Radley Balko's post about Scalia's Orwellian citations made me think of two points I neglected in my previous post on the subject: Scalia's causal logic is, indeed, bizarre--the fact that the procedural decisions of the Warren Court led to a decline in civil liberties abuses...
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I have an article in the print edition of the latest American Prospect, which examines and--I humbly submit--thoroughly demolishes the "pro-choice" anti-Roe arguments that are so prevalent among liberal pundits.
One good thing about food allergy illnesses as compared to food poisoning: the former is excruciatingly unpleasant for about 3 hours and then you're more or less free to resume.
Ugh. My sentiments here. As zuzu suggests, I'm not entirely sure what the forced pregnancy lobby and its legislative supporters are up to in LA and SD. As I've said before, there's the potential to use this somewhat atypical candor as a wedge, but pro-choicers...
The Supreme Court handed down a divided opinion about the applicability of the Clean Water Act today. I'll let my two legal-eagle guest bloggers (and environmental policy specialist co-blogger) parse.
With respect to the merits of Hudson v. Michigan, I remain mostly happy to second iocaste and Lindsay. I have a couple of additional points: Orin Kerr notes the distinctly.
Ezra suggests that, at least in California, initiatives are becoming toxically unpopular. I certainly hope that this is true, although I wonder how much of this was related to the unpopularity of the political figures involved. In a related and highly gratifying development, however, it...
Alright, so I am now in the city after an entirely intraweb-free week in the Vallee Du Rhone, tanned, rested, and carrying several bottles of Chateauneuf-Du-Pape (personal to customs agents:.
Off to France. Intermittent internet access in the meantime; enjoy our superb guest-bloggers and (fairly soon) my usual colleagues. I leave you with the following thought from Roy:I don't believe.
I think I've seen this kind of argument elsewhere, too, but I'm just baffled by what Ann Althouse seems to arguing here:Amid all the efforts to stir up public outrage about the evils of government invading our privacy, MySpace and Friendster stand as monuments to...
How is the contention of the "pro-choice" anti-Roe consensus that dominates liberal magazines and op-ed pages that in the wake of Roe's overturning states may pass some "reasonable" regulations and.
In this thread, our friend Pithlord continues his valiant (if, in my view, misguided) defense of a modest version of the centrist pro-choice position. I've discussed before my general belief.