Fritz identifies James Madison (and to some extent Alexander Hamilton) as the fons et origo of ‘interposition’ as a constitutional mechanism, which Publius recognized as a potential means of resisting federal despotism during the ratification debates, and which Madison again described, and to which he gave the name Fritz uses throughout the book to describe state protest, in the Virginia Resolutions of 1798. [read post]

Ann Bartow highlighted a program on remix culture and Mike Madison discussed the topic in greater depth, considering "best practices" in the fair use claims which underlie remixing. 18 - Victoria Pynchon, of the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog, has sent us her picture [read post]