Given that many people have already critiqued the latest Douthat nonsense on abortion (see also here), for some variety I thought I'd address similar arguments made recently by Megan McArdle. From her response to Hilzoy:My argument is that abortion, like slavery, is becoming in this...
the countermobilization myth
The judicial opinions in New Jersey requiring that same-sex couples be provided civil union benefits sure has made same-sex marriage unpopular.
Adam Liptak had a couple of articles this weekend discussing arguments made by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The first refers to Ginsburg's oft-cited (at least by opponents and centrist critics of.
As Jeffrey Rosen's dialogue partner, Richard Just makes several very good points here. Two are worthy of emphasis. First, he's right to say that "I am not convinced that the backlash against gay marriage is fueled primarily by a dislike for judicial tyranny. Rather, I...
Jeffrey Rosen tries to spin the narrow passage of Prop 8 into a triumph for his prediction that In Re: Marriage would instigate a massive backlash, and he's no more.
My prediction that someone would argue that Prop 8 "lends credence to the claims that litigation tends to produce a disproportionate backlash" has been proven correct by Megan McArdle. A.
Excellent news. The ruling is based on the equal protection clause of the state constitution. Or, at least, it's excellent news from my non-contrarian perspective. Maybe this will be a counterproductive decision that will also lead to a Republican landslide. After all, surely Peter Beinart's...
Opposition to the California Proposition seeking to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry and restore them to second-class citizenship continues to grow, with 55% planning to vote no.
Peter Beinart gets plenty of criticism for being wrong about the Iraq War, but in fairness he's been wrong about other things too. For example, when the New York courts.
Hysterical predictions aside, Kevin Drum notes that the initiative to overturn the pro-gay-marriage ruling of the California Courts is trailing by nine points. I don't want to be complacent -- things can change -- but it is very likely that Prop 8 will fail, and...
An outraged California populace has reacted to the Outrageous Judicial Activism of their unaccountable unelected state court. As you remember, the court, with only the support of other unrepresentative and.
Glenn Reynolds:CALIFORNIA'S SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN the state's ban on gay marriages. Did it just hand the state to McCain? No.This has been easy answers to stupid questions. Although, admittedly,.