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The Doctor.

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4. I'd like to say that the admittedly Libertarian Jonathan Turley is entirely objective,

Reply to silverweb (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 06:08 PM

Dec 2011

But even though he's usually dead-on-the-money, that doesn't mean he's always objective... or right. Even Paul Krugman went way out on a limb when he said that speculation wasn't causing oil prices to fluctuate. Most economists disagreed with him for a reason.

I read Turley's breakdown, and even that was 'nebulous' about the 'nebulous' nature of the bill.

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k&r for answers...nt wildbilln864 Dec 2011 #1

K&R silverweb Dec 2011 #2

I'd like to say that the admittedly Libertarian Jonathan Turley is entirely objective, The Doctor. Dec 2011 #4

It does, but it is fair to debate how meaningful that is cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #3

Hey, thanks. Not sure of a couple things though: The Doctor. Dec 2011 #5

I believe that is a military or executive determination but I'm always subject to factual correction cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #6

re: your second observation cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #7

if it doesn't explicitly exclude judicial review qazplm Dec 2011 #9

I should have said judicial process or oversight. My bad. cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #13

I wonder about who does the deciding Mojorabbit Dec 2011 #14

Congress would have to declare war on environmentalism first cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #16

usually when a law qazplm Dec 2011 #8

Ahhhh... see what you said there? cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #15

Whipping out the tinfoil fedora for a mo'... The Doctor. Dec 2011 #17

It codifies judicial decisions zipplewrath Dec 2011 #10

That's a novel piece of theory. The Doctor. Dec 2011 #18

It's fairly straight forward zipplewrath Dec 2011 #21

But "Further Appeals to Higher Courts" On the Road Dec 2011 #19

It would be about the intent of congress zipplewrath Dec 2011 #20

K&R patrice Dec 2011 #11

K&R great white snark Dec 2011 #12