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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Convictions : Federalist Society</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Federalist+Society/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Federalist Society</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Down at the Tavern—Debating Liberty, Equality, and Same-Sex Marriage</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/06/06/down-at-the-tavern-debating-liberty-equality-and-same-sex-marriage.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3081</guid><dc:creator>Doug Kmiec</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/comments/3081.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3081</wfw:commentRss><description>An ingeniously arranged Federalist Society Same-Sex Debate between Dale Carpenter and Doug Kmiec becomes a robust occasion for re-examing the liberty-equality debate among Heather Gerken-Kenji Yoshino and Larry Tribe.  Pull up a stool and weigh in . . . ....(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/06/06/down-at-the-tavern-debating-liberty-equality-and-same-sex-marriage.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3081" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Federalist+Society/default.aspx">Federalist Society</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/same-sex+marriage/default.aspx">same-sex marriage</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/california+gay+marriage/default.aspx">california gay marriage</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Laurence+Tribe+Heather+Gerken+equality+liberty_3A00_douglas+w.kmiec/default.aspx">Laurence Tribe Heather Gerken equality liberty:douglas w.kmiec</category></item><item><title>Can a Federalist Society Guy Be for Obama?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/04/12/can-a-federalist-society-guy-be-for-obama.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2494</guid><dc:creator>Doug Kmiec</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/comments/2494.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2494</wfw:commentRss><description>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? ...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/04/12/can-a-federalist-society-guy-be-for-obama.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2494" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Douglas+W.+Kmiec/default.aspx">Douglas W. Kmiec</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Obama/default.aspx">Obama</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Federalist+Society/default.aspx">Federalist Society</category></item></channel></rss>