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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Supreme Court Quickies

The SC handed down a somewhat surprising decision today that a federal drug approval law does not pre-empt a state lawsuit. I discuss judicial review, the DNA case, and Dahlia Lithwick's latest on judges taking part in cases of backers who gave them large campaign contributions over at Slate. I also have defended filibusters over at Balkinization (Calhoun posts). Evangelistic, ain't I?