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“In general, liberals fear conservative judges far too much. In almost all areas, in fact, they dramatically overstate the stakes.” quote by Benjamin Wittes — Download Open image

“In general, liberals fear conservative judges far too much. In almost all areas, in fact, they dramatically overstate the stakes.”

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I'm a rationalist and a skeptic, someone who safely separates faith from reason.

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One effect of Roe was to mobilize a permanent constituency for criminalizing abortion - a constituency that has driven much of the southern realignment…

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There is no doubt in my mind that Article II limits to a considerable degree the application of the obstruction statutes to the president…

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It might seem perverse for honestly religious people to group their faiths with those of the sadists and megalomaniacs who run most cults, but…

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Eric Holder is a decent man.

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Al-Qaida is a cult of martyrdom.

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I generally favor permissive abortion laws.

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