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Month: June 2009

And I’m not talking about Strachan. First, an introduction.  I’m a political scientist specializing in voting behavior, electoral systems, turnout, and methodology.  While American, I’ve worked at two European universities in the past 8+ years, so my contributions will necessarily be comparative in nature.  I’ve...

What a doorknob

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On June 3, 2009

The organ grinders who live in Michael Goldfarb's head are grinding their organs over the question -- posed with an uncertain degree of seriousness but with the predictable degree of.

The Radical Sotomayor

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On June 3, 2009

She's so radical that her opinion on the incorporation of the 2nd Amendment against state governments matches well-known Trotskyite Frank Easterbrook! I would add a few caveats: 1)I agree with.

Olbermann

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On June 3, 2009

Anybody get a screenshot of the LGM mention tonight? Doesn't seem to be up on the MSNBC site...I'd have to say that when we started this thing I didn't expect.

Like Yglesias, I strongly recommend this piece from Jeffrey Toobin. Supreme Court appointments being political, various forms of diversity have always been a major part of the selection process for.

Yeah, You’ll Get People To Pay For This

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On June 1, 2009
I had assumed that Michael Goldfarb and Fred Barnes had established a gap between the intellect of someone challenging the qualifications of Sonia Sotomayor and the intellect of Sonia Sotomayor that could never be extended. I may have been wrong. You have to like the...

A Refreshing Contrast

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On June 1, 2009

Sonia Sotomayor's record on protecting people from needlessly degrading searches is certainly considerably more encouraging than that of the previous nominee. Unfortunately, this will probably be too late to help.

Double Standards

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On June 1, 2009

Stuart Taylor, on a Republican nominee:Alito's critics have similarly ignored much evidence that his 15 years of steady, scholarly, precedent-respecting work as a judge tell us more about him than.

Drift From Where?

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On June 1, 2009
I'll be writing later this week about whether judicial appointments are ideologically predictable. But I find this assertion from Randy Barnett Barret rather problematic:Everyone knows it's all over but the spinning, but Lefties can take special solace in an odd trend: Liberal high court justices...
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