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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Exploits Rational Political Ignorance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/10/04/trump-polls-immigration-taxes-column/72755896/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ilya Somin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite some recent stumbles in his campaign, the most dramatic development of the 2016 presidential race has been the meteoric ascent of Donald Trump to the status of front-runner for the Republican nomination. Trump&rsquo;s rise is a particularly blatant example of a much deeper...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Would Intervention in Syria Be Constitutional?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.volokh.com/2013/08/27/us-military-intervention-syria-constitutional/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ilya Somin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Article I of the Constitution reserves the power to declare war to Congress alone. Thus, any military action large enough to constitute a war requires congressional authorization. The president can, of course, defend against an actual or imminent enemy attack without waiting for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court: When the White House Loses 9-0]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/07/22/supreme-court-losses-column/2576625/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ilya Somin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Those of us who follow Supreme Court decisions spend most of our time debating the contentious issues that divide justices 5-4 along predictable ideological lines. Often, that's where the loudest public debates are as well. Just consider the recent rulings on gay marriage.But we might do...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Federalism and the DOMA Decision]]></title>
							<link>http://www.volokh.com/2013/06/26/the-doma-decision-and-federalism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ilya Somin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Justice Anthony Kennedy&rsquo;s majority opinion for the Court in the DOMA case relies partly on federalism considerations, striking down Section 3 of DOMA in part because it goes beyond the usual scope of federal authority. In reaching this conclusion, it cites (among other sources) the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abstain from Ignorant Voting]]></title>
							<link>http://www.volokh.com/2012/11/06/the-case-for-abstaining-from-voting-on-issues-where-you-are-ignorant/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Legal Challenge Could Derail Health Care Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2010/nov/07/ed-somi07-ar-634809/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ilya Somin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When 21 states and several private groups initiated lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health care law earlier this year, critics denounced the suits as frivolous political grandstanding. But it is increasingly clear that the plaintiffs have a serious case with a...]]></description>
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