volokh.com - 3/30/2009
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Open Source and Free Software: Just for the record, in a response to my earlier posting about free software and copyright law , Richard Stallman sent me the following: I am disappointed that you describe my work as "open source", because I disagree with that camp and I constantly struggle ...
volokh.com - 3/27/2009
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Religion and Government Ethics: For comprehensive discussion of
the First Bank of the United States, a leading...
authority is Mark R. Killenbeck, M’Culloch v. Maryland: Securing a Nation (2006) (Killenbeck has the spelling correct). The book is reviewed ...
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volokh.com - 4/6/2009
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Tushnet on OLC & D.C. Representation Bill: Mark
Tushnet thinks the flap over the Attorney General's handling...
of the OLC opinion on proposed legislation to grant D.C. voting rights is much ado about nothing. Whereas some commentators may have ...
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Tueday morning links
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Being green is for the little people. Al Gore is big people.
I doubt that cap and trade will happen, partly because of how it would destroy trade
PETA is a big-time animal killer. Where's the outrage?
Just one reason that International Human Rights Law is a joke.
The Call of Obama
A splendid essay: Oh, What a Wonderful Recession. One quote:
These pundits, left-leaning economists, and other designated “experts,” differ on the ...
Tuesday morning links
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... especially over the last nine months, the best way to predict developments in politics and finance has been to ask: what will do the most to increase the concentration of power? Every headline, from the Geithner regulatory plan to the proposed cap on the charitable deduction, to the resignation of the General Motors CEO, should be viewed in that light.”
PETA is a big-time animal killer. Where's the outrage?
Just one reason that International Human Rights Law is a joke. Related: Ow, my vanity ...
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