iocaste highlights Scalia's dissent in McCreary County, a remarkable performance--and I don't mean that as a compliment. What's most useful about it is that it highlights the death of "nonpreferentialism" as a viable doctrine on the current Supreme Court. Rehnquist has been articulating nonpreferentialism as an...
Today is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.Admiral Horatio Nelson was the Royal Navy commander at Trafalgar. Without going into too much detail, the British victory at Trafalgar.
Erik drops a much needed rock on John Tierney's head:Here's the real point of Tierney's argument. The expansive federal government has squeezed the economic life out of Native Americans and.
Part I: Foreign Policy ConflictI argued in the first part of this series that the United States and China have relatively few direct foreign policy disputes, and even fewer that might conceivably lead to some form of military conflict. Taiwan is the big exception to this...
I agree with Jack Shafer that the New York Times was out of line in allowing this gratuitous cheap shot against Peter Jackson.Peter Jackson is an incredible filmmaker who did.
I realize everyone's moved on, but Nathan Newman has a couple of excellent posts on the implications of the Kelo decision here and here....the underlying outrage is no doubt the.
Rick Santorum is the latest reactionary crank who seems unclear on the difference between sexual acts between consenting adults and various forms of coercion. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with these people?
Alas, nobody got the right answer to my question, although Terry and Roxanne made the best guess. And, in fairness, CNN identified O'Connor as the "swing vote." But, in fact,.
You've got to be kidding me.But to some Capitol Hill Republicans there is a dark cloud on the Nats' horizon: the potential that their newly adopted home team could be.
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. But.
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..