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July 2005 Page

July 29, 2005
  • Will Roberts Overturn Affirmative Action? - Matt Y via Jonathan Rauch argues:The issue where it looks clearest that the O'Connor-Roberts swap will make a difference is one... MORE...

    July 27, 2005
  • Housing and Working Families - Cross posted at House of Labor I have a private obsession (okay, as a blogger not so private) with the... MORE...

    July 26, 2005
  • Gonzales v. Roe - Well, Roberts is looking better all the time, given that a lot of liberals were hoping that political hack Alberto... MORE...
  • Mutant Weeds from Genetic Modification Crops - Okay, this is actually the nightmare anti-GM activists predicted: Modified genes from crops in a GM crop trial have transferred... MORE...

    July 25, 2005
  • Why Taking Souter's Home is Illegal - A lot of folks pissed at the Kelo economic development "takings" decision have taken some glee in the proposal by... MORE...

    July 22, 2005
  • It's Always the Coverup - I've said repeatedly that I had trouble getting exercised over the revealing of Valerie Plame's status, but as is typical,... MORE...
  • More Truth Telling by Livingstone - London mayor Ken Livingstone is taking flack for saying that Palestinian terrorism, based on a response against Israeli terror against Palestinian... MORE...

    July 21, 2005
  • About Roberts' Wife - Some progressives are worried that John Roberts wife was in the leadership of a pro-life group, Feminists for Life. This... MORE...

    July 20, 2005
  • Evaluating Roberts: Sympathy for the Devil - I've actually had a chance to read through Roberts' hearings when he was up for the Court of Appeals and I... MORE...
  • Using "Solvency" to Get SS Privatization - In retreat, here's James Glassman on the new privatization strategy: I believe the president should focus on putting Social Security... MORE...
  • Yes, Roberts Meant to Distract from Rove - From Bloomberg: Bush accelerated his search for a Supreme Court nominee in part because of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation... MORE...
  • London Mayor: Western Policy Caused Islamic Extremism - God, it's like a breath of fresh air to hear someone with real authority speak one of the most obvious... MORE...

    July 19, 2005
  • Roberts and Kelo - Now, since Roberts didn't necessarily believe anything he wrote working for the Bush I administration, this may not be significant,... MORE...
  • Don't Judge His Words, He Was a Partisan Hack - Judge Roberts has written thousands of pages of legal opinion in his career, including years in Reagan's Department of Justice... MORE...
  • Far Worse: John Roberts - Bush has gone for John Roberts, a hard right conservative with a small paper trail but well-known conservative views, and... MORE...
  • I Agree With Bush - "I do have an obligation to think about people from different backgrounds but who share the same philosophy; people who... MORE...
  • Good Head Fake If Not Clement - Rumors are that now it's not Clement.  So we will see. So this seems like a good reason to link... MORE...
  • Is is Clement? - The buzz around the rightwing is that Bush's choice for the Supreme Court is Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Clement-Brown. I... MORE...

    July 18, 2005
  • Not Enough - Stirling Newberry has more on why "Rove broke the law" is not enough of a message for progressives.... MORE...
  • Congressman: Bomb Mecca - Rightwing Congressman Tom Tacredo (R-CO) said that if there is a serious terrorist attack, the US should "take out their... MORE...

    July 17, 2005
  • The Problem with Scandal - When your political opponents are afflicted with scandal, the hope is that voters will hand power to you.   So the... MORE...

    July 16, 2005
  • Rightwingers Heads Explode Over Lesbian Muslim Anti-extremist - This is just kind of sad. Irshad Manji, a Muslim, is a major critic of extremist Islam and a lesbian. So... MORE...
  • Recent Radio Appearances - Workers Independent News Service interview on Sandra Day O'Connor... MORE...

    July 15, 2005
  • Kelo Land to Go for Govt Use - Here's an irony: after all the constitutional furor in the Kelo fight, it looks likely that the land being taken... MORE...
  • Conservative Legal Scholars Demand Federal Power to Override Property Rights - Okay, that's not the headline at the Volohk Conspiracy, but that's the gist of a brief filed by conservative law... MORE...
  • Filibusters Can Kill Me- But Not Stop a Judge? - A majority of the Senate voted to increase spending on rail and mass transit security yesterday, but a filibuster killed... MORE...

    July 14, 2005
  • As Predicted, Rehnquist Stays on Court - Okay at least as I predicted, Rehnquist announced he's staying as long as his health permits.... MORE...
  • Brooklyn Hipsters Fight for Less Housing - The Village Voice thinks this story is about a villainous developer bending zoning rules, but it's really about privileged owners... MORE...

    July 12, 2005
  • Common Cause with Pro-Life Democrats - Pro-choice should mean support for women who want to bring their baby to term. Unfortunately, anti-abortion activists usually don't support... MORE...
  • Rightwing Christians Love Government Seizures of Property - Well, they claim not to, many being quite upset , according to the New York Times, with the recent Kelo... MORE...
  • O'Connor and Labor Rights - I just want to make sure folks checking out this page read my House of Labor post on Justice O'Connor,... MORE...

    July 10, 2005
  • Happy Brithday Skippy - Back in the dark ages of blogtopia (yes, back in 2002), there were only a few progressive blogs and one... MORE...

    July 08, 2005
  • Big Biz Draws Up Supreme Court Wish List - That's not my title, it's the one over at CNNMoney: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wasn't the Supreme Court's greatest champion... MORE...
  • Added House of Labor RSS Feed - So over on the right you can now get links and basic info on my most recent posts from House... MORE...

    July 07, 2005
  • What's Wrong With Predictable Justice? - Cass Sunstein over at the American Prospect has an article on why we shouldn't be able to predict how a... MORE...
  • Don't Forget Aid for Africa - The terrorists want us to concentrate on them, as does the rightwing which is thrilled to see aid for the... MORE...
  • Where are the Billions for the NYC Subway? - Let's be clear. The bombings today in London's subway system show how bullshit Bush's priorities are in the war on... MORE...
  • Another Argument Against Bankruptcy Bill - Bush Hates EntrepreneursI'm sure some people raised this argument, but this story highlights the fact that cutting off bankruptcy protection will... MORE...
  • NIMBYism Against Housing in Brooklyn - What do we want?!!! Less housing for poor and working families!! So seems to be the chant among some residents... MORE...

    July 01, 2005
  • How Big Business Views the Supreme Court - Forget the Ten Commandments: corporate America knows that case after case decided by the Supreme Court are about bread-and-butter economic... MORE...
  • O'Connor Retirement: Talk About Economic Legal Issues - The trap for progressives on the nominations fight for O'Connor's successor is just to talk about abortion and other social... MORE...
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    February 21, 2007
  • Amnesia on the Death of Reconstruction - I am going to pick on Brad Delong precisely because he is a brilliant and well-educated academic-- and his list... MORE...

    February 18, 2007
  • So What if Mitt Wants A Person of Faith as President? - There's a bit of a furor that Mitt Romney declared:We need to have a person of fiath lead the country.So... MORE...

    February 16, 2007
  • States Taking Action Against Iraq Escalation - So the New York Times is covering the story that resolutions denouncing Bush's Iraq Escalation have been introduced in over... MORE...

    January 01, 2007
  • Wal-Mart Doing Good for Environment - Seriously. This initiative by Wal-Mart to promote energy-saving light bulbs is a major environmental initiative. "Compact fluorescent" bulbs fit in... MORE...

    December 22, 2006
  • Dems' Stupid Positioning on Minimum Wage - As a followup to discussing why politicians need to appeal to a broad consensus, it's worth emphasizing that it's easier... MORE...

    December 21, 2006
  • Obama and the Need for Large Progressive Majorities - I've been as disappointed as many other progressive bloggers with Obama's bad votes on tort reform and seeming trimming of... MORE...

    December 13, 2006
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    November 27, 2006
  • Ecuador Goes Left - Another country moves left-- whatever you want to say, Bush has been very good for reviving the global left, especially... MORE...
  • Building a Progressive Majority in the Statehouses - The Progressive States Network today rolled out its legislative agenda for the 2007 session and is looking to promote it... MORE...

    November 13, 2006
  • The Future Belongs to US - While the actual results seem razer-thin in this election, I'll be bold and argue that they are part of a... MORE...

    November 11, 2006
  • Pro-Labor "Conservative Democrats" - One more nail in the narrative that the victory of a few moderate Democrats means this election is really a... MORE...

    November 10, 2006
  • The Collapse of Tax Cut Politics - You can check out Progressive States rundown of progressive successes in the states on Tuesday, but I want to focus... MORE...

    November 08, 2006
  • A Good Night for Progressives - Let's be clear-- this wasn't just a good night for Democrats. It was a good night for progressives, and no... MORE...

    November 01, 2006
  • Labor Cold War Ends - New International Labor Federation - At the dawn of the Cold War, the international union movement divided up between the ICFTU, dominated by US and Western European unions, and the World Confederation of Labor, largely allied with the Soviet Union. It's taken a decade and a half, but the irrelevancy of that division will end today as the two federations merge-- bringing together 241 labor organizations from 156 countries representing 190 million workers. The new International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a good step for a labor movement looking to globalize itself in the taking on global capital power.... MORE...

    October 19, 2006
  • Immigrant Poor Send More Foreign Aid than US Govt - The United States government spends less money on foreign aid as a percentage of its budget than almost any other... MORE...

    October 17, 2006
  • - Valuing Families:  State Legislative Models Brought to you by Progressive States and MomsRising What would a policy that really values families look... MORE...

    October 09, 2006
  • Emaciated Models, Labor Regulation - There's a bit of debate in the blogosphere around Spain's new law banning underweight models from the runways in that country. See Jordan, Amanda at Pandagon and Lindsay Beyerstein at Majikthise on whether this is an intrusive regulating violating free expression or something like that and whether OSHA safety regulations are appropriate. Just to throw my two cents in-- any broader OSHA approach would seem cumbersome and bureaucratically intrusive in a deep way. But the original Spanish proposal is brilliant in its high-impact, low-intrusion approach. Regulate only the fashion week type runways, where in a single spotcheck, models can be... MORE...

    October 03, 2006
  • Big loss for Labor-- - The National Labor Relations Board ruled today that a range of professionals are now deemed "supervisors" and thus lose all protections under labor law. That means if they say a positive thing about unions, their bosses are free to fire them at will. The AFL-CIO has more here. To put this denial of labor rights in perspective, 32 million workers or 25% of the workforce already have no right to form a union under federal, state or local law (see this GAO report and this ARAW summary). This includes: Supervisors 16.6 million workers, 8 million new supervisors plus traditional 8.6... MORE...

    September 27, 2006
  • Civil War on the Right- Dick Armey trashes Dobson - The economic business- right and the religious right are moving towards total civil war. This piece by former GOP Majority... MORE...

    September 24, 2006
  • Allen the Racist - Three college teammates confirm that George Allen regularly used the N- word: Allen said he came to Virginia because he... MORE...

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