Daily Archives for July 17, 2012

July 17, 2012

“WI Judge Who Signed Walker Recall Petition Tosses State’s Voter ID Law”

TweetIf they can’t beat you at the ballot box they plan on disenfranchising you through political activists appointed to the courts — partisan plants suckled on illegitimate interpretative maneuvers who will declare it a “substantial impairment of the right to … Continue reading

17. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 17, 2012

Fish Tales, redux: Scalia’s faulty textualism [updated]

TweetI’ve written on this before (in a series of posts about egrets and etc.), but in the NYT today, no less an anti-foundationalist icon than Stanley Fish uses an intentionalist argument to correct the faulty hermeneutical assumptions of texualism — … Continue reading

17. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 17, 2012

“Orator Obama offers fainting crowd advice on how to stand listening to him”

TweetMove over, Bill O’Reilly.  It’s Obama who these days is looking out for you: It’s the kind of thing that would have been all over the news all weekend with a previous president. President Obama was — what else? — … Continue reading

17. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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July 17, 2012

69% of young Americans want tax breaks for everyone

TweetBecause of the actual fairness!

17. July 2012 by Jeff G.
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