Dana has an excellent post responding to claims that progressives should "de-politicize" issues of reproductive justice, noting that the main problem with this is that it's impossible. We've already been through this with respect to the Iraq War, but you can't "de-politicize" an issue that...
Author: Scott Lemieux
This gets it right in re: GOP attempts to pretend, now that he's become indefensible, that the rot in the executive branch begins and ends with Alberto Gonzales:Presumably, the idea.
Oh, and to add to what Matt says here one interesting thing about the panel is that Rosen immediately conceded that while the quality of legal craftsmanship may be normatively.
The conference was really good; I strongly recommend it if you're interested in such things. I was on a panel about anti-judicial backlash with the Reva Seigel, Robert Post, Roger Wilkins and Jeff Rosen, moderated by Edward "Closed Chambers" Lazurus. Although frequently timorous in social...
Intriguing results from an empirical study of Crooked Timber. See, this is why they've never invited any of us; those meanness stats would go through the roof the next time.
I am in Washington D.C. this weekend for the American Constitution Society conference, so blogging from me will be sporadic for a couple days. However, for your reading pleasure I.
A flashback from GFR about the NYT reporter who implied that Foer had some doubts about whether "Scott Thomas" was a soldier: apparently she was responsible for one of those "based on some highly dubious random anecdotes I will assert that women now want to...
Scott Thomas issues a defense of his TNR Diary. The fact that he's willing to open himself up to the inevitable wingnut smear jobs does give me more confidence in.
To follow up on Matt and Ezra, another angle to run at it from is to apply the logic to the civil rights movement. If one takes the Rauch/Brownstein argument.
The Yankees will be in a playoff spot by early-to-mid August. Sucks, I know, but what can I tell you. A couple of other post-all-star-break notes:Despite his truly historic season -- not only by far the best hitter in the world, but playing exceptional defense...
Adam Kotsko offers as a "thought experiment" a heighten-the-contradictions scenario that would result in the "liquidation of the Democrats." And as with all such scenarios, there are several missing links.
Remember Clarence Thomas replacing Thurgood Marshall? In case you had any doubt about whether the 2008 election is a high stakes one, Tom Goldstein has a GOP Supreme Court shortlist:As.