Gary Haugen and Victor Boutrous have a useful article in the new print version of Foreign Affairs, pointing out that all the human rights standards in the land mean nothing if they're not translated into practical justice for every human being. Particularly, they point out...
Month: May 2010
This week we deal with disability, gender identity, cross-ethnic relationships (OK, 'deal' might be too strong a word) and Mercedes and Santana unleash some amazing vocal mojo. Plus we find.
I have to apologize in breaking in to the 24/7 coverage about the Kagan appointment that our readers expect and demand from LGM, but let's face it: this is one.
I'm not saying that she will be as bad as the endorsement suggests. But let's be frank: when you're a Democratic president with 59 votes in the Senate and you nominate someone that Glenn Reynolds can get behind, it's a wasted opportunity. And that goes...
This seems like a good time to note that Matt is completely right about judicial term limits. I've been through this before, so rather than elaborating again I'll just emphasize.
I don't mean to join in making this an all-Kagan-all-the-time blog, but some commenters have raised points that may help to clarify the argument I'm making. The question of whether.
The controversy, such as it is, over Elena Kagan's nomination throws several points into relief: (1) The extent to which legal academia is an intellectually bankrupt and politically corrupt insider game. Once Kagan was nominated it became inevitable that a bunch of people would argue...
I just did an NPR show with UC-Irvine dean Erwin Chemerinksy about the Kagan nomination. Some of the tepid quality of the support for Kagan is illustrated by the fact.
Not to pick nits, but I assume Steve Benen knows that the problem with the Federal ratio (e.g., "3/5 compromise") wasn't that it defined slaves as "three-fifths of a person".
If you happen to be in the Irvine, California area this Friday and are at all interested in the work of Richard Rorty, feel free to drop by campus and attend any one of these fine talks. The Internet's own Michael Bérubé has the last...
I heard a soundbite from UC-Irvine law dean Erwin Chemerinksy this morning about Kagan, in which he speculated that Kagan's warmth and personal charm would endear her to senators during.
It's been difficult to blog about this, as, well, this is ongoing and changing hourly. The Liberal Democrats commenced negotiations with the Conservative Party out of respect for the Tories.