This Slate piece about potential Rehnquist replacements--which may be extremely relevant by the time you read this--is generally useful; I also agree that Luttig is the most likely candidate. But boy this drives me up the wall:Luttig is often cast as a mini-Scalia. The characterization...
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DeLong is, of course, correct. Putting together a 70s list would involve more work sorting out viable candidates than subsequent decades, but at least I would know my #1 choice..
Sarah Wildman notes that New York state Senate passed a bill that would allow the sale of Plan B over-the-counter; given that the Senate is the GOP-controlled house, this is.
It's hard to decide what my favorite moment in Conason and Franken's uniformly glorious demolition of Ed Klein is. The fact that his "New York Times" source turned out to be William Safire is a contender. Still, I think I have to go with this...
A new post--even more exciting than the last!--about judicial power and democracy is up here.
What Matt correctly describes as an overheated response to a Supreme Court decision that upheld hundreds of years of precedents has certainly reached its apogee with Kieran Healy's post. To.
My fears were, fortunately, unfulfilled. The Supreme Court has ruled, 5-4, that the development project in Kelo v. New London did not represent a taking. Kennedy was the key swing vote. More when the decision is published online......further thoughts here.
DC Media Girl writes a gentle rejoinder to the hapless Susan Estrich.
A new post summarizing a paper Dave and I recently wrote is up at Ezra's place.
I'm glad TBogg noticed this. Lou also showed up the young reliever who gave up some groundball singles before that, screaming at him in the dugout. (And let us not forget walking a washed-up Jason Giambi to load the bases.) If you're going to embarrass...
Classic.
For some reason, New York Public Radio is interviewing Hugh Hewitt, still trying to get Blog to move from the 99 cent table at Barnes & Noble. The exchange opened.