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2 Apr 2012, 6:48 am by Marissa Miller
 The Wall Street Journal, however, responds that “[t]he activism charge is a political canard intended to obscure these grave issues and intimidate the Court. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 6:40 am by Chris Castle
  Getting high on your so-called prescription drugs is the last bastion of the rugged individualist and bring me John Galt while you’re at it. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 3:35 am by David Keane
John Dugard, a former South African anti-apartheid lawyer, ICJ judge, UN Special Rapporteur and witness at the RToP, responded. [read post]
17 Sep 2011, 6:53 am by Marty Lederman
by Marty Lederman In his speech last evening, Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan clarified and strengthened a number of important points that the Obama Administration had previously articulated or suggested, and helpfully tied them together to provide a more comprehensive account of the President’s counterterrorism approach, particularly with respect to the U.S. commitment, emphasized by Brennan, on adherence to the rule of law and respect for international law norms. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 6:28 am by Tom Parker
Or as John Brennan put it in his speech: “The most powerful weapons of all—which we must never forsake—are the values and ideals that America represents to the world. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 8:58 pm by Rick
”1 There is a canard that Justice Scalia allegedly seeks the “original intent” of constitutionally-based guarantees — well, I suppose it’s not totally baseless, since it’s based on Scalia’s saying that’s what he does, even though he doesn’t — but, at any rate, that won’t help here for two reasons. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 11:17 am by Tom Parker
McCarthy’s State Department canard finds an eerie echo in Rep. [read post]
4 May 2010, 8:28 pm by Berin Szoka
(It’s a common anti-capitalist canard that lenders just want an excuse,  any excuse, to charge higher interest rates. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 3:02 pm by Sandy Levinson
[Though see "update" below.]There is, though, one way she could get the nomination, which involves the Republican Party sticking resolutely to its "winner take all" primary rules, which is the principal explanation for John McCain's getting the nomination in 2008. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 9:00 am by Michael Ginsborg
John Aravosis of AMERICAblog Gay says that he is "just getting ready for the latest round of religious right bigotry. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 4:29 am
For example, here's an interesting reframing of an old canard they took from North Carolina Congressman Howard Coble: "I still embrace the theory of locking the cell door if an offender has been convicted of a crime. [read post]
14 Jun 2009, 1:36 am
"06/23/09 WordinEdgewise, by law professor John Culane:[W]e weaken our credibility with spurious accusations, and I've been surprised by how little challenged has been the canard that the brief compares same-sex marriages to incest and pedophilia.06/22/09 Dissenting Justice, by law professor Darren Hutchinson:In the first of two posts, Professor Hutchinson discusses the politics of the DOJ brief:Obama is engaging the exact same song and dance regarding DOMA. [read post]
26 May 2009, 7:30 am
He also stated that private insurers' admin expenses currently top out at about 13.4% [ed: we've long since debunked this particular canard, but the nature of the call was such that I could only listen, not respond]. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 1:47 am
I'm not sure when or how the "withdraw the appeal" canard got started, but it has apparently taken hold. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 5:47 am
This tactic is at best disingenuous, and at worst a canard. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 8:36 am
" On Monday, John McCain parlayed Obama's response to Joe the Plumber into an accusation that Obams wants to be, to use McCain's clever sound-bite words, "Redistributionist in Chief. [read post]