No Straw Men

Due process cases are not properly decided on the basis of generalizations and syllogisms. Rather, legal reasoning proceeds by a careful examination of the particulars of the case, informed not primarily by abstract reasoning but by history and experience.

A final decision has not been made on whether he could go against precedent to become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful.

The worldwide headquarters of his RedState.com is a sleepy coffee shop in Macon, Ga., 700 miles from Washington. They must brew a strong cup of joe there, because from his remote perch, Erickson has grabbed his party's power brokers by their elephant-stitched suspenders.