THIS AIN’T NO KOREMATSU, THIS AIN”T NO FOOLING AROUND. The Canadian lawblogger Pithlord has a good analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent Charkaoui decision, which held that the Canadian government’s procedures for detaining and deporting terrorist suspects were insufficient to meet the requirements of fundamental justice. As he said, the decision is judicial […]
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AGAINST FALSE COMPLACENCY.
AGAINST FALSE COMPLACENCY. Brad Plumer has a good piece about how any Republican President will almost certainly try to replace John Paul Stevens with a doctrinaire reactionary in the mold of Sam Alito. To add to his point, I think it’s easy to be lulled into a false sense of security by the fact that […]
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POLITICS IS CONFLICT.
POLITICS IS CONFLICT. I see David Broder has penned yet another paean to the “bold” Unity ’08 project. (Broder’s next column: it would be a really “bold” idea to have a sitcom in which a dumb fat guy is married to a supermodel.) This whole thing is so stupid that it almost lends it too […]
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THANK GOD FOR THE RAIN TO WASH THE TRASH FROM THE SIDEWALK.
THANK GOD FOR THE RAIN TO WASH THE TRASH FROM THE SIDEWALK. When it came out, I assumed that The Departed was too good and too alive to be competitive for Best Picture; I’m happy to be wrong, and it’s good that the greatest living American director got his award. I still can’t quite believe […]
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FRED HIATT: NOT THE MEDIAN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTER.
FRED HIATT: NOT THE MEDIAN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTER. In addition to being bad on the merits, what puzzles me about Tom Vilsack‘s decision to end his campaign yesterday by endorsing price indexing for Social Security is what makes him think it would work. I’ll admit that I’m no political consultant; I don’t have a strong […]
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PAGING HARRY FRANKFURT.
PAGING HARRY FRANKFURT. A good post about the Pelosi non-scandal by ex-TAPPER Greg Sargent. GOP Rep Adam Putnam “now acknowledges he had no personal knowledge of any Pelosi request,” and remains unapologetic about having spread the false smear. As Greg said, this is even more worse for the media (including various bloggers) promoting the non-scandal, […]
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I UNDERSTAND THAT TRYING TO INFER LOGIC FROM INSTAPUNDITRY IS FUTILE, BUT…
I UNDERSTAND THAT TRYING TO INFER LOGIC FROM INSTAPUNDITRY IS FUTILE, BUT… Glenn Reynolds asserts that Iran has been at war with the United States “since 1979.” My question: when does he start calling for Michael Ledeen to be put on trial for high treason for helping to sell arms to a country the U.S. […]
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ALITO: STILL WORSE THAN SCALIA
ALITO: STILL WORSE THAN SCALIA. David Savage has a very good article in today’s Los Angeles Times about Antonin Scalia and the effect of appointing Sam Alito. It carefully explains the areas of law where replacing the centrist Sandra Day O’Connor with the doctrinaire reactionary Alito is likely to have an immediate impact. One good […]
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JOHN MCCAIN’S CONSISTENT OPPOSITION TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.
JOHN MCCAIN’S CONSISTENT OPPOSITION TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. Given the news that John McCain has forcefully denounced Roe v. Wade, the understandable liberal reaction is to point out the inconsistency of this legendary Straight Talker (TM). And I agree, in general, that the media myths about McCain’s increasingly risible claims to independence need debunking. Given the […]
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A MODEST REQUEST.
A MODEST REQUEST. Would it be possible for people discussing the Edwards blog pseudo-scandal to stop discussing Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan as if they’re the same person? OK, from Dan Gerstein, what do you expect, but could Joan Walsh get this straight? In context, isn’t it kind of important that one of these two […]
