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The Nino-Breyer Smackdown (Part 4)

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We agree with Andrew Sullivan: Dahlia Lithwick did a superb job in her write-up of the Scalia-Breyer debate, which took place Tuesday night at the Capital Hilton. We attended as guests of the ACS, whom we thank for their hospitality.

For our fourth and final post about the evening -- prior posts here, here, and here -- we'll quote liberally from Lithwick's great Slate piece, with commentary of our own appended and interspersed.

It all appears after the jump.

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Non-Sequiturs: 11.21.06

Civil War Above the Law.jpg* Woo-hoo!!! Good news for online rumor-mongerers like ourselves. [Volokh Conspiracy; Instapundit]

* And a bit of bad news, too. [Concurring Opinions]

* We weren't the only ones who had fun at Federalistapalooza. [Southern Appeal]

* "Conservative civil war": Not just at the Federalist Society. [Andrew Sullivan; Instapundit; Ryan Sager]

* When the subject of gay marriage comes up, social conservatives bring out a parade of horribles -- including polygamy. Now Ann Althouse wonders: Is it really so horrible? [Althouse]

* While we're linking to contrarian thinking, here's a different take on L'Affaire OJ.: "Rupert Murdoch's relevant anatomy shrunk to the size of two shriveled peas." [Crime & Federalism]

* Some food for thought: "If the [anti-burqa] legislation is enacted, a Dutch woman could marry her lesbian partner, spend her life smoking a little hashish now and then -- and when the time comes, get a doctor's assistance in pulling the plug -- all well within Dutch law. But she couldn't ride the subway with a veil over her face. What an odd country." [PrawfsBlawg]

* Actually, Will, we think this is really cool. Who wants to tour Civil War battlefields when you can visit these instead? [Crescat Sententia]

Non-Sequiturs: 09.15.06

nancy grace.jpg* New Jersey politics: Never a dull moment. [Wall Street Journal via Instapundit]

* Did Nancy Grace go too far in her grilling of Melinda Duckett? [MSNBC via Andrew Sullivan; Crime & Federalism]

* If you royally piss off a judge with a recusal request, which he denies, can you try to get him recused again? [New York Times via DealBreaker]

* Congrats to Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Reynolds. [Andrew Sullivan]

* Man with "suspicious package" arrested outside Supreme Court building. Write your own punchline -- it's Friday after 5, we're outta here. [SCOTUSblog]