http://davekopel.org http://davekopel.org Dave Kopel's RSS feed. Dave is Research Director of the Independence Institute in Colorado, and writes on the Second Amendment, the media, and civil liberty issues. Copyright 2009. David B. Kopel en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:00 GMT Audioblog RSS Feeder 1.20 15 Law, Politics, Second Amendment, Elections http://davekopel.org http://www.davekopel.com/images/davekopelsmall.jpg Updates about Dave's newest articles and blog posts. http://audio.ivoices.org/mp3/iipodcast349.mp3 Kopel and Jon Caldara talk about the new Supreme Court case that will decide if the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments. 14 minutes, MP3. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:00 GMT hhttp://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20091113_3746.php Kopel explains why the Stupak amendment is harmful to the national Democratic party, and why the Republicans must win both their base and independents. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:03:00 GMT http://davekopel.org/Corner/Latest.htm Sarah Palin and Maria from "The Sound of Music." Moses and Americanism. Heidegger and Hitler. Canadian Parliament votes to repeal long gun registration. Off-off-year elections were good for the 2d Amendment. Chris Christie and fat acceptance. Much more. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:02:00 GMT http://davekopel.org/2A/Newsletter/SAP2009/2009-November-5-Second-Amendment-Kopel-newsletter.htm Nov. 5, 2009, issue now on the web. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:32:00 GMT http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253290856 Dave says "probably" for C/T, because "The bill will see lots of 'no' votes from Blue Dogs and from other Democrats who represent energy-producing states. But there may be enough support from urban/suburban Republicans for something to pass." Regarding unemployment, the answer is "definitely." "It's easy to imagine the Republican campaign ads which show the Democratic charts predicting how bad unemployment would get without the stimulus--juxtaposed with how much worse unemployment actually got after the Democrats' deficit spending spree was adopted." Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:33:00 GMT http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20091030_6117.php Top issues in 2010 races. Does Obama help himself with his war on Fox? Kopel says: "Deficit, unemployment, and yes," and explains why. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://volokh.com/2009/10/28/can-obama-accept-the-nobel-prize-without-congressional-consent/ Some Republicans in Congress think not, but Kopel explains why they are legally wrong. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:34:00 GMT http://davekopel.org/2A/Mags/Free-Speech.pdf The Supreme Court, censorship of political speech, and the case of Citizens United v. FEC. America's 1st Freedom. September 2009. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:02:00 GMT http://www.duprocess.org/home/2009/10/19/part-two-connecting-laypeople-with-the-law-through-blogs.html Denver University Law Review DUProcess, Oct. 19, 2009. Part of the symposium Legal Scholarship in the Internet Age. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:59:00 GMT