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If You Read About Politics, You Should Read These Guys: Greenwald and Friedersdorf

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Between my first year of law school and two young children, I have really cut down on the amount of media I read in a given day. I tend to follow a pattern of checking the headlines at the New York Times, and then looking to see if any members of the Supreme Court press corps (mostly [...]
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Will the Libertarian Justice Kennedy Appear Today at Oral Arguments?

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[The Supreme Court will hear argument today in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington, No. 10-945.] At 10:00 am Eastern Time, the Supreme Court will hear a case about personal autonomy, personal dignity, and a person’s most private details. In prior cases addressing these themes, we’ve watched Justice Kennedy transform from a Law and [...]

Book Review: This Is Your Country on Drugs

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This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America By Ryan Grim • John Wiley & Sons, Inc. • 2009/2010 • $24.95 hardcover; $15.95 paperback • 272 pages Americans really like to get high, and they’ll go out of their way to do so even when the government threatens to punish them. That’s [...]