[Volokh] Jim Lindgren: Trouble With Commas: More on Miers' Writing.--

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Posted by Jim Lindgren: Trouble With Commas: More on Miers' Writing.-- http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129745688 The written response of Harriett Miers to Senate questions does little to comfort those of us concerned about her writing ability (tip to [1]Co

[Volokh] Orin Kerr: Top 10 Questions To Ask During Law Firm Interviews:

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Posted by Orin Kerr: Top 10 Questions To Ask During Law Firm Interviews: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129746107 It's callback season at law firms around the country, and that means thousands of law students are donning suits and interviewing for summer

[Volokh] Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): Marriage Debate DataDump:

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Posted by Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): Marriage Debate DataDump: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129747279 I decided some people needed to see this, before I could go on: 1. Does society need babies? The U.S. is the only Western democracy anywhere

[Volokh] Orin Kerr: Miers Hearings Scheduled for Nov. 7th:

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Posted by Orin Kerr: Miers Hearings Scheduled for Nov. 7th: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129753074 [1]CBS News has the scoop. I was also interested to see that Senators Specter and Leahy [2]penned a letter to Miers asking for more detailed answers to th

[Volokh] Todd Zywicki: New London Severs Ties with NLDC:

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Posted by Todd Zywicki: New London Severs Ties with NLDC: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129753504 Sorry to keep coming back to the Kelo story, but the whole thing continues to get more and more strange. [1]AP is now reporting that the City of New London

[Volokh] Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): The Marriage Debates: What's the Harm?

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Posted by Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): The Marriage Debates: What's the Harm? http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129756529 What worries me about SSM? The big picture: we are in the middle of a huge and only partly acknowledged crisis around marriage an

[Volokh] Todd Zywicki: Our Secret Is Out:

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Posted by Todd Zywicki: Our Secret Is Out: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129759307 From John Miller's column in this week's National Review (p. 44): "Several universities have managed to poach talent by accepting conservatives rejected by more prest

[Volokh] Jim Lindgren: Cass Sunstein on Ideological Voting on the Court of Appeals.--

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Posted by Jim Lindgren: Cass Sunstein on Ideological Voting on the Court of Appeals.-- http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129761116 Last night I went to the Rational Choice Workshop at the University of Chicago (run by Gary Becker and Dick Posner). Cass Sunstein

[Volokh] Orin Kerr: Question on the Marriage Debates:

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Posted by Orin Kerr: Question on the Marriage Debates: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129764059 Whether states should recognize same-sex marriages strikes me as a very complex question, one that taps into lots of different instincts and arguments. I confe

[Volokh] Jim Lindgren: More Criticisms of Miers' Response to the Senate.--

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Posted by Jim Lindgren: More Criticisms of Miers' Response to the Senate.-- http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129766958 Professor Bainbridge [1]reviews some of the criticisms of Harriet Miers' submission to the Senate Judiciary Committee. In particular, he q

[Volokh] Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): The Marriage Debate, What's the Harm? (cont.):

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Posted by Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): The Marriage Debate, What's the Harm? (cont.): http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129775642 Let me clarify: this is not a question of motive. It�s a question of the internal logic of the position being promoted. The

[Volokh] Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): Marriage Debate and Motives:

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Posted by Maggie Gallagher (guest-blogging): Marriage Debate and Motives: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129776523 I should say that I always assume good will and I know most people who support gay marriage do not want to hurt marriage. But it is also t

[Volokh] Orin Kerr: Understanding the Argument:

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Posted by Orin Kerr: Understanding the Argument: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_16-2005_10_22.shtml#1129779807 Reading over the various posts and comments, I think I'm beginning to understand the argument Maggie is making. The argument is that extending marriage to include sa