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Posted Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, at 4:43 PM
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On this week's Slate Political Gabfest, John Dickerson, David Plotz, Cord Jefferson, and Dahlia Lithwick discuss the Proposition 8 decision, New York's Islamic Center controversy, and prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus facing ethics investigations.
Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:
Adam Liptak's New York Times piece on the conservatism of the Supreme Court.
Dahlia's Slate piece on the Proposition 8 decision.
George Packer's New Yorker article on the Senate.
Mayor Bloomberg's speech about the Islamic Center in New York.
David chatters about Christopher Hitchens' piece for Vanity Fair about his battle with cancer.
John chatters about Gen. Petraeus' new rules of engagement for Afghanistan.
Cord chatters about the Walking Man in response to David's critique last week.
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David Plotz is the Editor of Slate. He's the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and Good Book. He appears on Slate's Political Gabfest.
John Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of On Her Trail. He can be reached at slatepolitics@gmail.com. Read his series on the presidency and his series on risk. Follow him on Twitter.
Cord Jefferson is a staff writer for The Root.
Dahlia Lithwick writes about the courts and the law for Slate.