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The Becker & Posner Blog:
Is the Conservative Movement Losing Steam? Richard Posner
The Serious Conflict in the Modern Conservative Movement. Gary Becker

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WORLD VIEW: Fareed Zakaria

The End of Conservatism
Conservative slogans sound anachronistic in the context of today’s problems, like an old TV show from the 1970s.
From the magazine issue dated Feb 25, 2008 / NEWSWEEK

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Op-Ed Columnist
The Republican Collapse
by DAVID BROOKS

Published: October 5, 2007 NYT

Modern conservatism begins with Edmund Burke. What Burke articulated was not an ideology or a creed, but a disposition, a reverence for tradition, a suspicion of radical change. …>>

United States
The Supreme Court

Following Souter
May 7th 2009 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition

Barack Obama has a chance to rejuvenate the Supreme Court’s liberal wing

DAVID SOUTER … is a singular character. Though wealthy, he lives the life of Diogenes. He lunches frugally at his desk, typically on yogurt and an apple, which he eats to the core. He seldom goes out. He has no time for modern distractions such as television. But most unusually of all, despite having life tenure as a judge on the Supreme Court, he is planning to retire at the tender age of 69.

He loves judging but hates Washington, DC. He calls it the worst city in the world, though he has barely travelled. He yearns to return to his home in a tiny hamlet in New Hampshire, a dilapidated wooden farmhouse where he lives alone. …>>

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David Souter
by J.Stone

May 01, 2009, The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog

It would appear from the latest news reports that Justice David Souter is about to part ways with the Supreme Court after a nineteen-year tenure. At the time of his nomination by President George H. W. Bush, David Souter was a virtual unknown. In his long career as a justice on the New Hampshire Supreme Court, a judge on the New Hampshire trial court, and New Hampshire’s attorney general, he seldom had occasion to express his views on controversial constitutional issues. Many critics of the nomination complained that President Bush had found a “stealth candidate” who had no “paper trail” but was secretly a rock-solid conservative determined to overturn Roe v. Wade and to outlaw affirmative action. It didn’t turn out quite that way. …>>

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United States
The Supreme Court

Change at the top
May 1st 2009
From Economist.com

The retirement of Justice David Souter will let Barack Obama begin to shape the Supreme Court …>>

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NYT blog: The Conversation: Talking between columns / May 6, 2009, 12:46 pm

Who Will Replace Souter?
By David Brooks and Gail Collins

Gail Collins: David, I’m really eager to hear your opinions about the upcoming debate over a new Supreme Court justice. Here are some thoughts …>>

http://theconversation.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/who-will-replace-souter/#more-155

A conversation with Neel Kashkari, Former Assistant Treasury Secretary / Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Thursday, May 7, 2009

WSJ blog: Meet Neel Kashkari: The Man With the $700 Billion Wallet

An hour with Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary / Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A conversation about the future of trade in the global economy with Susan Schwab, United States Trade Representative, Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor at Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, Alan Blinder, Director of Princeton’s Center for Economic Policy Studies and Sherrod Brown, United States Senator from the state of Ohio

Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A conversation with James Carville about the book “40 More Years”.

Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Monday, May 4, 2009

Echo der Zeit vom Di, 5.5.2009, 18.00 Uhr / Beitrag 5 von 9   

Krise im Blätterwald

Die Traditionszeitungen in den USA stecken tief in der Krise: Grosse Namen wie die «Los Angeles Times», die «Chicago Tribune» und nun auch der «Boston Globe» haben immense finanzielle Schwierigkeiten.

Wie kam es zu dieser Krise? Was können die Zeitungen tun? Der frühere Chefredaktor der «New York Times», Max Frankel, antwortet auf diese Fragen im Gespräch mit dem «Echo der Zeit». …>> (audio)

A conversation with Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank

Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs, Business / on Friday, May 1, 2009

A conversation with Tung Chee-hwa, Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Charlie Rose / in Business / on Thursday, April 30, 2009

swissinfo May 1, 2009 – 9:57 AM    Bern calls for halt to US case against UBS

The Swiss government and UBS have urged a Miami court to reject demands from United States tax authorities for details of 52,000 Americans suspected of evading taxes.

The authorities in Bern and the country’s largest bank say disclosure would violate Switzerland’s sovereignty and international law. …>>

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Switzerland Defines Its Position in the Court Proceeding Against UBS
Brief filed with the United States District Court in Miami

Press Release, FDJP, 01.05.2009
Bern. On Thursday, Switzerland filed a brief with the United States District Court in Miami competent in the UBS case. In its brief, the federal government explains its legal position on the case and emphasizes that Switzerland’s legal system, and thus its sovereignty, must be respected. …>>

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Amicus Brief of Government of Switzerland (767 Kb, pdf)

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swissinfo 1. Mai 2009 – 09:48    Bundesrat leistet UBS Schützenhilfe
Die UBS fordert die Abweisung der US-Klage zur Herausgabe von 52′000 Kundendaten. Der Bundesrat schreibt in einem Beibrief, die Klage verletze das Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen und gefährde dessen anstehende Revision. …>>

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Schweiz legt im Verfahren gegen die UBS ihren Standpunkt dar
Eingabe beim Bundesbezirksgericht in Miami eingereicht

Medienmitteilungen, EJPD, 01.05.2009
Bern. Die Schweiz hat am Donnerstag eine Eingabe an das im Fall UBS zuständige Bundesbezirksgericht in Miami eingereicht. Darin erläutert sie ihren rechtlichen Standpunkt zu diesem Fall und unterstreicht, dass ihre Rechtsordnung und damit ihre Souveränität zu respektieren sind. …>>