One one level, I'm sympathetic to Ilya Somin's response to Adam Cohen's "gotcha" column about "judicial activism." It's true that most conservatives have never claimed that the Courts should never overturn laws or applications of laws by the executive branch, and in this sense individual...
Author: Scott Lemieux
This is a great point:It's really too bad that when politicians get caught doing stuff that shouldn't be illegal, they never, ever, ever seem to respond by redoubling their efforts.
It's always refreshing, in this postmodern age, when political struggles can be clearly drawn battles between good and evil:The fight over a popular health insurance program for children is intensifying,.
"It's just a waffle iron with a phone in it!"Although she hasn't mentioned it, perhaps in fear that L, G & M's head office will be overcome by angry readers with pitchforks, I saw earlier this evening that a certain co-blogger with a legume-themed sobriquet...
To follow up on Ezra's point about Megan McArdle's claim that impeachment proceedings would "mean[] not having any achievements to show the electorate next year," it's always striking to me.
Marty Lederman has a useful, bookmarkable list of every Balkinization post about the title subjects. Seeing them all in one place reminds me that I while I can take even.
I really enjoyed this Vanity Fair article about the Wainwright/McGarrigle clan (HT: new well-deserved TAP hire Dana Goldstein.) Plus both male Waingwrights -- each, like the McGarrigles, an outstanding live act (and Martha held her own when I saw her on a bill with Joanna...
I'm embarrassed that until I read Alone in the Dark's review I had no idea that Brad Bird had done The Iron Giant, a beautiful film. The only thing stopping.
To follow up on my point from last week, I see that Colin Powell is trying to wipe some blood off his hands. It's a futile and frankly disgraceful enterprise;.
Roger L. Simon, ladies and gentlemen! It's not exactly news that the co-founder of Trainwreck Media is one of the biggest clowns in the known universe, but "disagreeing with my Trotskyite-turned-Wolfwitzian politics will cause your son to get a DWI rap, which I will take...
I have no doubt that Fred Thompson lobbied for Planned Parenthood; it's not the first evidence of his past moderation on the issue. If I were (God forbid) the kind.
More frivolous lawsuits for purveyors of right-wing identity politics....I'd have to say that if asking for providing information about cases assumes endorsement, teaching con law is going to be very.