Aspazia: "Next time you meet a "pro-choice" Republican, just remember, they might care about their own choice, but they could give a rat's ass about yours." Indeed, and this goes for Republicans who hint at "moderation" on choice as well. This is what makes the...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Apparently she's in a lot of trouble. And while officially I still maintain that voting for a third party is stupid given the high stakes involved, and even though I.
Many people I spoke to about seeing the Lourve pretty much said that it wasn't terribly exciting. I guess it's sort of like Citizen Kane; once a reputation reaches a.
Several of the cases recently handed down by the Supreme Court have been interesting more for what they tell us about the future than for the cases themselves. An excellent example is today's decision in Burlington Northern v. White, the case where a woman was...
Maha says all that needs to be said in re: the ridiculous touts of "new" WMD discoveries by various Republican operatives:I keep reading, and find that this is not a.
Radley Balko's post about Scalia's Orwellian citations made me think of two points I neglected in my previous post on the subject: Scalia's causal logic is, indeed, bizarre--the fact that.
I have an article in the print edition of the latest American Prospect, which examines and--I humbly submit--thoroughly demolishes the "pro-choice" anti-Roe arguments that are so prevalent among liberal pundits these days, looking at both arguments about the impact on reproductive rights and the political...
One good thing about food allergy illnesses as compared to food poisoning: the former is excruciatingly unpleasant for about 3 hours and then you're more or less free to resume.
Ugh. My sentiments here. As zuzu suggests, I'm not entirely sure what the forced pregnancy lobby and its legislative supporters are up to in LA and SD. As I've said.
The Supreme Court handed down a divided opinion about the applicability of the Clean Water Act today. I'll let my two legal-eagle guest bloggers (and environmental policy specialist co-blogger) parse out the details; in summary, existing Army Corps of Engineers interpretation of the scope of...
With respect to the merits of Hudson v. Michigan, I remain mostly happy to second iocaste and Lindsay. I have a couple of additional points: Orin Kerr notes the distinctly.
Ezra suggests that, at least in California, initiatives are becoming toxically unpopular. I certainly hope that this is true, although I wonder how much of this was related to the.