So, if you were told that one justice switched positions on 2 different 10 Commandments cases, changing his or her vote for essentially random reasons, who would you guess it was? The answer may surprise you!
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
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. Has anybody here seen
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 indeed good news. Wildman makes another important point: This is fantastic news for New York. But like many reproductive personal-health issues, this is one in […]
This is the kind of brawl o’ blog that I like: It has come to our editorial attention that certain parties want to make a name for themselves in the kitten game by stepping to us with some pictu
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 Wi
A new post–even more exciting than the last!–about judicial power and democracy is up here.
Zombies.ZOMBIES. ZOMBIES!!! ZZZOMMMBBBBIESSSSSSS!!!!!!! I think we can all agree that George W. Bush is not the President to lead us against the zombie menace. Moreover, I concede that I would conside
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Stromboli
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 be honest, even accounting for the rhetorical hyperbole I find this entire line of reasoning bizarre. If the existence of meaningful private property depends on […]
What I find most irritating about Gilliard and co. is the profound misunderstanding of the military, what it does, and what it should be. The logic of “if you believe in a war, you enlist”
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