Eric Scheske

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Make the Covert Public?

WaPo wants more disclosure of FBI spying [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110901719.html] : > More information is needed. The Justice Department's inspector general, Glenn A. Fine, ought to investigate, and report to Congress and the public. And as conferees put the final

One for Two

Texas banned same-sex marriage and Maine turned down efforts to repeal homosexual civil rights legislation [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/09/ap/politics/mainD8DOQQG04.shtml]. I'd say the Texas victory is bigger than the Maine defeat, since Texas dealt with marriage, not general civil rights. >

Revoking Tax-Exempt Status

I do a fair amount of tax and non-profit work, so this question has always fascinated me: When will the IRS revoke a charitable institution's tax-exempt status due to political involvement? More interesting: When will it revoke a church's status? Although I've never researched

Kicking Out the Catholics

Fascinating piece at Commonweal about the Democratic Party's intentional neglect of Catholics [http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php?id_article=1422]. Excerpt: > Better known as the McGovern Commission, for its chairman, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, the twenty-eight-member panel became the vehicle by which a handful

The Swearing Catechumen

I guess there's a squabble in Orange County that could turn into a full-blown political battle that libertarians would love: local health inspectors want to inspect the kitchen of an 84-year-old woman who sells muffins. She won't let them in. She explains why, using rather colorful

Bible in the Political Belt

Jennifer Moses at WaPo tries to make sense of the role of religion in contemporary political life [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110203188.html] . Based on this piece, she has a few hopelessly cliched and wrongheaded ideas about religion (e.g., "religion incites violence,

NYT on the C5

> A Catholic majority on the nine-member court would be a significant historical shift. Until 1988, there had been no more than two Catholic justices at once. And for most of the court's history, there was typically only a single Catholic. > "This would add a whole

Five Catholics

From Maggie Gallagher [http://www.marriagedebate.com/mdblog/2005_10_30_mdblog_archive.htm#113076842581271164] : > David Bernstein on Volokh.com notes that Judge Sam Alito, if confirmed, will be the fifth Catholic on the Court, making it the first time a majority of Supreme Court Justices are Catholic. >

Kmiec Sums Up Roe

I'm proud of my former Constitutional Law and Real Property Law professor: > Professor Doug Kmiec, appearing on Foxnews.com, is asked by Brit: "How did the Supreme Court get from a right to privacy of a married couple in the bedroom in Griswold, to the right

The Bizarro Olsens

Two young teens, both blonde and pretty, are singing the praises of white Aryanism. Link [http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1231684&page=1]. Excerpt: > Known as "Prussian Blue" – a nod to their German heritage and bright blue eyes – the girls from Bakersfield, Calif., have