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Another case supporting the doctrine of "Free-speech, so long as we agree."
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ACLU report tells of prison terrors that allegedly occurred during and after Hurricane Katrina last year. The report states that the prison "lost electricity and backup generators when it was inundated by floodwater. Stuck without food or water, inmates broke windows, burned blankets and rammed holes in buildings." A building in New Orleans lost power and was flooded during Hurricane Katrina? I don't believe it! Inmates rioted when presented the opportunity? Again, I'm shocked! Thanks to the ACLU for pointing out the obvious! Maybe when an earthquake hits California, they will issue a report on how ceiling tiles fell at San Quentin...
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Robert Novak describes how "Hillary gets slapped down!"
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Nigerian business scam. It's not the republicans who are corrupt. It's the politicians.
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At least there wasn't water nearby.
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UM Professor Steve Vladeck is quoted several times in this ABA article concerning SCOTUS's denial of cert in the Padilla case. While I disagreed with Professor's Vladeck's position on the Unicco strike, I think it is valuable for UM to have a professor who is recognized in his field. The more faculty UM has who are recognized like this, the more respect UM and our degrees will have.
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Justice Ginsburg can't retire soon enough. However, we will probably have to live with her for a while. As this article points out, she has very extreme views on the role of international law in the context of Constitutional interpretation. Foreign law has no place in determing how our government is constructed. Her veiw is the legal equivalent of trying to construct a building by looking at the blueprints and specifications for a completely different building. Even if she does not retire soon, we will hopefully get one more Bush appointed justice who will resist this line of thinking.
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Why we must hope that President Bush gets one more opportunity to appoint a Justice to the Supreme Court before his term is over.
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Lunacy at UM as wacky professors "refused to cross the picket lines on campus." Never mind the inconvenience to students, we've got to get the janitors "fair wage[s]" as one professor put. What, the federal minimum wage and the recently passed state minimum wage law aren't enough?
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Great post at redstate on why judicial activism is wrong:
This quote sums it up best:
"What judges give, judges can take away, and since they can easily give us new rights, they can just as easily take them away. And that's why the radical left is hysterical with fear right now. "
RedState
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