Michael Kinsley

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#tells #truth

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 #does #enough #lacking #make

A Supreme Court decision that concessions of this sort were unconstitutional would have taken them off the table and actually increased the effective sovereignty of elected officials. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#concessions #court #court decision #decision #effective

Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property "without just compensation." The basic model of an unconstitutional "taking" would be if the government threw you out of your house. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#almost #also #any #basic #compensation

Conservatives and liberals alike have been waiting for this moment for a third of a century. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#been #century #conservatives #liberals #moment

If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to take notice. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#another #before #began #decade #half

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#arnold schwarzenegger #days #kennedy #late #leading

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#against #always #claim #conservatives #course

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#another #averted #been #conservative #danger

The "takings" clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#clause #conservatives #equal #equal protection #fifth