this and that
On SCOTUS:
Judge Sonia Sotomayor should be evaluated based on her work experience and judicial record, not on her compelling personal story. At the very least, Republicans should ask a few hard questions before allowing this confirmation to proceed through the Senate.
On the CIA/Cheney:
If the CIA doesn’t have plans (secret or otherwise) to take down terrorists, [...]
being the opposition
I’m sure there are many good reasons to oppose President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. What concerns me is the decision-making process that produced this nominee. We seem to be more interested in a candidate’s personal story or appeal to important minority groups than his or her ability to, you [...]
out of touch
In case we have forgotten about the severe left-ward bent of the New York Times, a new editorial puts in all back into focus. In “A Supreme Court on the Brink” they worry about the future direction of the Supreme Court, specifically that a McCain administration could undo all the liberal decisions the Supremes have [...]
another bad precedent
i’m not talking about roe here. i’m talking about the bork precedent. what happened to judge bork during his confirmation hearings is the reason why we have the carefully scripted SCOTUS nominee answers today. i’m just waiting for alito to forget decorum for a second and say to these long-winded senators, “wake [...]
she was right the first time.
pop quiz:
who said the following:
“This Court’s abortion decisions have already worked a major distortion in the Court’s constitutional jurisprudence. Today’s decision goes further, and makes it painfully clear that no legal rule or doctrine is safe from ad hoc nullification by this Court when an occasion for its application arises in a case involving state [...]
SCOTUS confirmation hearings and democratic hypocrisy
let’s talk about some history here. throughout the whole history of the supreme court’s nomination and confirmation process, the battles over proposed nominees drew no blood and took no captives. this continued through the confirmation hearings of justices ginsburg, breyer, and o’connor. source material for the following history comes from here. (also linked below)
what happened [...]
the wizard of d.c. (a very bad parody)
now playing- over the rainbow
(not that i could improve on l. frank baum or anything… some extreme liberties taken with the book and screenplay here)
the cast
harriet miers as dorothy
george w. bush as the cowardly lion
pat buchanan as the tin man, a.k.a. the heartless republican
harry reid as toto, a little yappy dog
the democrats opposing president bush [...]
wonkette, the president’s speech, and alcohol –common sense surrenders
wonkette live-blogs the president’s speech today, apparently under the influence of alcohol– and i thought creating a drinking game from MSNBC’s “situation” was amusing. some people will use any excuse to abuse their legal right to drink beer. of course, she could be joking. either way, her analysis of the speech is different than anything [...]
forget about harriet miers
this blogger suggests someone who’s just as qualified, but on no one’s short list.
is this president bush the one we elected?
i’m reserving judgment on harriet miers, president bush’s pick to take the next seat on the supreme court. i’m not thrilled with it, because it does suggest to me that he isn’t taking on these democrats while they are this vulnerable. she may very well be the answer to conservative prayers and maybe we are [...]
