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volokh.com - 10/27/2008

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— volokh.com — Cass, Diver, Beermann -- I'd probably assign Chapters 1-6 (617 pp.), omitting the chapters on Enforcement and... Liability, Licensing, and Public Access; and I'd probably do chapters 2 & 3 (on judicial review) last. Rogers, Healy, Krotoszynski -- I'd ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy

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volokh.com - 10/28/2008

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— volokh.com — Can Sen. Stevens Vote for Himself? The Politico raises the question of whether Senator Ted Stevens, now... that he is a convicted felon, can vote for his own reelection to the U.S. Senate. Under Alaska law, those convicted of a felony involving moral ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy

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U.S. Army

Washington, D.C

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volokh.com - 11/5/2008

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— volokh.com — Obama the Second African-American President?: No, given the social construction of race, he's clearly the first. But,... here's a trivia question: which 20th-century president was "accused" of having recent black ancestry, responded to those rumors with ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy

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Barack Obama

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The final moments of Easy Rider -- in reverse. Forever.
All — ... was for a firm called Business International, a Scientology front name if I have ever heard one. Can't blame LRH for this one though; the cult in question was Students for a Democratic Society. ...

POLITICS: Speaking of Obama's Unexamined Past
Baseball Crank — ... Business International, Obama's first employers out of college had substantial ties to SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), the radical (but nonviolent) Sixties group that gave birth to the Weather Underground (Bernadine Dohrn was one of the heads of SDS before joining the WU). ...

Obama's First Fulltime Job: a Company with Ties to the SDS
Little Green Footballs — At The Volokh Conspiracy: Obama’s first fulltime employer, Business International, had substantial SDS ties in the 1960s. After graduating from Columbia in 1983, Obama’s first fulltime job was to work for an international business newsletter firm, Business International. From all accounts (including Obama’s), it appears that this company was business-oriented and mainstream politically, unlike his other fulltime employers before law school. For that reason, it is a strange coincidence that in the 1960s, Business International also appears to have had closer ties to the SDS than any other American business ...