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"Reaganites for Obama?"

Posted on February 14, 2008
[Sit down, Rick. Are you ready for this?} Doug Kmiec--of Pepperdine Law; formerly dean of the Catholic University School of Law--was a Romney supporter... but now he is supporting Obama. According to Kmiec, "Barack Obama is a natural for the...

More on Scalia and Torture

Posted on February 14, 2008
I need to get ready for class, so this post has to be short and perhaps a little sloppy. In response to the questions Rick mentions, I agree that they raise difficult issues. (Scalia, by the way, does not agree....

Response to Eduardo

Posted on February 14, 2008
"C'mon Rick," my friend Eduardo writes. Alright. Starting with Eduardo's second point -- and putting aside the question whether Justice Scalia is the one who should be doing the asking - I do think it is fair to ask those...

Come on, Rick

Posted on February 14, 2008
Rick says: Now, it would be absurd (wouldn't it?) to say that precisely the same constitutional (and extra-constitutional) regulations that apply to garden-variety interrogations of suspects must apply, in the same way, to a "ticking timb bomb" interrogation...

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Saletan vs. George/Tollefsen on the Embryo

Posted on February 13, 2008
In Sunday's New York Times, William Saletan reviewed Robert George's and Christopher Tollefsen's new book, Embryo: A Defense of Human Life. George and Tollefsen responded, and now Saletan has made some additional points in reply. It's a debate that is...

Scalia on "torture", cont'd

Posted on February 13, 2008
So, let's bracket the question whether Justice Scalia's recent comments on torture, punishment, and the Constitution were as judicious and careful as we'd like judges' comments to be. And, let's also take as given that all of us here at...

Religion and Child Custody

Posted on February 13, 2008
Interesting story in this morning's New York Times, here.

Scalia on Torture

Posted on February 12, 2008
Scalia on torture on the BBC (HT TPM): "You can't come in smugly and with great self satisfaction and say 'Oh it's torture, and therefore it's no good'," he said in a rare interview. . . . In the interview...

?GU Must Allow for Safe Sex?, but I ask, ?Why??

Posted on February 12, 2008
Earlier today, I wrote and submitted the following letter in response to an editorial appearing in this morning?s (February 12, 2008) electronic edition of one of the student-initiated papers at Georgetown University, The Hoya. The editorial is entitled ?GU Must...

More on Scalia on "So-Called" Torture

Posted on February 12, 2008
New York Times February 12, 2008 US Judge Scalia on 'So - Called Torture' By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON (AP) -- One of the United States' top judges said in an interview broadcast in Britain on Tuesday that interrogators can...

The Death Penalty Lives!

Posted on February 11, 2008
This sends a wonderful message to the rest of the world, doesn't it? Shows them what we stand for! New York Times February 11, 2008 U.S. Said to Seek Execution for 6 in Sept. 11 Case By WILLIAM GLABERSON Military...

The Archbishop and Shari'a

Posted on February 11, 2008
What do, or should, we think of this? Ruth Gledhill has some sharp criticisms of the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent suggestion that aspect of shari'a law be adopted into British law, in the interest of maintaining "social cohesion." (The article...

Civility in Politics

Posted on February 11, 2008
If you would like to be a signatory to this statement on civility in poliitcs, please e-mail Professor Ed Gaffney at Valparaiso Univeresity School of Law: Edward.Gaffney@valpo.edu If you would like to see a list of the current signatories, click...

Update from Gerry Whyte on the Situation in Ireland

Posted on February 11, 2008
RTE News http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0211/church.html Connell withdraws bid to stop files examined Monday, 11 February 2008 Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has welcomed the decision by Cardinal Desmond Connell to withdraw his High Court attempt to stop the Government-appointed commission examining diocesan child abuse...

Brewbaker on Obamahuckamania

Posted on February 11, 2008
Alabama law prof Bill Brewbaker comments on my recent posts on Barack Obama: [Obama] and Huckabee have both exploited the (worldly) idea that things would be ok if only "people like us" were in charge (Barack: educated, smart progressives; Huck:...

Sullivan and Dionne on Democrats and Religion

Posted on February 10, 2008
From today's NY TImes Book Review: the Democratic Party?s long string of counterproductive responses to the enduring influence of the religious right has had the cumulative effect of driving away any type of base with the word ?faith? attached to...

"The Things that are not Caesar's"

Posted on February 10, 2008
Here's more information about a conference, on religious freedom and church-autonomy, that will be of interest, I suspect, to many MOJ readers. If you are in or near DC, please consider attending. The invited presenters make up a rock-star list:...

Stuntz's "Inconvenient Truths"

Posted on February 10, 2008
As Michael S. just noted, Professor Bill Stuntz has a characteristically thoughtful essay, "The Inconvenient Truths of 2008," over at The Weekly Standard. Professor Stuntz writes -- and I agree -- that conservatives need to understand the "inconvenient truth" that...

Bill Stuntz on Abortion (and other things)

Posted on February 10, 2008
In this article in The Weekly Standard, Bill Stuntz argues as he has elsewhere that the political battle to overturn Roe has been fought and won by the pro-choice side. Any comments?

A response from a reader

Posted on February 08, 2008
I received earlier today an e-mail response on the Parker case on which Richard M. and I recently commented after the First Circuit issued its opinion on January 31. The author of the e-mail is Professor Scott FitzGibbon of Boston...

More on Obama Mania

Posted on February 07, 2008
Confession: I attended the Dems' caucus on Tuesday night with the intention of voting for Obama, but the crush of humanity (the vast majority of whom did vote for him) made me give up and return home. Against that background,...

Please come to Boston in the springtime . . .

Posted on February 07, 2008
Now is the time to register for the Religiously Affiliated Law Schools conference, hosted this year by Boston College from April 6th to the 8th. Details and registration forms are available here. The lineup of speakers includes MoJ-ers Susan Stabile....

A Gathering of Interest

Posted on February 07, 2008
Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Legal Perspectives on Life Issues Slowinski Courtroom Monday, February 11 4:30 p.m. Join us for a panel discussion of life issues and the law including health care and freedom of conscience, end...

Interesting Statement on Barack Obama

Posted on February 07, 2008
Some MOJ readers will be interested in this statement by Professor Larry Lessig of Stanford Law School, on why Barack Obama is a much better candidate for the presidency than Hillary Clinton.

"Religion and the Constitution" at Princeton

Posted on February 07, 2008
If you are in the area, consider coming to this conference, on "The Contributions of William H. Rehnquist to Constitutional Jurisprudence", tomorrow at Princeton. The conference is co-sponsored by the James Madison Program there and by the Program in Law...

Waterboarding Is Not Torture, But, to the Contrary, Is "Safe and Professional"!

Posted on February 07, 2008
Whew! That's a relief! Now, on to more pressing problems ... New York Times February 7, 2008 Cheney Defends Use of Harsh Interrogation By DAVID STOUT and SCOTT SHANE WASHINGTON ? Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday vigorously defended the...

A Lenten Fast

Posted on February 06, 2008
From the Office of the Readings for Ash Wednesday, taken from Isaiah 58 The Lord says - ?Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let...

The Subjective Experience of Punishment

Posted on February 06, 2008
Punishment theory is a recurring topic here on MoJ, and Princeton's Adam Kolber has posted an interesting paper that might prompt more conversation: The Subjective Experience of Punishment. (HT: Solum) Here's the abstract: Suppose two people commit the same crime...

The Big Day

Posted on February 06, 2008
So, Super Tuesday is done, the Holiday partying has subsided, the college-football season is (thankfully) a fading memory, the commercial-fest -- I mean, Super Bowl -- is done . . . and so, now, finally, today we can get to...

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