22 October 2010

And Tony and Dubbya will still say it was all worth it

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Yes, Saddam was very bad man . . . shall we ask the dead if they agree ? Late update: sorry - 79,000 dead is laughably low. Just hilarious.
25 July 2010

Could not agree more . . .

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I am so glad Karl Rove doesn't want the Iraq war to be left down deep in the memory hole: like Josh, I welcome Karl's urge for re-ex...
19 June 2010

The more I read . . .

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. . . the more I like . Even as a Supreme Court newbie, Kagan showed remarkable sophistication and prescience . . .
08 June 2010

Drill, baby, drill!

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It's all about progress . . .
07 June 2010

Fair-reading

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Souter speaks . . . finally.
03 June 2010

"Time to exchange the winter dirt for some fresh summer dirt in that sandbag she calls a mind"

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- taken from a comment on another blog. Pretty infantile, I know, but not as infantile as when the rock star of the Right blames the "...
30 May 2010

I'm afraid Frank has missed the point

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I like Frank Rich - the way he steps back to afford a view of the bigger picture - but this article , as good as it is, fails to call the Ob...
22 May 2010

Ted Hearts Bison

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On balance I think people should lighten up and let Ted continue with this - I think it's pretty cool and should be encouraged. The id...
10 May 2010

Me like what me see . . .

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While some aspects of her oeuvre are not great (e.g., I worry that her rejection of judicial activism won't extend to the masturbatory r...

Obama picks a uniter, not a divider

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Interesting track record at Harvard - Obama's tacking to the middle . Not sure she'll be able to do much to forge a consensus among...
09 May 2010

What in the world is the Guardian smoking?

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It's so over for Gordon, I don't care what drugs are making the Guardian suggest it isn't . I, too, recently believed that the ...
08 May 2010

These are starting to resurface

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It was the taxi-driver's story that made me sick . . . let's see if Obama's Justice Department continues its campaign to keep j...
25 April 2010

Murdoch unleashes the hounds . . .

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The Tory press is going after Clegg, big time . Why might this be so? From a reliable source: . . . the Murdoch press to seek favour from ...
06 March 2010

The right war for the right reasons . . .

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. . . all done according the manual . Riiiight. On a related note, I'm enjoying Tom Bingham's book, The Rule of Law . As many com...
22 February 2010

She clerked for Thomas . . .

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. . . and a member of the Federalist society to boot! Quel surprise. Two years out of law school and writing memos about the president...

"Sure"

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Why not ? The problems with Yoo's patently ridiculous comparison to Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 1) Previous to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Conven...
20 February 2010

A little more color on the torture memo . . .

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Margolis overruled OPR , the bastard. Late update : If I have lost my job, and am short on funds, context dictates that I am justified in kn...

National Monuments?

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Not sure this is a good idea . Not sure I want to see bus tours to Cedar Mesa . . . Not sure I want wheel-chair ramps here . . .

So much for Justice . . .

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These boys got off light , given the extent to which they betrayed their fundamental obligations as lawyers: The report said “situations of ...
13 February 2010

Next up . . .

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. . . more good times ahead . Gotta love our sophisticated risk management models.
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