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David Corn: Confirming General Kagan
June 30, 2010What’s in a constitutional interpretation? As Thomas Jefferson once wrote to James Madison, “the principle is that the earth belongs to the living, and not the dead.” Over the centuries, many Supreme Court Justice’s have either uphold, or lost track of this, on one hand amending the constitution towards a more perfect union, on the other passively, calling the “balls and strikes” in accordance with the extant constitution.David Corn, Social Media, and the New Depression
June 30, 2010What’s in a constitutional interpretation? As Thomas Jefferson once wrote to James Madison, “the principle is that the earth belongs to the living, and not the dead.” Over the centuries, many Supreme Court Justices have either upheld or lost track of this, on one hand interpreting the Constitution towards a more perfect union, on the other passively, calling the “balls and strikes” in accordance with the extant Constitution.The Colorblind Convention? Polly Baca, Kimberle Crenshaw, and Brother Jeff
August 29, 2008The big, almost too big elephant in the room this election year, is the issue of race. It has been discussed in hushed tones, mentioned in passing, but hardly engaged with. The strategy for the Democrats and the Obama campaign has been to minimize race as much as possible. But as the right wing smear machine gears up is that the right way forward?
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