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Michael Kinsley
American
Journalist
Born:
Mar 9
,
1951
Another
Been
Clause
Conservatives
Property
You
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In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn't find it useful is censorship, not journalism.
Michael Kinsley
You
People
Censorship
Journalist
Think
Relevant
Would
Find
Proper
Journalism
Because
Audience
His
Question
Denying
Any
Information
Useful
Event
Her
Thinks
In recurring episodes over the next couple of decades, the minority view gradually won. A profusion of factors differentiates each case from the others, including naked partisanship on both sides, but the trend has been clear.
Michael Kinsley
Trend
Minority
Naked
Others
Sides
Has-Been
Case
Both
Both Sides
Factors
Clear
Recurring
Over
Couple
Partisanship
Been
Won
Decades
Gradually
Next
Episodes
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Each
Including
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.
Michael Kinsley
Property
Equality
Protection
Recipe
Conservatives
Liberals
Way
Say
Would
Would-Be
Clause
Fair
Equal
Equal Protection
Judicial
Misused
Cherish
Just
Activism
They Say
Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.
Michael Kinsley
Conservatives
Claim
Course
Always
Judicial
Against
Activism
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
Michael Kinsley
Protection
Conservatives
Liberals
Clause
Equal
Equal Protection
Amendment
Fifth
The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn't about compensation. It was about the requirement that any government taking must have a 'public purpose.'
Michael Kinsley
Government
Fans
Though
Must
Promising
About
Case
Seemed
Purpose
Taking
Thursday
Because
Any
Decided
Public
Requirement
Compensation
The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.
Michael Kinsley
Thanks
Interstate
Conservatives
Once
Out
Would
Logic
Some
Laws
Clause
Federal
Throwing
Like
Court
Judges
Does
Said
How
Affect
Commerce
Often
Again
Far-Fetched
Grounds
Wholesale
Medical
Start
He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.
Michael Kinsley
Courage
Nice
Enough
Remark
He
Make
Does
Nasty
Lacking
Want
Associated
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