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Convictions: Slate's blog on legal issues
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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...
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For what it's worth, Bill Kristol was on Fox News Sunday claiming that "very soon," Sens. McCain and Graham would introduce national security court legislation in the wake of Boumediene . Kristol, of course, may be trying to create facts on the ground. Read More...
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Judicial Activism is a largely fictitious issue that won't play in the 2008 campaign. The friendly differences of opinion among Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Alito, Scalia and Thomas illustrate why not. Read More...
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Diane, we're in full agreement on the point that the nation would benefit from the appointment of a "lawyer's lawyer" to the Supreme Court . While I can think of a number of federal judges (and even a couple of law professors) who I think would do a fine Read More...
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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...
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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...
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There's more than just agreement between John McCain and Doug Kmiec; McCain and Obama have points of constitutional agreement as well. Exploring that common ground is far preferrable than McCain's giving unrefined insult to federal judges or just taking a swipe at his Democratic opponent for President. Read More...
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Doug, I'm interested in learning more about your criticism of Sen. McCain's speech. In particular, I'm curious about the differences between what Sen. McCain said in yesterday's speech and your own well-known criticisms of the federal bench and the Supreme Read More...
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The media missed the story on the McCain judges speech and the Democrats are bound and determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of Obama's likely nomination victory. Read More...
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Presumptive Repubican presidential nominee John McCain will speak today on his philosophy of judging. From the looks of it , it doesn't figure to be anything particularly surprising. Just claims that Roberts and Alito are against judicial activism while Read More...
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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...
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As Melinda Henneberger notes, Sen. Obama is being accused of displaying a profound misunderstanding of so-called Midwestern or small-town values based on a recent comment. The senator explained how voters—angry and demoralized by their economic circumstance Read More...
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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...
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