't someone PLEASE think of the children?
Just how dangerous can a book be? And in order to combat that danger, how far should our expressive freedoms be restrained?
Read MoreBliss was it in that dawn to be alive
A New Zealand High Court has just told Parliament that its law limits rights in a way that cannot be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. In other words, it failed in its basic task as a lawmaker.
Read MoreSomething To Dü
In a shameless piece of self-promotion, I'd like to tell you about an event I'm coordinating at the start of next month. Some of you might even like to come along to it ... .
Read MoreExile is a dream of glorious return
New Zealanders who stay overseas for too long don't get a vote. Is that right?
Read MoreWhat the constitutional review said (and what I said it would say, revisited)
The Government's seemingly never-ending constitutional review has finally delivered its report. Which is a good excuse for me to go back and test how accurate my predictions about its content were.
Read MoreMy colors, my honor; my colors, my all
Did you know MPs are considering making it an offence, punishable by a fine of up to $20,000, to wear a green ribbon in your hair on election day? If you think this is silly, you'd better tell them so ... soon.
Read MoreJust when I thought I was out, they pull me back in
National's "we know you are going to do bad things" law is now before the House. Can the people of Whanganui now sleep safe in their beds?
Read MoreA farewell to arms
The Occupy Dunedin camp has folded. Now a judge has told Auckland's version to do the same. So it goes.
Read MoreSome praise for Parliament, rare though that may be
The Justice and Electoral Committee has done a good job on the issue of covert video surveillance. Mostly.
Read MoreThat's why flags are such ugly things
Why do our Supreme Court judges hate our glorious war dead so much?
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