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Today’s Reason to be Grateful

May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Immigration, Politics

There are lots of reasons to be frustrated with the first 16 months of Barack Obama’s presidency. Continuation of many of the Bush anti-terrorism policies.  Escalating the war in Afghanistan.  Dragging his feet on gay rights.  Failing to put an unabashed, bleeding heart liberal on the Supreme Court. But it’s important to step back, take [...]

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And Now For Some Genuinely Good News

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Law and Justice, Politics, Supreme Court

No amount of oil drilling news can ruin my good mood today, not when there are so many shockingly reasonable federal court decisions being announced. The first, Padilla v. Kentucky, finds that bad legal advice about the immigration consequences of a criminal guilty plea constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. This is huge. As one immigrants’ [...]

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More Palin!

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

Ross Douthat had a column in the NY Times this morning bemoaning the sexism and elitism motivating the media’s treatment of Sarah Palin. As Adam Serwer points out, this follows a pattern of conservatives suddenly caring about issues like sexism whenever a Republican is affected. (Bonus points for the Futurama reference). This discussion demonstrates part [...]

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Palin, cont.

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

So the word leaking out is that Palin was tired of her contentious relationship with the Alaska legislature, and wants to spend time working on her book and travel the country talking about family values or hockey or whatever the hell she purports to be qualified to speak on. Conflicting reports on whether she’s ruled [...]

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