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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; Constitution</title>
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		<title>We&#8217;re All Becoming Texas</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2013/05/were-all-becoming-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-intellectualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nullification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband says I&#8217;ve been in a bad mood since 2000. I&#8217;m entitled. On Monday, the Republican-led Texas House passed HB 1076 , a bill that would ban state agencies from enforcing any new federal gun laws, including background checks. The self-satisfied know-nothings who voted for this bill are very pleased with themselves. Talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Constitutional Ethic</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2013/02/a-constitutional-ethic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional ethic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this point in the semester, my undergraduate class is encountering a concept called &#8220;the constitutional ethic.&#8221; (The term is an organizing theme of the textbook we are using, written by yours truly and colleague from Minnesota.) So what do we mean by &#8220;constitutional ethic&#8221;? How does such an ethic differ from our usual understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Politics? What You Need to Know Before You Open Your Mouth</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2013/02/talking-politics-what-you-need-to-know-before-you-open-your-mouth/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2013/02/talking-politics-what-you-need-to-know-before-you-open-your-mouth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[                                            Introduction As Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously observed, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but not to our own facts. Arguments based on manufactured histories or distorted realities are intellectually dishonest and ultimately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THIS is Why Judges Shouldn&#8217;t be Elected</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/11/this-is-why-judges-shouldnt-be-elected/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/11/this-is-why-judges-shouldnt-be-elected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago, the Indiana Supreme Court had to decide a case involving homeowners who shot at police who were entering their home. It turned out that the entry was in error and the homeowners were acting in what they said was self-defense; nevertheless, the Court ruled that the use of weapons to repel the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>True, But&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/09/true-but/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/09/true-but/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American civic knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic fundamentalists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Masson&#8217;s blog, Doug addresses the misunderstandings that underlie the outsized reactions of Islamic fundamentalists to &#8220;provocations&#8221; like the amateurish film (or trailer&#8211;no one is yet certain an actual film was ever made) that set off the latest round of murderous rage: Part of the problem seems to be, culturally, a lack of understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shaping our Different Realities</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/08/shaping-our-different-realities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious world views]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, in the process of outlining an academic paper, I came across a brief essay I wrote a couple of years ago for the Journal of Religion and American Culture, exploring the religious roots of the dramatically different realities Americans&#8217; inhabit. With the Republican Convention currently on television, the incompatibility of those realities is hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chik-fil-A</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/chik-fil-a/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/chik-fil-a/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["the idea we hate"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chik-fil-A]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me be clear about my personal reaction to Chik-fil-A&#8217;s corporate homophobia&#8211;expressed by its financial support for anti-gay organizations and most recently by the &#8220;guilty as charged&#8221; statement of its President. I do not patronize Chik-fil-A, and I encourage my friends and family to spend their money elsewhere. When the occasion arises, I communicate my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You for Proving My Point&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/thank-you-for-proving-my-point/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/thank-you-for-proving-my-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill of Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Establishment Clause]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that each new day brings new evidence that too many Americans haven&#8217;t the foggiest idea what&#8217;s in the U.S. Constitution or what its provisions mean. Exhibit #1: the large cross erected on public property in Dugger, Indiana. The huge cross with &#8220;Jesus Saves&#8221; prominently printed on it has been challenged by Americans United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Oblivion</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/constitutional-oblivion/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/constitutional-oblivion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education / Youth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Hodges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m a broken record when it comes to the appallingly low level of civic literacy in this country, but bear with me for one more installment of &#8220;Is it really possible to be that ignorant?&#8221;  Valarie Hodges is an actual, nonfictional member of the Louisiana legislature, which means Louisiana citizens elected her to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reconsidering ID</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/reconsidering-id/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/07/reconsidering-id/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Keller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National ID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been reflexively opposed to the notion of a national ID card. Call it the civil libertarian in me, but such an identifier raises visions of police states past and privacy intrusions future. That said, I&#8217;ll admit this is not an issue I&#8217;ve really thought through&#8211;my distaste is more visceral than intellectual. So I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Conflicted</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/06/im-conflicted/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/06/im-conflicted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent decision by the Illinois Attorney General has thrown me into one of those &#8220;On this hand&#8230;but on the other hand..&#8221; internal conflicts. The Attorney General and another Illinois prosecutor have announced that they will not defend that state&#8217;s ban on same-sex marriage against a challenge being brought by couples whose application for marriage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disorderly Law</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/06/disorderly-law/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/06/disorderly-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disorderly conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loitering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I read about City-County Councilor Joe Simpson&#8217;s arrest last week for &#8220;disorderly conduct,&#8221; I immediately thought about an incident several years ago involving the then-Legal Director of Indiana&#8217;s ACLU. He had been on his front porch when police descended on the house next door, and he took issue with aspects of their behavior which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Constitutes &#8220;Speech&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/what-constitutes-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/what-constitutes-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom of expression]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s news included a report on a Virginia lawsuit brought by sheriff&#8217;s deputies alleging retaliatory firing in violation of their free speech rights. They claimed they&#8217;d been dismissed for supporting the Sheriff&#8217;s (unsuccessful) opponent in a recent election. The law is pretty clear that public employees do not lose their First Amendment rights simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Bork</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/more-on-bork/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/more-on-bork/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harm principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Sekelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libertarian principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post, I made the case that Romney&#8217;s choice of Robert Bork as his legal/courts advisor should disqualify him from the Presidency. I subsequently ran across a more in-depth discussion of Bork, borrowing liberally from his own writings. This extended essay is well worth reading in its entirety, but let me whet your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Interesting Exchange</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/an-interesting-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rule of law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like many other civil libertarians, I have been deeply disappointed by President Obama&#8217;s willingness to continue many of the security practices of the Bush Administration. It is especially galling because&#8211;unlike Bush&#8211;Obama quite obviously knows what the Constitution requires, and has nevertheless been willing to engage in surveillance and other practices which most civil libertarians believe [...]]]></description>
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