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Just to be a little more concrete, if I arranged for a bunch of American soldiers to be killed by…
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Well, if we're sticking to direct consequences, Nixon certainly knew that what he was doing would result in many more…
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This gets to a problem with consequentialism. Arguably, what Nixon did ultimately helped the North Vietnamese and other communist powers…
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If I ask the chief of police whether police have the legal right to shoot someone on sight for wearing…
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Cruz didn't convince me of anything. His question is much like the question I would have asked in his place.…
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"If an American citizen on US soil poses no immediate threat, is it constitutional for the government to kill that…
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I'm not "rating Cruz" as a debater. I'm evaluating what he said, so of course, the merits matter. They are…
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Cruz did not shift hypotheticals. He offered one hypothetical, as simple as possible. When Holder objected because the hypothetical did…
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Cruz's initial formulation did not include the reasons the government might want to kill the person, because if the answer…
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Nice try. But priscianus said he or she thought Cruz had a gotcha question ready. I suggested there was no…
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What is at stake here is law and principles and reason. Therefore, this cannot be reduced to personalities. It doesn't…
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Cruz's questions were quite valid whether he was sincere or not and whether he would apply the same questions to…
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So the defense of the Attorney General of the United States for refusing to answer this question candidly is that…
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Really? Suppose Holder has just answered "No, it would not be Constitutional" the first time he was asked. What would…
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There's such a thing as context, and Cruz' statement was clearly in the context of someone who would be a…
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I was glad he had that guy on. One of the things he said is that the tea party types…
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Well, Rahm did threaten to turn against any Democrats who voted against the big Afghanistan appropriation, so "must support incumbents"…
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I think this takes Rahm too much at face value. In strongly condemning the primary challenge to Blanche Lincoln, he…
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As I've said, this is a zero-sum game between the parties. There cannot be a simultaneous electoral advantage from Repubs…
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Ford almost won anyway. If it was close even with Reagan pounding him throughout the primary, there's a pretty good…
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