Atrios's instincts are right on all counts--Scalia is correct, and that is scary. To provide the background, the decision today in Blakeley is an extension of the Court's 2000 decision Apprendi v. New.
For no particular reason, I'm taking the Beltran to Houston deal pretty hard.
Gadflyer on Hitch on Moore. Getting through Hitchens can be a trial, but it's worth it for the Gadflyer commentary. Going to see F-911 early tomorrow afternoon, will relate impressions, as I'm.
Another interesting post by Cass Sunstein, guest-blogging at Volokh. I think his insight is correct and very useful. It becomes particularly clear if you look at a constitutional system like Britain,.
A new low from Zell Miller "Democrat" Mickey Kaus. The good news is that Count Hackula expressed a progressive political sentiment for the first time since the Nixon Administration. The bad news is that he uses transparently fake anti-misogyny.
Reluctant as I am to disagree with both Atrios and my co-bloggers, I think Yglesias is pretty clearly right here: ...as I've been discovering, Washington insiders not on the AFL-CIO payroll.
I don't have much to add to the Poor Man on North Korea, or to Matt Yglesias on Sadr. I'd just like to reiterate how happy I am that the grown ups.
Interesting report flew by on the New York Times: The success of the Indian air force against American fighter planes in a recent exercise suggests other countries may soon be able.
- Finally, a book by somebody who became a reactionary crank when they got older and wealthier
- Asshole threatens to sue woman under Fugitive Uterus Act
- Why 10/7 Was Successful for Hamas
- A Great Week for Workers
- I shot the bird dog (but I did not shoot the gross hippie)
- Cracking Down on Anti-Union CEOs
- Wherever there isn’t a cop beating a guy, look for me mama I’ll be there
- Taxing billionaires
- This Day in Labor History: May 3, 1932
- Whites Always Oppose Protest Movements, No Matter the Tactics