When I first read Kelo, one thing that jumped out at me was the cute and endearing description of the way in which local land-use and redevelopment plans are made and implemented. According to Justice Stevens, all the “stakeholders” get together and thoughtfully and selflessly deliberate on what is best for the community. Then in […]
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Hurricane Katrina and New Bankruptcy Law:
Someone might want to make sure the New York Times Editorial Board gets a copy of this as it seemed to be unaware of the actual provisions of the bankruptcy reform legislation in its Editorial the other day: News Advisory For immediate release Contact: Jeff Lungren/Terry Shawn October 5, 2005 202-225-2492 Justice Department Will Utilize […]
I’ve Been Dissed:
Harold Myerson criticizes my naivete on the Editorial Page of the Washington Post this morning as one of “The Right’s Dissed Intellectuals,” leading with an extended quote from my post on “The Court and the Legal Culture“: Bypassing all manner of stellar Scalia look-alikes, the president settled on his own in-house lawyer, whose chief virtue […]
Andrew Cohen on Miers:
CBS News Legal Affairs correspondent Andrew Cohen predicts a nasty confirmation battle for Miers. (HT: Jason Sorens in our Comments).
The Court and the Legal Culture:
Orin rounds up the conservative response to Miers. The chronic complaint, and one that I share, is that this amounts to a squandered opportunity, one that is heightened by the fact that this follows on the heels of the Roberts appointment. So allow me a quick comment on my concerns about the Roberts-Miers ticket. There […]
NY Times on Katrina and Bankruptcy Reform:
The NY Times has another poorly-reasoned and sloppy editorial this morning criticizing the bankruptcy reform legislation, this time using Hurricane Katrina as the hook. The basic thrust is that in some unspecified way, the events of Hurricane Katrina should cause Congress to rethink the bankruptcy reform legislation. And I do mean “unspecified”–the Editorial does not […]
Miers on the War on Terror:
David observes that Miers may have been chosen for a willingness to uphold the administration’s policies in the War on Terror. I recall that when AG Gonzales was under consideration, there was much talk that he might have to recuse himself from war-related cases. Does anyone know whether limitations would apply to Miers? Will she […]
Frum on Miers:
David Frum nicely sums up my concerns about Justice-designate Miers. I encourage you to read the whole thing, I’ll just excerpt a bit: So the question must be asked, as Admiral Rickover once demanded of Jimmy Carter: Why not the best? I worked with Harriet Miers. She’s a lovely person: intelligent, honest, capable, loyal, discreet, […]
Miers Nomination–Well, My Prediction Was Right:
Well, it looks like I was right, but I’m not too happy about it. As I wrote a month ago: Why Roberts? Why did the President decide to nominate Roberts for Chief? The first reason is obvious–the way things are shaping up, he seems like an easy confirmation. But allow me to propose a second, […]
More On “‘Hunting Terrorists’ At Bucknell”:
The other day I posted on Evan Coyne Maloney’s report of students being called on the carpet at Bucknell for inviting a speaker to campus who was advertised as “Hunting Terrorists” at Bucknell. Maloney has an update on subsequent developments and now it appears that Bucknell is backpedaling rapidly. The new post has the entirety […]
More on Thucydides:
I received the following email from a reader that triggers a random thought. First the email: VC post on separation between elites and warriors. I often had the same thought on reflecting on the lists of names of those Northwestern Law graduates who died in the World Wars, etched in stone on the walls of […]
Student Perspective on ROTC:
This week’s issue of the Dartmouth Free Press, a liberal student newspaper, has a thoughtful personal essay by a Dartmouth ROTC cadet discussing his experience on campus here. I think the essay provides some interesting context on the campus ROTC issue and the Solomon Amendment litigation, and in particular. The article opens with a quote […]
More on God and Man At Dartmouth:
The other day I posted on the Convocation speech given by Dartmouth Student Assembly President Noah Riner and the campus reaction, including a column by William F. Buckley. Doug Lederman at Inside Higher Ed has an excellent and insightful round-up of the affair, including a follow-up interview with Mr. Riner. Some interesting Comments there too […]
God and Man at Dartmouth:
At his convocation speech welcoming new students to campus a week or so ago, Dartmouth Student Assembly President Noah Riner gave a speech about the need for students to develop character as well as knowledge during their time in college. He quoted Bono, Martin Luther King, Shakespeare, and Jesus as individuals who exemplified good character. […]
“Hunting Terrorists” at Bucknell:
Apparently the sensitivities of terrorists are easily upset: On August 29th, the Bucknell University Conservatives Club sent out a campus-wide e-mail announcing an upcoming speaker: Major John Krenson, who had been in Afghanistan “hunting terrorists.” Those two words–“hunting terrorists”–resulted in three students being called to Bucknell’s Office of the President by Kathy Owens, the Executive […]