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In the speech announcing that she would be stepping down as Alaska governor by the end of July, Gov. Sarah Palin cited several accomplishments by her administration. One that she noted may be of particular interest to those who identify with a federalist philosophy of the Constitution: Another accomplishment – our Law Department protected states’ rights – two huge U.S. Supreme Court reversals

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"Threat Alert Jesus" is a pretty funny satire until you realize that some people would probably actually buy one of these things, and then it becomes scary.

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Though almost nobody has been using (or viewing) this blogspace recently, here was a recent item that caught my eye. A poetically brilliant display of the efficacy of government (image).

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Having seen almost all of Ahmadinejad Fest '07 here at Columbia, I personally believe that the event was a huge success for both Columbia University and all who oppose Ahmadinejad's policies alike. In my opinion President Bollinger really hit the nail on the head with his introductory remarks; he invoked the need for an open intellectual debate to truly disarm malignant ideas, while unabashedly

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Though there is much uncertainty in the outcome of today's event on Columbia's reputation, I am personally proud of the way that Columbia as a whole is handling this volatile situation. After last semester's unfortunate incident involving the controversial head of the Minutemen and the ensuing counter-rally, there is a lot of pressure on Columbia to protect the integrity of the academic forum it

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At National Review's Corner, Jonah Goldberg recommends to readers to "Sign up now for cheatneutral.com." The British site proposes to neutralize one party's infidelities by selling "offsets," in the form of another person's promise not to cheat. Jealousy and heartbreak are a natural part of modern life. And sometimes, no matter how hard we try, it's just not possible to be faithful. At

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Professor/Judge/Writer/Philosopher Richard Posner had some interesting things to say about the law and the legal profession in the context of a piece commemorating his late colleague Bernard Meltzer. Check it out if you're interested in legal academia, and the role you might play in the development of the law.

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Today is Constitution Day, and unlike the 4th of July, federal employees are at work and law students are in school...some holiday. Despite the Federal Government's refusal to celebrate it's own birth on the appropriate day, Columbia University is presenting a special exhibit of manuscripts from its John Jay collection, which will be displayed in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library on the 6th

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During his ACS-sponsored visit to Columbia Law School, Akin Gump partner and Supreme Court litigator Tom Goldstein briefly spoke about appealing the D.C. Circuit's invalidation of Washington, D.C.'s restrictions on gun ownership. His strategy is three-pronged: 1) argue that the Second Amendment is not an individual right, but rather attached to the formation of a militia -- a hoary and well-trod

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The New York Times ran two op-eds this past week with rather different views about consensual sexual activity. Sunday's piece by nonfiction author Laura M. MacDonald summarized a 1970 dissertation by Laud Humphreys called "Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places." It criticizes the use of law enforcement resources to arrest and prosecute men who solicit other men for sex in public places,

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Welcome to all you first-timers who have just found their way to Ex Post. To those of you who have been here, thanks for coming back.We here at the CLS Federalist Society are really excited about Ex Post for this upcoming year. Hopefully, Ex Post will be able to serve as a forum and opportunity to exchange ideas, advice, classroom strategies, or simply engage in some healthy debate. Our main

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Amanda, Mike, Brandon, Ryan (Chapman Law School) and Kelly More pictures after the jump!Rachel, Brandon, Amanda and KeithJudge Pryor's Keynote AddressDennis (President, Northwestern Fed Soc Chapter) and AmandaAmanda and Sarah Roderick (Associate Director, Student Division)Amanda, Mike, Christina and Brandon

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Having once started, I can't seem to stop linking news about Wisconsin Hmong: The head of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School issued an apology for derogatory comments that a longtime professor allegedly made in class.A student said professor Leonard Kaplan, who has been at UW-Madison since 1974, made the comments in class on Feb. 15.According to an e-mail from law student Kashia Moua

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This post is the next installment in part of an ongoing exchange between Fed Soc and ACS. This installment focuses on the shortcomings of Good Samaritan Laws and their potential negative affect on American culture and the American legal system.The biblical parable of the Good Samaritan is used to teach the virtue of helping someone in need. But, does this virtue carry over to our legal system?

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The split of power between the states and the federal government is the first of the core issues we hope ACS and FedSoc members will discuss in our new project of cross-group dialogue and debate. The following do not represent the views of FedSoc (or even myself necessarily), but are meant to spur on debate over critical issues facing the legal world today.When one thinks of the advantages that

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The appropriate role of markets and judicial management is the second in our series of core issues we hope to encourage FedSoc and ACS members to discuss.One of the most important conservative thinkers, and often one of the most overlooked, Friedrich von Hayek wrote about the problems of central planning and central management of markets. The problem is essentially the lack of a price signal to

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A conception of property rights is the third in our series of core issues we hope Columbia ACS and FedSoc members will take up in mutual discussion.While an appropriate Federalist position may consist of only one citation (Kelo), there are some more fundamental problems associated with "efficient uses" of property, as defined by a government instead of the market. Setting aside the issue of

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As I was below, TNR has an interesting article about the Hmong-American community and its leader. THE ST. PAUL WARLORD.Hmong Friendsby Joshua KurlantzickPost date 01.29.07 | Issue date 02.05.07 Discuss this article (2) St. PAUL, MINNESOTAMost nights, the streets of Maplewood, a Twin Cities suburb, resemble a tableau from "A Prairie Home Companion." Kids toss footballs in front of red and

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Given the many ways in which abortion opponents are trying to have fetuses recognized as legal persons with rights, Houston's enforcement of HOV lanes may provide another place to demand that the unborn be equal with the born: More HOV loners caught in the actThe woman in the silver Hyundai got a ticket for driving alone in an HOV lane, even though she was carrying a passenger.She was pregnant,

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Could there be a moratorium on Harvard Law grads publishing books and articles about being at Harvard Law? I realize that "write what you know" is a maxim of good writing, and I can tolerate admittedly autobiographical work like One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School and the lesser-known Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard Law School. But autobiography disguised as

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At the Columbia ACS blog, "Hey Abbott" writes a post titled, "In Defense of the Second Amendment" that advocates federalism in gun legislation on some of the usual grounds: 1) One Size Does Not Fit All States; 2) Fairness (which really is the same as the first rationale); 3) Guns as the Whipping Boy of the Left; 4) The State Solution: Experimentation.But Abbott isn't defending the 2nd Amendment.

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Yesterday, the Federalist Society's left-leaning counterpart, the American Constitutional Society, announced on its blog the beginning of some collaborative debate and discussion between FedSoc and ACS members. Realizing the problems of collective participation (not to mention Borking), ACS members acquiesced and admitted that competition might be a better engine of intellectual growth than the

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Last November, when Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) declared on This Week that he favored a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, but also thought Roe v. Wade should be overturned so the issue could be returned to the states, it was only the most overtly inconsistent statement of how conservative politicians deal with two opposing forces. On one hand, constituents and the Republican base want to see

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Ninth Circuit judge Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain spoke to a small group of Columbia Law students last Friday at lunch. He gave some prepared remarks about the history of judicial independence, but his response to a question about some contemporary claimed attacks on that independence were of particular interest. A perennial hot topic for any Ninth Circuit judge is the question of whether the

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Richard Posner writes about his interactions with Milton Friedman and his ideas on the intersection of politics and economics on his blog with Gary Becker. Posner discusses voucher programs, a flat income tax, and some of Friedman's other influential ideas.

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