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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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Better Late Than . . . Once, 14 Years Ago

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Law School, Law and Justice, Supreme Court

Weirdly enough, a new challenge to Proposition 209 is underway in federal court.  Prop two-oh-what, you say?  Yes, Ward Connerly’s hilarious parody “civil rights” initiative of 1996, which prohibited public institutions in California from considering race, sex, and ethnicity EVER (except when they do, constantly), is being called unconstitutional.  It’s like some law student was [...]

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Turning Back the Clock

October 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics

National Review columnist John Derbyshire has a new book out titled We are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism, which contains a section titled “The Case Against Female Suffrage.” Derbyshire’s main argument against female suffrage is that its bad for conservatives because single women want the government to take care of them and so they vote Democratic, [...]

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