Posted by Orin Kerr:
Strange:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_11_02-2008_11_08.shtml#1225913201
In response to [1]my post last night poking fun at both sides of the
aisle for their (forthcoming) switch in arguments, [2]Glenn Greenwald
writes, with my emphasis added:
George Washington University Law Professor Orin Kerr -- a leading
apologist for many (though not all) of the lawless and radical Bush
policies of the last eight years -- last night smugly predicted
that Democrats who spent the last eight years opposing executive
power expansions and an oversight-free Presidency will now reverse
positions, while Republicans who have been vehement advocates of a
strong executive and opposed to meaningful Congressional oversight
will do the same.
I suppose if you're going to be accused of being an "apologist,"
it's nice to be a "leading" one. No point in being a following
apologist, after all. But does anyone know what "lawless and radical"
policies I apparently served as an apologist for? I am genuinely
curious. I realize it might just be Greenwald's shtick to throw labels
around to describe people who do not always agree with him, but I
figured I would ask anyway in case there are some actual examples that
I should address.
References
1. http://volokh.com/posts/1225858249.shtml
2. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/05/supreme_court/index.html
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