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More Please

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On March 12, 2010
This story about reading dissents from the bench reminds me why Pamela Karlan belongs (with Diane Wood) at or near the very top of Obama's Supreme Court shortlist: Consider Bowers v. Hardwick, the 1986 decision that said there was nothing in the Constitution to stop...

90% Amnesia

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On March 11, 2010

Stephen Green asserts that to find a president criticizing the Supreme Court you have to go back to Old Hickory.   (And his quote is actually apocryphal, although since it's "fake.

I Blame Capra

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On March 10, 2010
For whatever reason, the filibuster has a romantic appeal to people who should know better, and you often hear from those who dislike the current rules that changing the rules to require "real" filibusters would have some sort of salutary effect. My position continues to...

Oscars

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On March 7, 2010

A good question: should the acting categories at the Oscars be gender-neutral? Certainly, in the abstract I think Elsesser is correct that the gender segregation is indefensible: acting is acting..

Immoral Liar of the Day

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On March 6, 2010
Bart Stupak. I actually think Digby is being a little too charitable when she says that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is "willing to deep six the rest of their social justice agenda for political reasons." I don't see any real evidence that the...

Indefensible

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On March 5, 2010

What Serwer, Yglesias, and Steve all said. If the administration is really going to go with a military tribunal for KSM, it's bad on the merits and bad politics. One.

The Politics of the Roberts Court

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On March 4, 2010
Shorter Jeffrey Rosen: I am beginning to have serious questions about the existence of Santa Claus.While I can't resist making fun of Rosen's belated recognition of the obvious, he does go on to raise a serious issue. about the potential for interbranch conflict. Rosen argues...

Random Notes

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On March 3, 2010

Great stuff from Joe Posnanski and Tom Scocca on the Pete Hamill non-review of the new Mays biography. To apply what Atrios said yesterday to a more trivial subject, I.

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