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	<title>Birdsong&#039;s Law Blog &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>Mr. Hornstein on Equal Protection for Some</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2011/09/13/hornstein-equal-protection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Raymond Hornstein, one of Professor Birdsong&#8217;s brightest students, has written an interesting and provocative paper concerning the Fourteenth Amendment to the  U.S. Constitution.  Does it provide equal protection for all &#8212; or just for some?  Mr. Hornstein has given me permission to post his work on my blog. Read and enjoy. The Fourteenth Amendment; Equal Protection for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Solution Set to the Economic and</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2011/01/19/simple-solution-set-economic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Political Satire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Professor Birdsong&#8217;s favorite students who writes under the &#8220;nom de plume,&#8221; Hal Horn, has written a satirical piece about our economic and moral plight which  is a very interesting and thought provoking read.  Jonathan Swift would be proud of this. Read and enjoy. A Simple Solution Set to the Economic and Moral Plight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Want to Stop Crime, Let Me Have What&#8217;s Mine: A Student&#8217;s Thoughts On The Second Amendment</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/08/18/stop-crime-students-thoughts-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/08/18/stop-crime-students-thoughts-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminal Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birdsong student research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self defense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birdsong wishes to share with you a well written  directed research paper by student Daniel Burgess.  Mr. Burgess is a strong advocate of the Second Amendment to the Constitution and opposes gun control.  His paper analyzes the early foundations of gun control laws in the U.S.  He submits that more citizens with guns would mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persecution In The Reverse and Grants of Asylum</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/05/26/persecution-in-the-reverse-and-grants-of-asylum/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/05/26/persecution-in-the-reverse-and-grants-of-asylum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 10:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grounds for asylum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persecution and asylum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persecution in reverse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birdsong does his share of teaching students at Barry about asylum and presecution grounds.  One of my students, Serena S. Watson has done some independent research you might interesting.  Her research concerns what happens to those who have been persecutors when they seek asylum in the U.S.  She has given me permission to post her paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Legislative Rejoinder to &quot;Give Me Your Gays, Your Lesbians, and Your victims of Gender Violence, Yearning To Breathe Free of Sexual Persecution</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/02/19/a-legislative-rejoinder-to-give-me-your-gays-your-lesbians-and-your-victims-of-gender-violence-yearning-to-breathe-free-of-sexual-persecution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum for  gays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum trends for gays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birdsong on political asylum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[victims of gender violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The William Mitchell Law Review has just published Birdsong&#8217;s latest article, A legislative Rejoinder to &#8220;Give Me Your Gays, Your Lesbians, and Your Victims of Gender Violence, Yearning To Breathe Free of Sexual Persecution&#8230;&#8221; In his article  explores the recent phenomenon of the United States in granting asylum claims to individuals who demonstrate that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child Soldiers and Their Refugee Problems</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/02/16/child-soldiers-and-their-refugee-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birdsong's student Shelya Nieves writes on child soldiers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nieves writes about child soldiers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birdsong has only lately come to learn that there have been about 300,000 child soldiers who have fought in wars and rebellions across the world since the 1990&#8242;s.  Birdsong&#8217;s student, Shelya Nieves, has researched the problems of child soldiers and the problems they present in the context of refugee law.  She has written an outstanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP, O Wither Goest Thou?</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/02/13/gop-o-wither-goest-thou/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/02/13/gop-o-wither-goest-thou/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birdsong's political thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama and the Republican congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back when  Birdsong was a radio talk show host I often  liked to have some good clean fun by skewering Republican politicians and their antics on my radio program.  Birdsong is so busy these days with other such pursuits as teaching law, writing, and  lecturingfor the  bar prep company, BARBRI, that I have had little time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Refugee Despair:Exploring Imbalance in Iraqi Refugee Admissions</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/02/09/iraqi-refugee-despairexploring-imbalance-in-iraqi-refugee-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/02/09/iraqi-refugee-despairexploring-imbalance-in-iraqi-refugee-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Chidester refugee research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birdsong&#8217;s refugee law student , Matthew Chidester, performed some interesting research last semester which  explores the imbalance in Iraqi war refugee admitted to the United States in light of the number of Southeast Asians admitted to the U.S. during and immediately after the Viet Nam war.  His paper is quite interesting and well worth reading.  Read and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICE And Despair</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/01/19/ice-and-despair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terry Hanson refugge research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USICE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of Birdsong&#8217;s favorite refugee law students is Terry Hanson.  Birdsong oversaw Mr. Hanson&#8217;s refugee research last semester.  Mr. Hanson believes our immigration system is terrible and that the current system needs to be abolished in order to encourage more people to come to the U.S. who wish to work and build our economy. Based upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugees at Risk: The Impact of the Material Support Bar on Refugees Who Seek Asylum in the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/01/12/refugees-at-risk-the-impact-of-the-material-support-bar-on-refugees-who-seek-asylum-in-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2009/01/12/refugees-at-risk-the-impact-of-the-material-support-bar-on-refugees-who-seek-asylum-in-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asylum seekers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Impact of the material Support Bar on refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shamir Patel Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birdsong oversaw quite a bit of student research on refugee problems last semester.  The following paper by my student Shamir Patel is quite interesting and valuable to read to learn how the &#8220;Material Support Bar&#8221; works to the detriment of many seeking asyum in the United States. Read and learn. Refugees at Risk—The Impact of [...]]]></description>
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