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Megan McArdle —
Hilzoy responds: (a) We have a system for resolving political disputes in this
country. We elect people, and those people make laws. When those laws
are within the limits set by the Constitution, they are binding. When
not, a court can strike them down. When we ...
A Question Of Legitimacy
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Megan and Hilzoy have locked horns over abortion. Megan: My argument is that abortion, like slavery, is becoming in this country
an issue upon which people have no reasonable political recourse. I'll
go further, and say that the process by which 7 judges enforced their
consciences on the American public was itself borderline illegitimate;
it was first, not in their proper job description, and second, a bad
way to run a government. Hilzoy: If anyone who believes the government had adopted a policy that would
lead to the killing of ...
links for 2009-06-03
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Felix Salmon: Understanding Taleb
David Beckworth: GDI vs. GDP
Hilzoy: In Which I Disagree With Megan McArdle Some More ...
Nice Reproductive Freedom You've Got There, Shame If Something Would Happen To It
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Given that many people have already critiqued the latest Douthat nonsense on abortion (see also here), for some variety I thought I'd address similar arguments made recently by Megan McArdle. From her response to Hilzoy: My argument is that abortion, like slavery, is becoming in this country an issue upon which people have no reasonable political recourse. I'll go further, and say that the process by which 7 judges enforced their consciences on the American public was itself borderline illegitimate; it was first, not in their proper job ...
Mike's Blog Round Up
Crooks and Liars —
Alicublog: Six sizzling excerpts from Going Rogue. You betcha.
Fafblog: The Muslims are due on Maple Street.
driftglass: The jolly banksters.
The Hunting of the Snark: Being unable to choose to have an abortion is pro-choice?!?
The Satirical Political Report: Hannity's "apology."
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