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Oral Arguments took place this morning in Boumediene v. Bush and its sister case, Al-Odah v. US. Because of the heightened interest in the case, the Supreme Court opted to expedite the delivery of the audio recording and it was broadcast on C-Span by 11:50EST, less than an hour after the arguments concluded.
The arguments went […]

Apparently, the United States and India just recently (as in, circa last Friday) agreed on their nuclear energy cooperation deal.
This deal has been in the works for at least a year now, and all of the pros and cons have been repeatedly beaten into everyone’s heads. Supporters say the nuclear deal will strengthen non-proliferation efforts […]

Hilary Clinton’s answer during the Democrat’s most recent debate and an article in the most recent edition of Foreign Affairs got me thinking- What do I want the next President to do with American foreign policy? Well, here are the 10 things that Yao, Gary, and I are looking for:
1) Engage Foreign Leaders- As […]

Hey, I’m back from a blogging hiatus to witness President Bush’s renewed push for public support for the War in Iraq. Essentially, we’re witnessing samurai level rhetorical Jujutsu. To me, rhetorical Jujutsu is the art of quickly and subtly shifting your rhetoric in response to recent events in a […]

The drums for withdraw grow louder each day as more and more bad news comes out of Iraq. With 3609 dead and counting, politicians and pundits are calling for withdrawal. Whether named a “redeployment” or the great escape, it’s doubtful that the current level of […]

Today I have the distinct pleasure of publishing the third installment of the DailyWrit Candidate Profiles, which will examine former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Romney, 60, attended Stanford before leaving for France on a mission trip customary in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upon his return, he transferred to BYU and eventually […]

Bush’s decision today concerning Scooter Libby pissed me off.
But it did get me thinking. You might remember that I blogged recently about how history might ultimately remember President Bush. Similarily, there was a lot of talk in England last week about why that nation detested Blair so fervently. Several sources reached the conclusion that […]

Brian Tamanaha’s post over at Balkanization entitled ‘Blood on the Hands of the State’ has sparked quite a bit of controversy. Professor Tamanaha argues that 1) He does not love his state and 2) States are on the decline in favor of…something else.
When I first read Professor Tamanaha’s post, I was inclined to disagree. […]

This year’s G8 summit appears to be one of the most productive in recent years. Thats not saying much though, since last year the only thing that came out of the G8 Summit in Russia was an awkward encouter between Papa Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This year, Merkel pushed through an environmental protection […]

As the 33rd annual G8 summit comes to a close, a puzzling and perfectly perplexing power paradox seems to be arising.
It has become painfully obvious over the last several months that President Bush is not the only global leader who is becoming increasingly irrelevant. English Prime Minister Tony Blair, the senior member of the […]

We all know that Justices Scalia and Thomas have always written the best dissents and Justice Alito’s dissent in Smith is no exception. Even though Justice Alito avoided most of the classic traps of writing a dissenting opinion like excessively broad analysis and only barely touching on the issues that the majority addresses, he is […]

Conservatives are outraged at the recent junket that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has taken this week to speak with Syrian leadership. First they were upset about Pelosi’s decision to go over the protest of the Whitehouse, but once she got there, they went into convulsions over her decision to wear hijab in […]

A very interesting article in the New York Times talks about California state lawmakers who have begun the process of passing legislation designed to force two large national pension companies to divest from companies dealing with Iran. The state lawmakers claim that the legislation isn’t aimed at meddling in international affairs, but is instead simply […]