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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
Above the Law?
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What Krugman said : Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. “I don’t believe that anybody is above the law,” he responded, but “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.” I’m ...

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Suggestion To Obama: No The Mother In Law Jokes While Your Mother In Law Lives In White House
themoderatevoice.com - 1/10/2009
Suggestion To Obama: No The Mother In Law Jokes While Your Mother In Law Lives In White House
— themoderatevoice.com — NEWS FLASH! President Elect Barack Obama’s 71-year-old mother in law Marian Robinson will be moving with him to the White House. By all accounts he enjoys a warm friendship with his mother in law. They reportedly genuinely like each ... (more) Suggestion To Obama: No The Mother In Law Jokes While ...

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sentencing.typepad.com - 1/12/2009
Sentencing Law and Policy
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taxprof.typepad.com - 1/21/2009
2008 Law Prof Blog Traffic Rankings
— taxprof.typepad.com — Below are the updated quarterly traffic rankings (visitors and page views) of the Top 35 blogs edited by law professors with publicly available SiteMeters for the most recent 12-month period (January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008) [click on chart... (more) 2008 Law Prof Blog Traffic Rankings
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Frost-Bush
democracyarsenal.org — ... that allowing the Bush administration officials to get away with their crimes would be admitting that some are in fact above the law.  Matt Yglesias addresses one of the right's arguments  rightfully pointing out that punishments for crimes are inherently backward looking, because the crimes took place in the past. ...

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