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Government's reply brief on summary judgment
The Government's reply brief in support of summary judgment was filed on Nov. 24, 2004. No hearing date is presently scheduled for this motion.…
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Being FAIR: The Irony of Anti-Gay Cases
In the decade-and-a-half since the infamous decision in Bowers v. Hardwick, the Supreme Court again ruled against gays in two major cases. The first of these w…
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Defending Justice Thomas
In an interview on Meet the Press, Senator Harry Reid, the new leader of the Democrats in the Senate, refers to Justice Thomas as an "embarrassment."…
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Bad News Friday continues past election
A GOP aide owned up today to authoring a provision in a new law that would allow lawmakers to look at any American's income tax return. While the issue has…
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Is Arnold the Manchurian Candidate?
It has just come to my attnetion that the Governator owes allegiance to Old Europe! The SF Chronicle reported last year that A.S. kept his Austrian citizenship…
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A setback in Kahle v. Ashcroft
So the district court has granted the government's motion to dismiss in Kahle v. Ashcroft. Here's the order. We're going to fight on to the Ninth…
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A setback in Kahle v. Ashcroft
So the district court has granted the government's motion to dismiss in Kahle v. Ashcroft. Here's the order. We're going to fight on to the Ninth…
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Arbitraging iTunes?
Apple's price for downloads varies by region--from $0.83 to $1.52. This would suggest a possibility of arbitrage, but Apple's technology eliminates the…
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Drop Origami, Not Bombs
On Sunday, Thailand will seek to improve relations with its Muslim minority by releasing origami birds over the Muslim region. It's hard to know how it wil…
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Dirty Tricks Redux
Bush's former top campaign official in New England has been indicted for disrupting Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts by having a system that would tie up…
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Politicizing Homeland Defense
President Bush is apparently selecting Bernard Kerik, a former NYC Police Commissioner, to the position of Homeland Defense. But Kerik seems to be a committed…
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Department of State Solidly Right Wing
According to Alex Massie, writing for Scotsman.com, "Mr Powell’s deputy, Richard Armitage, also resigned and is expected to be replaced by John Bolton, a h…