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|7.20.05 @ 12:57PM|#
A small point: In question 7, "...endorsed a broad definition" would have been better phrasing than "expanded the definition." The Kelo definition has been the status quo for some time, based on the application of rulings from previous cases, and the Kelo ruling just affirmed that those interpretations were correct. The IJ's case was not about stopping the expansion of the definition, but was an attempt to narrow it.
It will be interesting to see if Kelo comes up.
Ranten N. Raven|7.20.05 @ 1:45PM|#
What I want to know is his position on the Second Amendment and so-called "Gun Control."
I share Ann Coulter's suspicions about the nomination of a cypher...is this another "David Souter?" Lord, we should hope not, for he is almost assured to get confirmed.
|7.20.05 @ 1:57PM|#
Nice list, Matt. I've been critical of some of your recent work, but this is well thought out.
You even put the best question first. In fact, if we could get a clear answer to that one, I think we could probably infer the answers to at least half of the rest.
|7.20.05 @ 2:03PM|#
Which Senators qualify as "it"?
|7.20.05 @ 8:11PM|#
What if your Senator is fucking Specter?
Adam|7.20.05 @ 8:54PM|#
[The Raich ruling] exposed a split between Clarence Thomas and fair-weather federalist Antonin Scalia.
Thomas showed his federalist and originalist stripes in his dissent. It was very well written and clearly made the case (using the Founders own writings) about what was meant by "interstate commerce" (and what was not meant by the phrase). Irrelevant for now but worth keeping in mind as Rehnquist stumbles toward an inevitable departure.
It's probably too much to hope that Roberts will stand athwart illiberalism and yell "stop," ...
Nice.