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salon.com - 11/8/2008

Various matters - Glenn Greenwald

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(1) My post on Thursday , arguing that Democrats should repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, provoked objections from numerous corners that doing so was premature , would be too politically risky and/or Democrats won't touch the issue (it also generated some support ). Today, the consummate ...

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salon.com - 11/12/2008

The Democrats of 2002 and 2007 haven't gone anywhere - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — (updated below) Though it hasn't happened yet, it is appearing increasingly likely that Senate Democrats -- led... by Barack Obama (who seems to be playing a much more active role in all of this than his spokesperson yesterday suggested ) -- are going to ... (more) The Democrats of 2002 and 2007 haven't gone anywhere - ...

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salon.com - 11/11/2008

Will Congress cede its powers to the Obama administration? - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — (updated below) There is much discussion about the signals Barack Obama is sending regarding whether Senate Democrats... should strip Joe Lieberman of his powerful position as Chairman of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reports yesterday ... (more) Will Congress cede its powers to the Obama ...

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salon.com - 11/13/2008

Post-partisan harmony vs. the rule of law - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — ( Updated below - Update II - Update III - Update IV - Update V ) A... Washington Post article today on the need to restore confidence in the Justice Department quotes former high-level Clinton DOJ official Robert Litt urging the new Obama administration ... (more) Post-partisan harmony vs. the rule of law - Glenn Greenwald

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Does Civility Make You an Apologist For Lawlessness? One More Round With Glenn Greenwald:
The Volokh Conspiracy — Glenn Greenwald has a new post (see item 8) taking issue with the many bloggers and commenters who disagreed with his description of me as an "aplogist . . . for many lawless and radical Bush policies." They are wrong and he is right, he is insisting, and he offers a new explanation of why: My description the other day of Law Professor Orin Kerr as a leading apologist for radical and lawless Bush policies a description I documented in the update to the post spawned all sorts of consternation among his friends and admirers. You see, he's so reasonable and civil and polite ...

Would it be irresponsible to speculate?
Corrente — Glenn: [w]e ought to wait to see what Obama does before forming conclusions about him and, certainly, before launching all sorts of criticisms at him. He was just elected four day ago and he’s not actually the President yet. There have been many different renditions of Obama and nobody knows — including him, I believe — how he’ll govern. It’s true that he has espoused some liberal principles and supported some liberal policies, but over the last several years, his political approach has clearly been one of centrism and ...

Vague, Nameless Left Quickly Condemns Obama
Open Left - Front Page — ... , where the author, vastleft, writes the following in response to Glenn Greenwald's claim that "[W]e ought to wait to see what Obama does before forming conclusions about him and, certainly, before launching all sorts of criticisms at him." In response to this, vastleft writes: ...