So is the American political system completely dysfunctional. I suppose the easy answer is to say they elected Trump so case closed, but of course it is much more complicated than that. What advanced developed democracy cannot manage to keep it’s government functioning. The obvious answer should be “none” but
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Accidental Deliberations: On political placement
While others have already commented on Adam Dodek’s argument that judges should never enter politics after leaving the bench, I’ll offer a couple of observations of my own having to do largely with our perceptions of politics (and the need not to let them override democratic principles). Dodek’s concerns arise
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On opinion evidence
There’s plenty of reason for concern about some of the views put forward by the Cons’ latest Supreme Court appointment. But keeping those concerns in mind, I’ll argue that we should be careful about putting too much emphasis on Justice Russell Brown’s past blog posts, rather than the more important
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