Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - Posts
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I just can’t muster up a lot of outrage about Indiana’s Voter ID law. Tim is right that we have a de facto national ID now. The Indiana law is nothing like a poll tax: This law may or may not be attacking a nonexistent problem of voter fraud, but either Read More...
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Jeremiah Wright is one interesting fella, but having gone way over the top, he is no longer Obama's problem. Read More...
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A colleague forwarded this memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England directing the promotion of the Army, Navy, and Air Force's top uniformed lawyers — giving them an additional star and promotion to lieutenant general or vice admiral, respectively. Read More...
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Ooof—well, Dawn , I certainly didn't intend to leave the impression there are no differences between Indiana Dems and Republicans. And perhaps I may be granted some dispensation for having lived in the district that elected Dan Burton , R-Ind., to Congress. Read More...
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Oh, Deborah ! Writing that there are negligible differences between Hoosier Ds and Rs, just days before our election! Last night I co-hosted a fundraiser here in Bloomington, Ind., aimed at electing a Democrat to replace Republican Mitch Daniels as governor Read More...
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Earlier this month, I wrote about a lawsuit against the government brought by the family members of Francisco Castaneda, who was refused a biopsy for a lesion on his penis while in immigration custody, and then died after having his penis amputated. The Read More...
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The Roberts Court is successfully pursuing consensus across ideological lines using the distinction between facial and as applied constitutional challenges. For a Court that is made up of both conservatives and liberals, it allows both to be both at the same time. Read More...
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Twenty-five years ago today, Chicago made history when Harold Washington was sworn in as mayor . The 42 nd person to lead America's Second City, Washington, who was serving in Congress at the time of his election, became the first African-American to Read More...
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