Patrick Frey’s latest attempt to address intentionalism as it functions in the realm of legal interpretation again falls short — first, because it miscasts my positions, and second, because it draws its conclusions from the very faulty premises it posits. Writes Frey: Goldstein argues that there is a distinction between what a law “means” and what a judge does with that knowledge. However, for Goldstein, judges should always enforce laws
May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010
“Dems: Immigration reform would help reduce deficit”
Because a VAT tax just isn’t as fun to implement if you can’t find an additional 12 or so million people to pony up and pay it. Plus, bonus: 12 million new (potentially Democrat) voters, instantly spawned in the name of “fiscal responsibility”! What’s not to like? From the Hill: Democrats want immigration reform on the table as the White House fiscal commission examines ways to reduce deficits, saying there
May 5, 2010
"Dems: Immigration reform would help reduce deficit"
Because a VAT tax just isn’t as fun to implement if you can’t find an additional 12 or so million people to pony up and pay it. Plus, bonus: 12 million new (potentially Democrat) voters, instantly spawned in the name of “fiscal responsibility”! What’s not to like? From the Hill: Democrats want immigration reform on the table as the White House fiscal commission examines ways to reduce deficits, saying there
May 5, 2010
Compare and contrast
First, exhibit A, here. Next, exhibit B, here. I expect exhibit C will arrive shortly after, with one of our progressive regulars in the comments eager to remind us that those who wander off an ethnic plantation are hardly authentic to begin with — and so as outliers don’t count when it comes to the important business of developing official “diversity” narratives. At which point Exhibit D, the dead body
May 5, 2010
“Third-party election spending surges”
Epistemic closure is beginning to branch out, evidently. Which means William Saletan and Julian Sanchez had better get to work expanding their descriptions of those who occupy the dingy canvas dullards’ tent. Now, were I them, I’d probably just go with “those who don’t self-describe as ‘liberals’, have fired a gun on multiple occasions, and /or are given to eating ‘country-fried’ something or other without irony,” and be done with
May 5, 2010
"Third-party election spending surges"
Epistemic closure is beginning to branch out, evidently. Which means William Saletan and Julian Sanchez had better get to work expanding their descriptions of those who occupy the dingy canvas dullards’ tent. Now, were I them, I’d probably just go with “those who don’t self-describe as ‘liberals’, have fired a gun on multiple occasions, and /or are given to eating ‘country-fried’ something or other without irony,” and be done with