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Obama's Pick: High Risk, Low Reward
The announcement that Justice Souter will be stepping down at the end of the term, while not a total shock, certainly focuses the attention
James R. Perkins
May 1, 2009
Blagojevich Bites the Dust
Goodbye Democrat Governor Rod Blagojevich. After a four-day trial, the Illinois Senate voted 59-0 to convict him of abuse of power,...
Armen Boyajian
Jan 29, 2009
There is No "Thurmond Rule"
The oral testimony and written statement of expert witness Denis Steven Rutkus, a federal judiciary specialist for the Congressional...
Armen Boyajian
Jul 14, 2008
Simon Lazarus Polemic
As the punditry dust continues to settle in the aftermath of the lastest Supreme Court term, it is helpful to rebut some of the false accusa
Walter Weber
Aug 6, 2007
'Hypocrisy' on the Right?
To return once more to the PFAW-blog's active criticism of CFJ and other organizations fighting for the fair treatment of federal...
Christina Dahlman
Jul 31, 2007
Harvard Crimson Off the Deep End
Some of the assessments of the Roberts Court are so hyperbolic as to merit special notice. The Harvard Crimson's staff editorial of Apr.
Walter Weber
Jun 27, 2007
Lithwick's civil-liberties blinkers
Dahlia Lithwick compiles a list of the ten worst civil liberties outrages of the past year, which turns out to consist entirely, with not...
Walter Olson
Jan 3, 2007
Point of Law Roundtable on Midterm Elections
Point of Law, a website I run sponsored by the Manhattan Institute and American Enterprise Institute, is currently in its fourth day of a...
Walter Olson
Nov 3, 2006
Dumbest Judicial Ethics Story Ever
ABC News "Nightline" is strongly in contention for that honor with its breathless Brian Ross investigative report on Justice Scalia's...
Walter Olson
Jan 25, 2006
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