Writ Large
"Writ Large is the Chicago Tribune’s blog about law, politics and government in Washington, D.C., with an emphasis on the intersection of those areas. That place is where many of the hot-button issues of our time can be found, those involving Guantanamo detainees, FISA legislation, the death penalty, the Supreme Court, gun control and the Second Amendment, same-sex marriage, the Justice Department, the war on terror and more."
Author: James Oliphant is a licensed attorney and a Washington, D.C.-based national correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
Blawg Related Categories: Attorney General • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Legislation & Lobbying • Terrorism • Guantanamo/Detainees • U.S. Supreme Court • Legal News Publication
Recent Posts from Writ Large
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Battleground fatigue: A letter from Columbus
By James Oliphant Tribune correspondent October 28, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here’s one random sampling from a battleground state, with some margin for error. “I just want it to end,” my father says. “Make it…
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If McCain went Hollywood
John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson weigh in. Well, not really.
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Rehnquist papers headed to Stanford
Here is the official release from the Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, Calif: The papers of the late William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005, have…
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Is the credit crunch real?
Here’s a post from the always provocative Marginal Revolution blog, asking whether there is indeed the kind of squeeze on credit for nonfinancial (read: commercial) businesses that the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the…
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Biden: No brain scans for aneurysms
The Chicago Tribune reports that among recent medical records released by Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, there are no scans that might indicate the potential for another dehabilitating aneurysm such as the…
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‘The Soldier’ gets suspended
The Plain Dealer’s Bill Livingston has an insightful column about my favorite dysfunctional football team. The suspension probably means the beginning of the end for Winslow here. The Browns probably would have only fined him,…
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Thoughts on ‘Californication’
I have a post up on my other blog, Bad Pacino, about the first season of the Showtime series.
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RNC spent $150,000 to glam Palin
Politico has a scoop: The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.…
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Dedicated to Phillies (and Soul Train) fans everywhere
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Paulson speaks of need for strong China
As the credit crunch has struck markets worldwide, one lingering question has been how the turmoil will affect China’s burgeoning economy. Tuesday evening in New York, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spoke about China’s economic health…