Discourse.net
Features news, commentary and analysis of a variety of mainly legal and political topics mixed with personal musings.
Author: Law professor Michael Froomkin teaches at the University of Miami School of Law and is one of the founding editors of ICANN Watch.
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Recent Posts from Discourse.net
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200 Days To Go
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have…
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Gov. Crist Gets Engaged
Flablog has the rundown on Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s engagement to one Carole Rome, described as an MBA, with experience working as an auditor and as a realtor, at Shall I never see a bachelor…
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Friday McBush Bashing
What does McCain mean by ‘we’? McCains Failed To Pay Taxes On California Home For Four Years, Newsweek To Report Media Matters, The Edwards standard and John McCain Carpetbagger Report, Up until recently, McCain…
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Interviewed on the Viacom v. Google Discovery Decision
I was interviewed today for this afternoon’s edition of Marketplace; of course you never know if they’ll use it or not. The topic was the strange — and to my mind wrongly decided — decision…
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La Disparition
This is a cute idea: Barack Obama Bumper Stickers! — a different one, the site promises, for each of the 50 states. Only, the actual list of states is missing Florida: States So Far:AL, AK…
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One Cheer for McDonalds
I am no great fan of McDonalds — I don’t think I’ve been inside one more than twice in the last decade — but I think they deserve praise for this letter responding to the…
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Today's Discovery In Applied Informatics
I have found what I believe to be one of the last types of information for which search on the Internet remains utterly useless: finding where fireworks stands might located in the South Dade area.…
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PoliticsTV Looks Back on Recent Political Videos
Politics TV has a July 4 Special: 2008’s Best Campaign Web Videos So Far -Pt 2 They put it online, so I guess we don’t need to wait until Friday to see it. My vote…
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The Snark IS a Boojum
The DC Circuit has now issued a redacted version of Judge Garland’s opinion for the Court in Parhat v. Gates. It’s worth a read. Notably, the Court accepts the government’s view of its own powers…
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Gary Farber on the Power of Music
Gary Farber has a great piece on the (soft) power of music, If it ain’t got that swing, which introduced me to Willis Conover. Who’s that? Willis Conover is, or at least once was, one…