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James Doty

James Doty is a writer and lawyer living in New York.

Former president Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Barack Obama

Obama-FDR parallel should make Dems shiver in ’10

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David Castillo, 3, stands with family members outside City Hall Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in Phoenix. Community members from the Puente Movement were petitioning the city to not enforce Arizona's immigration bill, SB 1070, which takes effect Thursday, July 29th. (AP Photo/Matt York) (AP)

A case the Obama administration deserves to lose

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Tom Vilsack and Shirley Sherrod

Tom Vilsack: Disgrace

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President Barack Obama, gestures during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

The president who won’t call racism racism

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Samuel Alito

Sam Alito: The Tea Party justice

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President Barack Obama and U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal

The dumb “Fire McChrystal!” campaign

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Solicitor General Elena Kagan speaks during the annual meeting of the 7th Circuit Bar Association & Judicial Conference of the 7th Circuit Monday, May 3, 2010 in Chicago. Kagan is under consideration to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. (AP Photo/David Banks) (AP)

The liberal case against Kagan is overstated

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This April 14, 2010 photo shows Arizona Governor Jan Brewer at the Capitol in Phoenix. Brewer has called for more troops along the state's border with Mexico on Thursday, April 23, 2010, two days before a deadline for her to approve or strike down the nation's toughest legislation on illegal immigration.

Arizona’s new immigration law is unconstitutional

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WASHINGTON - MAY 20: U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan addresses the forum "Striking the Balance: Fair and Independent Courts in a New Era" at Georgetown University Law Center May 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. A former Dean of the Harvard Law School, Kagan's name has been included on many peoples' short list of possible candidates to the Supreme Court to replace Justice David Souter, who is retiring this year. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla)

On the Supreme Court, not a lot of respect for Elena Kagan

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