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		<title>Innovation in America</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/02/technology-and-society/innovation-in-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/02/technology-and-society/innovation-in-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wimberley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honeywell's patent on a thermostat dial.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jim or Hal? The servile corporation again</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/02/history/jim-or-hal-the-servile-corporation-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/02/history/jim-or-hal-the-servile-corporation-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wimberley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Balkin discusses corporations as slaves - following the RBC.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do Law Schools Discriminate Against Conservatives?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/01/watching-conservatives/do-law-schools-discriminate-against-conservatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/01/watching-conservatives/do-law-schools-discriminate-against-conservatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Labor Market]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=26516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teresa R. Wagner, a conservative Republican who applied for a faculty job at Iowa and was turned down, thinks so: Ms. Wagner, who graduated from the law school in 1993 and had taught at the George Mason University School of Law, was not hired. She sued, alleging discrimination because of her political beliefs. Late last [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Book, Three Challenges</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/uncategorized/one-book-three-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/uncategorized/one-book-three-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Rosenthal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits by Lesley Rosenthal (John Wiley &#38; Sons 2012) As I embarked on writing Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits, well-meaning and concerned folks cited at least three reasons why no one had written such a book before, and (implicitly) why I shouldn’t try: it’s too [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Bleg About Recommending Films That Are Available for Free On Line</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/law-notes/a-bleg-about-recommending-films-that-are-available-for-free-on-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/law-notes/a-bleg-about-recommending-films-that-are-available-for-free-on-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Humphreys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=25827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know we have some readers with legal training, and this question is directed to them. Some of the films I recommend each Friday on this site are not readily available from NetFlix/libraries/stores but have been posted online in their entirety. I don&#8217;t want to rip off people who make movies, nor do I want [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>The best discussion of medical malpractice I&#8217;ve heard</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/health-care/the-best-discussion-of-medical-malpractice-ive-heard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/health-care/the-best-discussion-of-medical-malpractice-ive-heard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold Pollack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best discussion of medical malpractice issues I've heard in awhile.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>God is My Co-Scientist</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/11/technology-and-society/god-is-my-co-scientist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/11/technology-and-society/god-is-my-co-scientist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strange world]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=24815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A colleague was just typing something on her iPad.  When she typed &#8220;law review,&#8221; it auto-corrected to &#8220;laser Jew.&#8221; Discuss. UPDATE: Other excellent examples can be found here.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>One out of two ain&#8217;t bad</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/11/crime-control/one-out-of-two-aint-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/11/crime-control/one-out-of-two-aint-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feeling Safer Yet?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=24781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this makes sense&#8211;if we make it nearly impossible for felons to regain their right to vote, they&#8217;ll surely want to regain their right to fire weapons instead. &#160;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Searching for EPA&#8217;s Poison Pill</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/10/law-notes/searching-for-epas-poison-pill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/10/law-notes/searching-for-epas-poison-pill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy and Environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=23705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the third time this year, Republicans in Congress seem to be angling for a government shutdown.  Not only will there be disagreements on funding levels, but the House will insist on attaching riders to appropriations bills preventing agencies from doing various things.  I realize that this may come as a shock, but the House [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Syllogism</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/09/crime-control/syllogism-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/09/crime-control/syllogism-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wimberley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cruel epigram on the execution of Troy Davis. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Illinois and the amazing disappearing property tax exemption</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/08/health-care/illinois-and-the-amazing-disappearing-property-tax-exemption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/08/health-care/illinois-and-the-amazing-disappearing-property-tax-exemption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Kleiman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=22352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Harold Pollack wrote about the recent Illinois Department of Revenue decision to withdraw property tax exemptions from three hospitals, he naturally focused on the impact of the decision on health care.  But those of us who work in other areas of the nonprofit sector are worried by the decision as well&#8211;or, if we aren&#8217;t, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Worst Argument Against Using the 14th Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/law-notes/the-worst-argument-against-using-the-14th-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/law-notes/the-worst-argument-against-using-the-14th-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt ceiling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One can argue, of course, that the President does not have the power under the 14th Amendment to unilaterally lift the debt ceiling.  But recently I&#8217;ve been seeing an argument to this effect that really makes no sense. Section 5 of the 14th Amendment says that &#8220;The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hitting the debt ceiling: what&#8217;s supposed to happen next?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/watching-conservatives/hitting-the-debt-ceiling-whats-supposed-to-happen-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/watching-conservatives/hitting-the-debt-ceiling-whats-supposed-to-happen-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone should ask John Boehner what comes next.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where Does the Debt Ceiling Even Apply?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/law-notes/where-does-the-debt-ceiling-even-apply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/law-notes/where-does-the-debt-ceiling-even-apply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=21094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize that this might come as a shock to RBC readers, but sometimes Congress passes statutes that conflict with each other.  What do courts do when faced these problems?  And what does it have to do with the debt ceiling? Well, consider this problem.  Congress passes a debt ceiling bill.  Then it passes a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Michael McConnell Weighs In on the Debt Ceiling</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/watching-conservatives/michael-mcconnell-weighs-in-on-the-debt-ceiling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/watching-conservatives/michael-mcconnell-weighs-in-on-the-debt-ceiling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=21071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Michael McConnell speaks on constitutional law, people listen, as well they should.  And he says that the argument that the President can unilaterally issue new debt is &#8220;bunk,&#8221; for basically the same reason that Andrew Grossman said a few days ago: only Congress has that power.  That in and of itself is arguable, but [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Debt Ceiling Politics: The Right Is Getting Scared of the 14th Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/law-notes/debt-ceiling-politics-the-right-is-getting-scared-of-the-14th-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/law-notes/debt-ceiling-politics-the-right-is-getting-scared-of-the-14th-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calls are growing from President Obama simply to tell Congress to stuff it when it comes to the debt ceiling.  Section 4 of the 14th Amendment says quite clearly that the &#8220;Public debt of the United States, authorized by law . . . shall not be questioned.&#8221;  At the very least that would mean that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sunscreen, CYA, and skin cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/health-care/sunscreen-cya-and-skin-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/health-care/sunscreen-cya-and-skin-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O'Hare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wretched excess]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=21009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is some new level of nuts.  It&#8217;s not what I expected to reflect on first after two weeks of exploring the soybean/corn/cattle/forest frontier in Brazil, though there are two distant links.  For some obscure bureaucratic reason, sunscreen costs about five times as much here as in the states, so I was the bearer of a bunch of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Debt Ceiling and the 14th Amendment: Everybody Wins!</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/06/politics-and-leadership/the-debt-ceiling-and-the-14th-amendment-everybody-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/06/politics-and-leadership/the-debt-ceiling-and-the-14th-amendment-everybody-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macroeconomic Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some observers, including Garrett Epps, who is a legal scholar, and Bruce Bartlett, who is not, have argued that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment makes the debt ceiling invalid.  That Section reads, in relevant part: The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law&#8230;shall not be questioned. That&#8217;s it, at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Could Osama have surrendered?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/terrorism-and-its-control/could-osama-have-surrendered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/terrorism-and-its-control/could-osama-have-surrendered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 02:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wimberley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism and its control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marc Lederman and the legal basis for the bin Laden operation, including possible surrender..]]></description>
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		<title>Judicial Filibusters: Who Started It?  And Why Does It Matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/judicial-filibusters-who-started-it-and-why-does-it-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/judicial-filibusters-who-started-it-and-why-does-it-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 17:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The Democrats did.  And it doesn&#8217;t matter: they were right to do so.  Here&#8217;s why. The GOP filibuster of Goodwin Liu (who has since withdrawn his candidacy) has led to all sort of recriminations.  &#8220;You violated the &#8220;Gang of 14&#8243; agreement!&#8221;  &#8220;Oh yeah?  You filibustered Miguel Estrada.&#8221;  And on and on.  Dahlia Lithwick suggests that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judicial Filibusters: What Now?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/judicial-filibusters-what-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/judicial-filibusters-what-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 01:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans have filibustered Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination, and it&#8217;s silly to think that this won&#8217;t happen with virtually every Obama nominee, especially with a McConnell-led caucus.  For example, Caitlin Halligan, Obama&#8217;s first nominee to the DC Circuit, was opposed by every single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and if you think that doesn&#8217;t mean that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the Debt Ceiling is Unconstitutional, How Would Anyone Know?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/if-the-debt-ceiling-is-unconstitutional-how-would-anyone-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/if-the-debt-ceiling-is-unconstitutional-how-would-anyone-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 17:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macroeconomic Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Garrett Epps thinks that the debt ceiling is unconstitutional; Bruce Bartlett agrees.  I&#8217;m not so sure; the question would turn on whether appropriations and entitlements that the Treasury would need to borrow to pay for would be regarded as &#8220;public debt&#8221; within the meaning of Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment.  You could argue it both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Options for Goodwin Liu</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/california-politics/two-new-options-for-goodwin-liu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/california-politics/two-new-options-for-goodwin-liu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 15:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To the surprise of exactly no one, Senate Republicans will filibuster Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.  As I argued yesterday, this really shouldn&#8217;t matter if the administration&#8217;s eventual goal is to appoint Liu to the United States Supreme Court: many of the greatest justices had no or virtually no judicial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strange Standards for the Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/strange-standards-for-the-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/strange-standards-for-the-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 19:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Goodwin Liu is a 39-year-old professor at Berkeley Law School, whom President Obama has nominated to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Like the vast majority of Obama appellate judicial nominees, Senate Republicans have filibustered him. Is this because Liu is liberal?  Perhaps, but Adam Serwer says that the stakes are bigger: The real reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clarence Thomas: Nino Scalia Should Resign</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/clarence-thomas-nino-scalia-should-resign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/clarence-thomas-nino-scalia-should-resign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 17:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not quite.  But just look at the quotes. Clarence Thomas, in a recent speech to Georgia attorneys: &#8220;This job is a humbling job,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the end of the food chain. And some people can do it, and some can&#8217;t. But what it teaches you is that you don&#8217;t have all the answers. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law v. Decency</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/crime-control/law-v-decency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/crime-control/law-v-decency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 21:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Should a school district be able to insist that a rape victim cheer for her assailant? Legally, perhaps. But why should the question ever arise, if anyone on the board has a scrap of human decency?]]></description>
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		<title>The Wall Street favela</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/the-wall-street-favela/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/the-wall-street-favela/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wimberley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial crises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Noted development economist Hernando de Soto thinks Wall Street is backsliding into the informal economy of Third World slums.]]></description>
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		<title>At a time like this,</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/04/politics-and-leadership/at-a-time-like-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/04/politics-and-leadership/at-a-time-like-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O'Hare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moral philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[when a gang-rape is ordered by local government to punish the brother of the victim for something he didn&#8217;t do and that wasn&#8217;t criminal or even wrong and that gets whitewashed by the highest national court (with the local council apparently not even indicted),  it&#8217;s important to say &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s culture is just as good as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Korematsu Were Decided Today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/04/terrorism-and-its-control/if-korematsu-were-decided-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/04/terrorism-and-its-control/if-korematsu-were-decided-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism and its control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of my students approached me today with what they thought was a rather disturbing discussion in their first year Constitutional Law class (I teach Property to the same group). The class was discussing Korematsu v. United States, the infamous Supreme Court case from 1944, which upheld the internment of Japanese-American citizens.  Nothing so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Which I Solve the Budget Impasse</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/04/watching-conservatives/in-which-i-solve-the-budget-impasse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/04/watching-conservatives/in-which-i-solve-the-budget-impasse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macroeconomic Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As TPM notes, House Republicans are ready to shut down the government not over deficits, which they couldn&#8217;t care less about, but rather over Planned Parenthood and EPA.  This is to be expected: they are far more interested in catering to their base than trying to help the country. But what do you do about [...]]]></description>
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