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Archives for June 2010

A Reaction to McDonald v. City of Chicago

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A word on “Twilight;” or who wouldn’t laugh at this?

A big “Thank you” goes out to David Edelstein for nicely summarizing the exquisite work of modern fiction that is the phenomenon known as Twilight: Back in Forks in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella and Edward repose in a meadow of soft-focus violets, in which Edward, his ivory skin bejeweled under the sun’s rays, asks Bella […]

FBI snags a ‘femme fatale’ in spy ring

Image via Wikipedia How often does the FBI snag a Russian spy ring that includes all the glamor of a bond girl, the secret signals of cold war espionage, and the prosaic reality that spies are just like us?  Answer: not often enough.  This kind of news is just too fun…especially when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is doing the […]

A few questions for Elena Kagan

A few questions for Elena #Kagan, a la George Will. http://ow.ly/24qQE

McDonald v. City of Chicago is out

Reactions?  Find it here: http://www.chicagoguncase.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/08-1521-tsac-state-of-texas.pdf

A word on originalism, courts and legislatures

The Constitution, though it has an effect superior to other laws, is in its nature the sort of “law” that is the business of the courts…