Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Bad Timing:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253193006
I'll leave the question of whether [1]President Obama's decision to
abandon a planned missile defense of Poland and the Czech Republic is
good or bad policy. As a matter of
Posted by David Bernstein:
American Jews, Liberalism, and the Democratic Party:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253199701
I may make a more detailed contribution to the debate soon, but for
now I wanted to point out that [1]Norman Podhoretz and others are
Posted by Orin Kerr:
Count the Errors:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253204659
Once in a while I come across an op-ed filled with so many errors,
misstatements, and plainly weak claims that the mere number of those
becomes far more interesting than the
Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Today in History:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253208256
[1]The U.S. Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787. (Thanks to
[2]InstaPundit for the reminder.)
References
1.
Posted by Eugene Volokh:
How Science Reporting Works:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253212662
From [1]SMBC Comics. Thanks to [2]GeekPress for the pointer.
References
1. http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comicsid=1623
2. http://geekpress.com/
Posted by Paul Cassell:
Obama's Health Care Myths
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253216538
John Lott has [1]this interesting post about President Obama's health
care myths. Here is the lead:
Two claims are made all the time in the health care debate:
Posted by Paul Cassell:
Illegal Alien vs. Undocumented Alien:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253217076
Following up on [1]Eugene's post, the always-helpful Bryan Garner
concludes in his excellent resource, A Dictionary of Modern Legal
Usage: The usual
Posted by Eugene Volokh:
The Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253219546
will be in D.C. this year from Thursday, November 12 to Saturday,
November 14. As always, it should be a very interesting and
educational
Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Oregon Attorney General's Office Claims Copyright in
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253220102
the [1]Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual; now a
University of Oregon Economics professor, Bill Harbaugh, has [2]posted
Posted by Jonathan Adler:
What Treasury's Climate Memo Does [And Does Not] Reveal:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253224570
A [1]confidential Treasury Department memo from March 2009, obtained
by the Competitive Enterprise Institute through a FOIA request,
Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Lethal Mulligan:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253226948
Ohio authorities were supposed to execute Romell Bloom on Tuesday.
Technicians spent two hours trying to find a vein to use for the
lethal injection procedure, to no
Posted by Orin Kerr:
Gerard Lynch Confirmed to Second Circuit:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253229151
Gerard Lynch has been [1]confirmed to the Second Circuit by the U.S.
Senate by a vote of 94-3. Judge Lynch has been an outstanding District
Judge, and
Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Indiana Voter ID Law Struck Down:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253233567
The Indiana voter identification law that had been upheld by the U.S.
Supreme Court in [1]Crawford v. Marion County Election Board was held
Posted by Ilya Somin:
Political Ignorance and Jewish Perceptions of tConservatives and the Religious
Right:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253236970
In a [1]recent post, co-blogger David Bernstein rightly takes me to
task for omitting political ignorance
Posted by Eugene Volokh:
A Better Sort of King:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253222113
[Warning: None of this is remotely related to any area of expertise
that I actually possess.]
So I've long been annoyed by monarchies -- including the most
Posted by Orin Kerr:
Federal Judge Resigns After 3 Years on Bench, Citing Low Judicial Salary:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253245191
[1]Above the Law has the scoop about the resignation of District Judge
Stephen Larson, a 44-year old Bush appointee out
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