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6 May 2007, 6:22 pm
His adopted daughter was the wife of federal judge Robert William Hughes, who was also buried in Abingdon. [read post]
8 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
When one of the current authors (Buchanan) used to teach economics courses at the university level, consols were a favorite hypothetical financial instrument, because the arithmetic for determining their value is shockingly simple. [read post]
16 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
Writing separately, we have suggested that a platinum coin that was deposited with the Fed would count as “debt” and thus would not even achieve the goal of keeping the US below the ceiling (Buchanan) and that advocates’ overly broad reading of the Coinage Act is likely a violation of the reasonableness requirement for agency interpretations that aim to fill statutory gaps (Dorf). [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The Constitution’s text says that the Chief Justice shall preside over the trial of sitting presidents, but it does not say anything one way or the other about whether the Chief Justice should preside over any other impeachments.Indeed, Chief Justice Roberts has said that because he is not required to preside, he chooses not to do so, because his day job keeps him plenty busy. [read post]
28 May 2009, 7:35 am
The "J" is Robert Johnson, founder of the Black Entertainment Television, a heavy Democratic contributor. [read post]
21 Oct 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
James Knox Polk Robert Merry brings the enigmatic Polk to life with his detailed biography, A Country of Vast Designs. [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
” I soon followed that up with a column arguing that even a Trump loss in that election (which at that time seemed all but certain) would not end the constitutional threat, because Republicans—even those who had not yet bent the knee to Trump—hated the Democrats so much that they were willing to do anything to hold power.We would do well to recall, moreover, that all of this was before Republicans rolled over on the Access Hollywood tape, Trump’s threat not to accept losing… [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Unlike the approach for the plaintiffs in one of the two pending cases, we would then not need a formula and a cutoff for “wasted votes” that would trigger judicial remedies.To be clear, I think that those plaintiffs should win their case, and there is nothing wrong (notwithstanding Chief Justice Roberts’s description of their theory as “sociological gobbledygook”) with the idea of using statistical evidence to determine when partisan redistricting has gone too… [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 5:05 am
Similarly, Roberts and the other arch-conservatives argue that we must limit the commerce power because the word "commerce" is potentially too broad. [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
As Robert Solow, an elite economist with a strong skeptical streak about standard economic theory, described the “macro” (aggregate) version of that theory a few years ago: “The theory is neat, learnable, not terribly difficult, but just technical enough to feel like ‘science’. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
With Democrats now in charge of the House of Representatives and early in the process of trying to retake the White House in 2020, all policy ideas are on the table. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
But whether the Roberts majority ultimately decides to selectively look past the public/private distinction in this area is as yet unknown. [read post]
1 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
Each day that passes without enactment of legislation raising or suspending the debt ceiling brings the United States and thus the global economy closer to disaster. [read post]
26 Apr 2005, 3:07 am
Matthew Buchanan and Dennis Crouch have a lot of useful information posted for those who are interested. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 5:25 am
Others, like Robert Shiller and (a changed) Joseph Stiglitz, see the problem quite differently. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 12:48 pm
For now, I will simply point out that Dean's definition of "authoritarianism" (taken from the work of Professor Robert Altemeyer) tracks very closely with attitudes that are inconsistent with respect for the rule of law. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 2:18 pm
Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Robert Shiller, and Brad DeLong are reasonably well known examples. [read post]