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Willing to Prevent the Downfall of Civilization, So Long As They Don’t Have to Leave the House

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics, Supreme Court

Over the weekend, Dahlia Lithwick posted an article on Slate about the lack of courage in today’s political debate.  Specifically, she discussed the successful efforts of gay marriage opponents to keep cameras out of the courtroom in the trial over California’s Prop 8 and a recent Supreme Court case regarding whether the state of Washington [...]

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Mr. Moonlight

June 18th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics

Check out my guest post on the Virginia Attorney General’s frivolous anti-health lawsuit.  It’s on the blog of the Virginia Organizing Project, a wonderful grassroots organization empowering people in local communities to improve their quality of life.
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Sorry I Was Sorry

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics

As I’ve written previously on this blog, I have a particular interest in the quality of public apologies.  Today’s events surrounding Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX, of course) present two interesting questions:  1) How should we react to an apology that is sincere and unqualified, but concerns something that absolutely should not be apologized for?;  and [...]

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Just About States’ Rights, Honest

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics

This discussion of Obama’s lack of popularity in the South, and the role that race plays, touches on two points that are commonly overlooked in our public discourse.  The first, which can’t be repeated enough, is that racism is not an all or nothing proposition.  The subtle (and even many not so subtle) influences of [...]

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The Rich Get Richer

June 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · AS, Law School, Law and Justice, Politics

American property law is not meant to protect the little people. This is not a legal blog, so I’ll spare you the details, but just trust me on this one: property law protects the interests of rich people. Studying for the California Bar Exam this summer and having to study property law for the second [...]

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55 Days and Counting

June 13th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Arts and Entertainment, Politics, Supreme Court

Obama is going to outline his plan to hold BP accountable on Tuesday, even though we all know BP will just weasel its way out of paying for much of the damages a la Exxon 2008. Happy 55th day of this horror, everyone.
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WWJD(if he were a misogynistic advice columnist)?

June 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics

Pat Robertson is receiving criticism for telling a 700 Club viewer concerned about her husband flirting with other women that she should “make [herself] as attractive as possible and [not] hassle him about it.”
In fairness to Robertson, his job as a pastor is not to take sides in America’s culture wars, but rather to interpret [...]

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Republican Primary Sabotage: Minor Damage to Dems, Major Damage to Selves

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics

A great deal of attention has been given the last few days to Alvin Greene, the unemployed veteran who pulled off a shocking upset in the Democratic Primary for South Carolina’s Senate seat.  Greene won 60% of the vote despite seemingly not even running a campaign;  South Carolina’s Democratic leaders cannot recall him appearing at [...]

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Other Bills Not Worth Reading

May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Law and Justice, Politics

We have already said a few things here about how dumb Arizona is with its unreadable laws against all things Latino. But lost in the discussion of racial profiling is this other creepy law Jan Brewer signed regarding public school curricula. Arizona schools are now forbidden from having courses which “promote the overthrow [...]

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See? It says so right there!

May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Immigration, Law and Justice, Politics, Uncategorized

This post by Monica Potts shows that cries from supporters of Arizona’s abhorrent immigration law that the law’s opponents haven’t even read the bill aren’t quite the smoking gun they’re presented as (regardless of what Jan Brewer’s cheap Kermit rip-off might say.)   However, the post does not address the obnoxious argument that’s usually paired [...]

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