Archive for June, 2012
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Judicial Review
Posted on June 25, 2012
Unlike Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall, Barack Obama and John Roberts are not cousins. But like the famous cousins, the current president and chief justice don’t seem to like each...
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Eat Dirt
Posted on June 22, 2012
There was a fascinating little article in the New York Times yesterday by Jeff Leach, a science and archaeology writer and founder of the Human Food Project (Dirtying Up Our...
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Contempt: Eric Holder’s Reputation
Posted on June 21, 2012
In 1821, the Supreme Court found in Anderson v. Dunn, that Congress’ power to hold someone in contempt was essential to ensure that Congress was “… not exposed to every...
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Rust Belt Moving Against Obama
Posted on June 20, 2012
President Obama made a tactically brilliant decision to put Mitt Romney in a box last week on immigration when he announced that he wasn’t going to enforce certain of laws...
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The Bipartisanship Myth
Posted on June 19, 2012
First published in The Hill. Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann recently released It’s Even Worse Than It Looks, a book dedicated to the principle that bipartisanship is a worthy goal...
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