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Blog Entries by Doug Kendall from 06/2008

Fear-Mongering, Activism, and the Guantanamo Cases

| Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Antonin Scalia, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Constitution, Habeas Corpus, Politics News

By Doug Kendall and Elizabeth Wydra Conservatives love to decry result-oriented judging--except when they don't like the results compelled by the law...

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John Roberts Visits Highway 61

| Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy, Highway 61 Revisited, Antonin Scalia, Guantanamo, Bob Dylan, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Sprint Supreme Court Case, Politics News

As the Sprint case indicates, the Supreme Court's liberals are increasingly finding that constitutional history supports progressive outcomes, while the conservatives are willing to discount inconvenient historical arguments.

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Supreme Court Hands Exxon $2 Billion... and Progressives an Opening

| Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Lilly Ledbetter, Antonin Scalia, Exxon Mobil, Environment, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Justice Stevens, Exxon Valdez, Politics News

At a time when gas prices and oil company profits are record highs, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken $2 billion from 32,000 Americans who lost their livelihood in the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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Obama Needs to Play Offense on the Supreme Court

| Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
Read More: Netroots, Guantanamo, Supreme Court, Gun Control, John McCain, Child Rape, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Exxon Valdez, Politics News

The Obama campaign has promised to play offense this fall. On the Supreme Court, they need to step up to the plate.

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