Comments on: Dorf on Thomas on Noriega

By: The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » The Evenhandedness of Justice Thomas’s Noriega dissent

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:48:44 +0000

[...] Jonathan Adler notes below, Michael Dorf comments favorably on the evenhandedness of Justice Thomas’s description in his [...]

By: Jeff (theCRICKETtoy®) Anderson

Jeff (theCRICKETtoy®) Anderson — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:16:32 +0000

Great response. Of course, I'm 'obviously' a little biased. I'm a fan of anyone talking about crickets chirping. Jeff Anderson theCRICKETtoy® Anytime there is an awkward pause in a conversation, push the button on theCRICKETtoy® and you'll hear "Chirp. Chirp." (crickets chirping)

B.D.: *crickets chirping*I guess it’s hard to get people jazzed about habeas corpus.Noriega is so 80s.

By: Roger the Shrubber

Roger the Shrubber — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:37:15 +0000

Michael Dorf has an interesting post explaining why he thinks Justice Thomas (joined by Justice Scalia) was correct, and most of the remaining justices wrong, to argue that the Court should have accepted certiorari in Noriega v. Pastrana.

That sentence needs some work, I think.

[You're right. I fixed it. -- JHA]

By: B.D.

B.D. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:59:06 +0000

*crickets chirping*

I guess it’s hard to get people jazzed about habeas corpus.

Noriega is so 80s.