powerlineblog.com - 10/28/2008
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Yesterday the Obama campaign called on University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein to tamp down the furor over Obama's advocacy of "redistributive change" and overcoming of the Constitution's "negative rights" in his 2001 radio interview. Politico's Ben Smith reliably channelled Professor ...
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'
aclu.org - 10/24/2008
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aclu.org —
Cease and prohibit the use of torture and
abuse, without exception, and direct the Attorney General immediately...
after his or her confirmation to appoint an outside special counsel to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute any violations of federal ...
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I'm A Constitution Voter! | Put the Constitution on the ...
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Obama wants to change our constitution to change our 'constitutional rights' to those 'granted by the state'
Hyscience —
... change" and overcoming of the Constitution's "negative rights" (Obama-speak for his criticism or our rights given to us by the founding fathers of our great country) in his 2001 radio interview . It turns out that he picked a "new intellectual champion of absolutism" who advances "the radical notion that all rights -- including rights usually held to be 'against' the state, such as the right to freedom of speech and the right not to be arbitrarily imprisoned or tortured -- are grants from the state": ...
Things Heard: e38v2
Stones Cry Out —
Gadgetry for this weekend.
Funny or dumb? What a choice, no?
These things he calls rights … aren’t!
I wonder if an essay, the persistence of good might be also written to counter this.
Memory eternal.
Oil on canvas.
The credit card fraud matter and Mr Obama.
One thing to consider, when you leave Babylon behind, you also leave Babylon’s healthcare and other comforts.
Change of subject
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] The Obama campaign had their guy Cass Sunstein out doing the damage control on the redistribution/constitution stuff yesterday. Powerline's Scott Johnson discusses this in the context of Prof Sunstein's book on FDR's Second Bill of Rights - from his 1944 State of the Union: The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation; The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation...; The right of every family to a decent home; The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy ...
The New, Improved Constitution
Maggie's Farm —
... , it's sort of like feudalism, run by a "caring," "benevolent" political aristocracy on top of the heap. Scott at Powerline. ...
Hugh Hewitt: Obama's "Spread Your Wealth" Constitution
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 12:15 PM Powerline's Scott Johnson examines the efforts of University of Chicago law prof Cass Sunstein to spin away Barack Obama's various statements on the desire for a Constitution incorporating "redistributive justice" principles. And ...
Hugh Hewitt: Obama's "Spread Your Wealth" Constitution
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
... Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 12:15 PM Powerline's Scott Johnson examines the efforts of University of Chicago law prof Cass Sunstein to spin away Barack Obama's various statements on the desire for a Constitution incorporating "redistributive justice" principles. And ...
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