volokh.com - 10/27/2008
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As Orin points out below, Drudge is highlighting excerpts of a 2001 interview Barack Obama did with Chicago public radio, in which he advocated "redistributive change." The context was a discussion...
online.wsj.com - 10/28/2008
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online.wsj.com —
One of the great unappreciated stories of the
past eight years is how thoroughly Senate Democrats thwarted...
efforts by President Bush to appoint judges to the lower federal courts. Consider the most important lower federal court in the country: the ...
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Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution
politico.com - 10/27/2008
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politico.com —
A top legal advisor to Barack Obama, Harvard
law professor Cass Sunstein, said today that Obama's 2001...
remarks on "redistributive change" -- pushed hard on the right today -- are being misinterpreted, and that he was actually articulating ...
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Obama advisor pushes back on 'redistribution'
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Obama and judicial activism
Overlawyered —
... David Bernstein @ Volokh — not one to be suspected of sugar-coating his treatment of the subject — listens to the Democrat’s 2001 Chicago public radio interview, and finds reasons to be cautiously optimistic about Obama’s view of the role of courts: ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Law bloggers David Bernstein and Orin Kerr listen to the audio of Obama talking about the Warren Court. Here's Bernstein: Based on this interview, it seems unlikely that Obama opposes constitutionalizing the redistributive agenda because he's an originalist, or otherwise endorses the Constitution as a "charter of negative liberties," though he explicitly recognizes that this is how the Constitution has been interpreted since the Founding. Rather, he seems to think that focusing on litigation distracts liberal activists from necessary ...
In which I answer a few objections to the Obama “redistribution of wealth, redux” audio tape for Mr Orin Kerr
protein wisdom —
... in context. Beyond that, however, what I find most troubling about Kerr’s analysis is his conclusion: [...] at the very least, it’s not at all clear that Obama had (c) ["suggesting that he would have wanted the Warren Court to have tried to take on such a project."] in mind. True, in a sense — but in its truth it misses the point. As David Bernstein notes : Based on this interview, it seems unlikely that Obama opposes constitutionalizing the redistributive agenda because he’s an originalist, or otherwise endorses the Constitution as a “charter of negative liberties,” though ...
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Garling Gauge —
... Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.” Link . Why vote for Obama? Bush’s people recycled, taxes, health care, economy, energy, “The Surge,” and more: YouTube video : “Intelligent solutions, keeping Americans secure in a changing world.” Share the wealth? That’s called The American Way . Obama - distribution of wealth - link and link . Alaskan official wants hearing . The conservative case for Obama . ...
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althouse.blogspot.com 10/27/2008 — Someone emailed me the link to this video, which went up on YouTube yesterday and already has over 400,000 views: If this alarmed you, chances are, you are not a law professor. Let me tell you that, in this radio interview from 2001, Obama is ...
Obama to deliver 'closing argument' —
CNN Political Ticker 10/27/2008
(CNN) – Sen. Barack Obama on Monday is delivering what his campaign is calling a "closing argument" speech that focuses on the differences between him and Sen. John McCain.
"In one week, at this defining moment in history, you can give this ...
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Obama: The closing argument —
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"Obama is giving what his campaign calls the 'closing argument' of his presidential bid in Ohio, where he already lost once this year, to fellow Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton. 'In one week, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a ...
Tracking the transition —
First Read 10/27/2008
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