|
|
Convictions: Slate's blog on legal issues
-
Dr. James Dobson is an important and influential voice in support of the family. Many, including myself, have come to respect his considered judgment. Dobson's almost inexplicable, if not incomprehensible, misreading and distortion of Senator Obama's eloquent appreciation for faith in America is an unfocused and unfortunate misleading of the family. Read More...
-
Health care reform occupies one of the top three spots in the general election mind, vying with Iraq and the wounded economy. A debate between Tommy Thompson and Tom Daschle at the National Constitution Center suggests that the infirmities or non-action of the Bush administration may infect John McCain's ideas for reform. Read More...
-
I'll get to Phil's McCain-Obama-and-the-courts question in a sec. But I first have to say that while I'm generally a big fan of David Savage's at the L.A. Times , there are parts of this latest piece that sound like they could've been written by Rush Read More...
-
Contemplating abortion and same-sex marriage as beyond all governmental power to either approve or disapprove. Might government silence over topics where the culture is deeply divided be part of Senator Obama's national reconciliation effort?
Read More...
-
David Savage writes in today's Los Angeles Times about the deep divide between the Obama and McCain camps over what kind of judges should be appointed to serve on federal courts, including the Supreme Court. Savage boils down the issue to this: Sen. McCain Read More...
-
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright should not be disowned by Barack Obama. He is too important in the narrative of a political campaign anchored in bridging differences -- an activity that no one ever said would be easy or politically expedient. Read More...
-
John McCain has some well-heeled friends -- and donors, and they have some strange ideas about what they're entitled to in the way of congressional attention. Well come to think of it, the idea of helping large campaign donors profit from public programs is neither strange, and apart from bribery and the like, nor illegal -- and that's what is really strange and disheartening. Read More...
-
Senator Obama has campaigned as a unifier transcending the divisions of old politics. There is no subject on which there is greater division than abortion. Winning the Pennsylvania primary and the nomination may well depend on leading now, and not just on "day one," with a tangible, common ground proposal suggesting how the incidence of abortion might be reduced while still respecting the integrity of a woman's decision. Read More...
-
President Obama wisely signals that his administration will not start out by setting old scores with the Bush administration absent the most unmistakeable showing of criminal intent. His own appointments will determine whether history repeats itself. Read More...
-
Will Bunch, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, asked Sen. Barack Obama about the question we've been batting around for the last week or two on Convictions -- whether some Bush administration officials might face a criminal investigation or prosecution Read More...
-
Are Federalist Society principles transferrable to Democratic candidates? Is there an original understanding of the separation of powers and federalism that would be of service to either party's policies? Read More...
-
David, your point about home rule is well taken, but even in cities with broad home rule, local authority is often quite limited. Two examples from the city that knows how (but still can’t, as it happens). California cities have very broad home-rule powers—among Read More...
-
A new study says women with children are less "productive" at work. Maybe it's time law firms and corporations -- and men -- restructure employment relationships to recognize that many women want to be both parent and professional, and the culture would be better off if we made that easier to do. Read More...
-
Plenty of wags have compared Hillary Clinton to a zombie or the Terminator—she claws her way back to her feet and limps on when any mere mortal would be long dead. But the real reanimated corpse of this election is the contemptible question of whether Read More...
-
According to our colleagues at Trailhead the Clinton campaign has questioned whether Obama lied when he claimed to be a law professor at U of Chicago. Formally his position was Senior Lecturer. In a way this is almost too silly to merit a response: when Read More...
-
My endorsement of Senator Obama seems to have piqued some Republican and Catholic interest in the Senator, and whether as a consequence, I should be: (A.) tried by military commission or (B.) simply shot on the blogosphere of battle. All things considered, I guess I should just be happy to learn John McCain wants to shutter Gitmo, but in genuine respect of, and gratitude to, the many who have shared their own thoughts, here is a bit more explanation. Read More...
-
Two thoughts in response to Marty's provocative questions : First, I think having a relatively independent DNI probably is manageable constitutionally. We already have, after all, an FBI director who is appointed for a term of years that does not coincide Read More...
-
Doug , In a word: Welcome . Read More...
-
CNN says the blogosphere is abuzz with news of the Obama passport story , so I feel somehow obliged to make it true. Trouble is, I'd always figured most lawyers should have way more questions than answers at such an early point in such a story. So what Read More...
-
I thought Obama’s speech on race was possibly the best thing any politician has said about race in decades (note the qualification: any politician. ) Putting Rev. Wrights’ comments in the context of understandable, if misdirected, black anger over real Read More...
| | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article?
|
|
|