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  Q.: Professor, do you believe in private property? Prof. Robert Montgomery: Senator, I do believe in private property. I believe in it so strongly, I think everyone in Texas should have some.

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  —Robert Montgomery, James K. Galbraith article, 2004/8/20, salon.com. Despite the emptiness of the "ownership society" slogan, it does remind me of a story -- a hand-me-down, if you will permit, from my father. Some time back, the great University of Texas economist Robert Montgomery was summoned before our Texas Legislature, then hunting subversives. According to legend, the hearing was the shortest on record. It consisted of a single question and answer. Not having ever seen a transcript, let me paraphrase: .

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Speechless

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 12:39 pm

Just like Maddow after Jindal, I am rendered speechless by the DOJ memos released on Monday. Most were by my former Con Law professor; among the notable exceptions was the repudiation of these policies last October.

Holy Constitutional Law, Batman.

* DOJ – Office of Legal Counsel memos

* NYT (3/3)
* LAT (3/3)
* links to the memos with brief annotations at salon.com

* Jack Balkin @ Balkinization (3/3 7am)
* Scott Horton @ Harper’s (3/3 716am)
* Dan Froomkin @ the Washington Post (3/3 12:52 pm)
* Glenn Greenwald, 3/3

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