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Ann Althouse (b. 1951) was born in Wilmington, Delaware, Althouse has a degree in fine art from the University of Michigan, B.F.A. 1973, and graduated first in her class from New York University School of Law, J.D. 1981. She clerked for Judge Leonard B. Sand in the Southern District of New York and practiced law in the litigation department of Sullivan & Cromwell. Since 1984 Althouse has taught federal jurisdiction, civil procedure, and constitutional law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and written extensively on federalism (her central thesis being the normative value of federalism in protecting individual rights), sovereign immunity and other legal issues. She is currently the Robert W. & Irma M. Arthur-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a resident of Madison, Wisconsin. She currently blogs at Althouse Blog.
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 7 HRS, 57 MINS AGO
"congrats to bart stupak. now everybody hates you."
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 10 HRS, 24 MINS AGO
It's over.
"House Democrats who had withheld support of the health care legislation because of abortion concerns said Sunday afternoon that they would ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 10 HRS, 45 MINS AGO
More photos and videos of yesterday's Tea Party rally at the Capitol.
All of these are by Meade (my husband, who says everyone was perfectly nice — too nice, if anything). I like ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 14 HRS, 33 MINS AGO
Steny Hoyer won't say they've got the votes, only — nervously — that they "will" have the votes.
"We're going to get those 216 votes because we believe that they understand... that American... s... want health care reform...." He ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 18 HRS, 6 MINS AGO
Do they have the votes? Don't you think the MSM would be more doubt-crushingly optimistic if they did?
NYT: Democrats late Saturday night said the 216 votes needed to pass the bill were nearly within their reach, but acknowledged ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 18 HRS, 27 MINS AGO
"Members of the Congressional Black Caucus said that racial epithets were hurled at them Saturday..."
"... by angry protesters who had gathered at the Capitol to protest health-care legislation, and one congressman said he was spit ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 19 HRS, 9 MINS AGO
This NYT article about the "journey" toward ObamaCare is an odd mix of juicy nuggets and dreamy blather.
The juicy nuggets: 1. The Scott Brown victory shook up the White House, and Rahm Emanuel proposed switching to a more ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 20 HRS, 18 MINS AGO
"Why would you go to a bake sale to buy baked potato chips?"
Because there is nutritional information on the package. As is not the case with homemade baked goods, which are, accordingly, banned. ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 20 HRS, 29 MINS AGO
Eco-tourism, the guilt-trip.
Enough whale-watching for you. Time for urban cruise where the sightseeing is the pollution and blight of L.A. harbor. On a ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 1 DAY, 7 HRS AGO
President Obama's lackluster speech to the Democratic caucus.
I watched this live, and I was struck by the dullness of the crowd as they listened to words that were ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 1 DAY, 8 HRS AGO
"Controversial propositions."
With health care politics raging, it's refreshing to debate over something — anything — else, and here , John Hinderaker has ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 1 DAY, 9 HRS AGO
Megan McArdle was just trying to explain the nefarious "doc fix," and now she's stuck fending off a wave of stupid with the dreaded rhetorical device "um."
The post — "Politico's 'Doc Fix' Memo: Fake, But Accurate?" — now begins with a sadly urgent "update": Update: Please READ ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 1 DAY, 12 HRS AGO
"Can the House vote to amend something that isn't the law, as the Senate bill will not be law before the president's signature?"
"The Rules Committee meeting turned into mass confusion": Democratic Rep. Sander Levin [said] "We're going to be amending the law"... [Democratic ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 1 DAY, 13 HRS AGO
Meade goes to Washington: Pictures from the Capitol, from just a few minutes ago.
I just spoke to Meade, who arrived in Washington, D.C., after a 22-hour bus ride, in time for the protest at ...
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ANN ALTHOUSE BLOG · 1 DAY, 15 HRS AGO
Michael McConnell states the constitutional problem with the "deem and pass" more clearly and concisely than anyone can explain what the "deem and pass" is.
Is that a clue that something really devious is going on? Article I, Section 7 clearly states that bills cannot be ...
