Thursday Links
* Volokh on Kennedy v. Louisana is here. I’m not sure I disagree with the outcome on a Constitutional level, but I am a little tired of Anthony Kennedy right now. I shouldn’t be concerned about Heller today, right?
* As much as I love my newish home state, we still have some idiots running around.
* Jim Geraghy notes the dichotomy between Obama enjoying town hall meetings as a Senator, but not being in the mood for them against McCain. Again, 10 may be a bit much, but when he offers no reasonable alternative for negotiation…
* Radley Balko on mandatory menu labeling statutes. I’ve not been a fan of this sort of thing anyway, but he makes a series of great points that I hadn’t thought of.
* Some Obama supporters still don’t know where he stands on important issues. And by “supporters,” I mean “elected officials stumping for him who really have no excuse.”
* Obama’s rhetoric may result in less oil from Canada. Change we can believe in, repairing our diplomatic relationships.
* And finally, a fun parody of that silly MoveOn ad:
I’m nervous about DC v. Heller today - it should come down, and the common wisdom appears to be that Scalia is the guy for the opinion. For one, what should be a slam-dunk 9-0 obviously won’t be, and for two, if Kennedy’s the swing again, will he see something in Scalia’s opinion he doesn’t like and offer a concurrance, thus muddying the waters further? Today’s one of those days I wish I could stay home with CNN on all day.