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Entries by Doug Kendall from 04/2008

The Constitution at Constitution Hall

| Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
Read More: Guantanamo, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Stephanapoulous, Gibson, Second Amendment, Constitution, Executive Power, Guns, Constitution Constitution Hall, Supreme Court, 2nd Amendment, Hillary Clinton Gun Control, Obama Gun Control, Gun Control, Charlie Gibson, Pennsylvania Debate, George Stephanopoulos, ABC Debate, Abc, Politics News

Of the many important topics that got left on the cutting room floor Wednesday night as Gibson and Stephanopoulos played gotcha, perhaps the most surprising victim was the Constitution itself.

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Cruel and Unusual Originalism

| Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Conservative Legal Movement, Baze, Progressives, Eighth Amendment, Originalism, Death Penalty, Justice Scalia, Justice Stevens, Cruel and Unusual, Text and History, Justice Thomas, Politics News

Could Alabama bring back the whipping post or brand the skin of a thief with a scarlet T, and not run afoul of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition agai...

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Obama, Wright and the Agency Problem

| Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
Read More: Barack Obama Reverend Wright, Politics News

As Barack Obama tries to heal this country's racial wounds, Jeremiah Wright seems intent to pick off the scab. This would not be so harmful to Obama ...

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