The Volokh Conspiracy
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The Volokh Conspiracy is a weblog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. Technorati at one time rated this blog the 100th most popular worldwide in 2006, measured by unique links. This group blog has more than a dozen contributors, most of whom are law professors. Each blog entry is signed. The Volokh Conspiracy was recently cited by the New York Times in an article dealing with the paucity of female Supreme Court clerks. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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More on Ted Olson's federal lawsuit for gay marriage:
(Blog Post) To be honest, when I first heard that former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson, a rock-solid member of the conservative legal movement, had filed a federal lawsuit to ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Losing California
Mostly, my heart breaks for the gay couples and their children who had a five-month window in which their families could celebrate the ultimate expression of commitment and ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Ronald Reagan on Immigration
Conservative Republican have been outdoing each other in claiming the mantle of Ronald Reagan. Ironically, however, many conservatives are simultaneously outdoing each other ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
France will not abandon the women who are condemned to the burqa
In English: "I want to launch a call to all those in the world who believe in the values of tolerance, of liberty, of democacy and of humanism, to all those who are persecuted ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Why Haven't We Written About the US Attorneys' Story?:
On a more serious note, I haven't written about the U.S. Attorney's story because I'm having a hard time figuring out just how big a deal it is. Parts of it are obviously very ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Presidential candidates on the Second Amendment
If you take Second Amendment issues into account when deciding whom to support, or if you simply are interested how the candidates will likely fare with an important bloc of ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Half the Story
Don Surber notes, quoting a correspondent: Today's approval numbers via Rasmussen are: 45% approval for Bush 43% approval for Pelosi Well, that's half the numbers. ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Sonia Sotomayor versus the Second Amendment
(Blog Post) Judge Sotomayor's record suggests hostility, rather than empathy, for the tens of millions of Americans who exercise their right to keep and bear arms.Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Obama on Redistribution of Wealth
On the issue of whether Obama endorses redistribution of wealth through the courts, it certainly sounds to me like he thinks the Rodriguez case (holding 5-4 that unequal ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
From Crony Capitalism to Crony Community Organizing
Much of the blogosphere is up in arms because of the provision in Senator Dodd's financial bailout bill that might funnel profits from the bailout plan to ACORN Housing ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
Charlie Gibson's Big Mistake
Outrageously, in his interview Gibson claimed that Sarah Palin had called the Iraq War "a task . . . from God." No she didn't. She prayed that it was a task from God. As I ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
Obama's speech includes more negative attacks than Palin's
Like Palin, Obama generally prefers to attack without using sarcasm. Also like Palin, Obama sometimes uses hyperbole to characterize his opponents' views.Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Those radical gay-loving Republicans
support for civil unions, an idea that just ten years ago would have been thought radical by most people -- and certainly by Republicans -- is quickly becoming the default ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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