How is North Carolina’s Roy Cooper different from Kentucky’s Kim Davis?

How is North Carolina’s Roy Cooper different from Kentucky’s Kim Davis?

ByJosh Bernoff

North Carolina’s new law enables and protects people who discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The state attorney general, Roy Cooper, has refused to defend the law in court. Should he? This is an uncomfortable question because it’s so similar to another recent case. Read both of the descriptions below and…

The passive-aggressive furor of Antonin Scalia
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The passive-aggressive furor of Antonin Scalia

ByJosh Bernoff

Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court Justice who died Saturday, had a reputation as a fierce, incisive, and sarcastic defender of conservative values. Read his most famous opinions and arguments and you’ll find his rhetorical secret: passive voice statements that obscure the boogiemen he rails against. As my tribute to Justice Scalia, here are some quotes…