A Remarkable Statistic From Obama's Victory (Voting and Income)

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Saturday November 08, 2008 · 1:49 PM PST

2008/11/08 · 13:49

One of the most interesting factoids gleaned from the exit poll data now available is getting very little attention, at least to my knowledge. Given that during this campaign we heard a lot about taxes, "spreading the wealth", and so forth, this exit poll factoid may point to a shift in American politics that could be quite important in economic and tax policy going forward.

In the extended text below, I've compared the CNN exit poll numbers from Kerry in '04 and Obama in '08 based on income level. The results are quite surprising and counter-intuitive.

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Thursday January 12, 2006 · 1:58 PM PST

2006/01/12 · 13:58

First off, let me be clear: Alito, with a sane Congress, would and should not be confirmed. Because he would be on the Court for perhaps 40 years, there really isn't any counterbalancing political "upside" that somehow balances out a confirmation.

With that said, Democrats have a golden opportunity to work with what we have and blend Alito and Abramoff into a single message to carry on to November 2006 -- abuse of power. Read More

Roe Is Irrelevant

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Tuesday December 06, 2005 · 11:33 AM PST

2005/12/06 · 11:33

Armando recently posted a diary making an interesting counter-argument to the suggestion that Roe v. Wade has actually hurt the liberal movement rather than helped it. Armando suggests that "giving up" on Roe would be politically disastrous for Democrats. This, Armando argues, is because voters would see Dems as "complicit in destroying" the right to choose. Further, if Democrats "stopped fighting for the right to privacy", then why should the American people think the Dems stand for anything? Thus, Democrats must stand up for Roe to maintain a clear distinction between Democrats and Republicans on this issue, which is an issue on which we can win.

However, this argument is flawed, and I'll explain why. Read More

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Hamdan Case

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Monday November 07, 2005 · 7:53 AM PST

2005/11/07 · 07:53

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. This is a major case testing the extent of Executive power during wartime.

Specifically, the Court will consider the constitutionality of Bush's military tribunals trying so-called "enemy combatants". The Court had previously taken no action on whether to accept this case, but now that it has, the Hamdan case becomes one of the most important of the Court's docket this term. Read More

Supreme Court Preview (May Grants Part I)

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Friday November 04, 2005 · 10:55 AM PST

2005/11/04 · 10:55

Welcome back to Supreme Court Preview! It's been a while since I last did one of these, but I guess it's OK as long as I stay ahead of the Court's argument schedule...

Supreme Court Preview is meant to serve as a resource of sorts for the dKos community, detailing the cases currently on the Court's docket. I'm progressing through them in the order the cases were granted, which generally follows the order in which they are being argued. If you're interested, however, here are links to the previous S. Ct. Previews that I've put together, based upon general subject matter: Read More

The Myth of the Progressive Court

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Wednesday October 26, 2005 · 10:00 AM PDT

2005/10/26 · 10:00

After discussing law and politics with my fellow progressive friends, I'm constantly amazed at my friends' perceptions of the Supreme Court. I often hear variants of: "the Court is necessary to protect liberty against Congressional/Executive overreaching" and even "the Court has done a lot in its history to protect and expand liberty." I don't think it's a stretch to conclude (at least in my experience) that progressives tend to believe much more than conservatives do that the Court can be and is an essential safeguard of our liberties.

Unfortunately, this perception of the Court is wrong. Or, at least, it is wildly exaggerated. Progressives have trumpeted the potential and actual contributions of the Court as helping their cause, when in fact it should be right-wingers, most emphatically not progressives, who prefer an expanded judicial role.
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Supreme Court Preview (Grants of April 25, 2005)

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Friday August 19, 2005 · 12:42 PM PDT

2005/08/19 · 12:42

Welcome back to Supreme Court Preview!

On tap this week, I'm taking a look at another upcoming death penalty case, a case dealing with student loan debt (it seems like we all have `em), and a civil procedure case involving attorney's fees.
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Supreme Court Preview (Grants of April 2005)

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Friday August 12, 2005 · 11:15 AM PDT

2005/08/12 · 11:15

After a brief hiatus (hey, it's August), the Supreme Court Preview is back! This time, I preview four cases that were granted this past April. Included are two fairly significant criminal procedure cases, an interesting case involving the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and one of the many bankruptcy cases the Court is taking up next term.

Here's this week's edition:
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Racial Profiling Is Necessary To Defeat Terrorism

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Thursday August 04, 2005 · 9:32 AM PDT

2005/08/04 · 09:32

It only makes mathematical sense. Think about it - our biggest terrorist threat nowadays arises from Islamic extremism. Obviously not every Arab-looking individual is a terrorist, but it is (indisputably) mathematically more likely that he/she is dangerous than an 80-year old grandmother. Given the fact that the police and security forces have only limited resources, of course it makes sense to allocated these resources to the greatest threats. Using probability to help sniff out terrorist threats should be a key weapon in the fight against terrorism. Read More

Supreme Court Preview (Grants of 03/05)

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Friday July 22, 2005 · 1:57 PM PDT

2005/07/22 · 13:57

Is it that time already? Yep -- time for another SCOTUS preview. The Court granted only three cases this past March, so all three are previewed here.

This time we have a dealth penalty case that probably will garner a bit of media attention and popular interest, and two cases of stuatory interpretation that probably won't. But, hey, I cover 'em all.

So away we go... Read More

Supreme Court Preview (Grants of 2/28/05)

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Friday July 15, 2005 · 2:02 PM PDT

2005/07/15 · 14:02

The Supreme Court Preview is back for its second week. This time, I review an upcoming free speech case, a state taxation case (as it applies to Native American tribes), and two civil procedure cases, all of which should be heard by the Court sometime this October.

Thanks again for all your input. So here we go: Read More

Supreme Court Preview (Cert. Grants of 2/22/05)

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Friday July 08, 2005 · 5:35 PM PDT

2005/07/08 · 17:35

Welcome to the first Supreme Court Preview!

Over the past few weeks, I've been doing a Supreme Court Roundup summarizing the decisions and their impact for the Court cases handed down that week. Now that the Court is out of session, my plan is to preview 3 or 4 of the cases the Court has agreed to hear for next term, along with a statement as to the potential impact of the case and my prediction of what the Court will do (with the cover-my-butt caveat that my prediction has limited value particularly since briefs haven't even been completed for most of these cases, oral argument is still months away, and we don't know who O'Connor's replacement will be).

For lack of a better method, I'll preview the cases in the order the Court granted certiorari, starting with the first batch of cases granted back on February 22nd. By the start of the next session, I should have all of the currently 41 granted cases covered, hopefully to serve as a helpful resource for the dKos community. With that said, here we go... Read More

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