Author: Scott Lemieux
I saw my first ever Mets/Yankees game yesterday, and it certainly sucked although my section didn't have the fights that apparently happened in other sections. Especially with the effect of.
Good one. (Via Jessica Crispin.)
There's something of a curious disconnect between two passages of Scalia's opinion in Heller:After an exhaustive discussion of the arguments for and against gun control, Justice Breyer arrives at his.
Great point by Sandy Levinson: If one had any reason to believe that either Scalia or Stevens was a competent historian, then perhaps it would be worth reading the pages.
Yesterday, many conservatives managed to work themselves into a lather about a plausible interpretation of the Constitution with exceptionally few real-world consequences. I noticed much less outrage about the Court's.
The only real suspense about D.C. v. Heller was 1)how exactly the right to bear arms was defined and 2)what the lineup would be. The D.C. gun ban was clearly.
Today's decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana is a fairly typical Eighth Amendment case. The relevant textual language -- "nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- can evidently accommodate multiple outcomes.
djw -- who thankfully encouraged me to a see a rare screening of L'Eau Froide at a tiny theater in Seattle -- will be especially happy with this addition...