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	<title>organized chaos &#187; SCOTUS</title>
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	<description>possibly fair. never balanced.</description>
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		<title>elena kagan &#8211; it could be worse</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/11/elena-kagan-it-could-be-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/11/elena-kagan-it-could-be-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 23:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How does it add anything to a SCOTUS nominee’s qualifications when it is noted that a nominee’s life story is inspirational, a real American rags-to-riches success story, and so forth and so on?  While the life experiences of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor are certainly a made-for-TV movie waiting to happen, they have nothing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>this and that</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/07/13/this-and-that/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/07/13/this-and-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dick Cheney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t have plans (secret or otherwise) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>being the opposition</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/05/28/being-the-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/05/28/being-the-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure there are many good reasons to oppose President Obama&#8217;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&#8217;s personal story or appeal to important minority groups than his or her ability to, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>out of touch</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2008/07/03/out-of-touch/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2008/07/03/out-of-touch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['08 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;A Supreme Court on the Brink&#8221; they worry about the future direction of the Supreme Court, specifically that a McCain administration could undo all the liberal decisions the Supremes have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>another bad precedent</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2006/01/11/another-bad-precedent/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2006/01/11/another-bad-precedent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m not talking about roe here. i&#8217;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&#8217;m just waiting for alito to forget decorum for a second and say to these long-winded senators, &#8220;wake me up when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>she was right the first time.</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/12/02/she-was-right-the-first-time/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/12/02/she-was-right-the-first-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCOTUS confirmation hearings and democratic hypocrisy</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/11/03/scotus-confirmation-hearings-and-democratic-hypocrisy/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/11/03/scotus-confirmation-hearings-and-democratic-hypocrisy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[let&#8217;s talk about some history here. throughout the whole history of the supreme court&#8217;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&#8217;connor. source material for the following history comes from here. (also linked below) what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the wizard of d.c. (a very bad parody)</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/11/02/the-wizard-of-dc-a-very-bad-parody/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/11/02/the-wizard-of-dc-a-very-bad-parody/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[now playing- over the rainbow (not that i could improve on l. frank baum or anything&#8230; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wonkette, the president&#8217;s speech, and alcohol &#8211;common sense surrenders</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/10/06/wonkette-the-presidents-speech-and-alcohol-common-sense-surrenders/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/10/06/wonkette-the-presidents-speech-and-alcohol-common-sense-surrenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=81</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[wonkette live-blogs the president&#8217;s speech today, apparently under the influence of alcohol&#8211; and i thought creating a drinking game from MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;situation&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>forget about harriet miers</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/10/05/forget-about-harriet-miers/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/10/05/forget-about-harriet-miers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[this blogger suggests someone who&#8217;s just as qualified, but on no one&#8217;s short list.]]></description>
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		<title>is this president bush the one we elected?</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/10/03/is-this-president-bush-the-one-we-elected/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/10/03/is-this-president-bush-the-one-we-elected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m reserving judgment on harriet miers, president bush&#8217;s pick to take the next seat on the supreme court. i&#8217;m not thrilled with it, because it does suggest to me that he isn&#8217;t taking on these democrats while they are this vulnerable. she may very well be the answer to conservative prayers and maybe we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the deconstruction of john roberts (part II)</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/09/15/the-deconstruction-of-john-roberts-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/09/15/the-deconstruction-of-john-roberts-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[people for the american way lists some conservative supporters. these groups generally do their homework on nominees, because abortion is an important issue to them. ann coulter disagrees with their endorsement. i generally don&#8217;t pay much attention to ann, but she makes a valid point about wanting to know more about john roberts. the republicans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the deconstruction of john roberts (part I)</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/09/14/the-deconstruction-of-john-roberts-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/09/14/the-deconstruction-of-john-roberts-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=49</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[women&#8217;s rights groups, gay rights groups, and leftists of all special interest persuasions oppose this nomination. according to one article in the washington post, his involvement in romer vs. evans did little to convince gay rights groups that he would rule with their side on the supreme court. the general consensus is that his role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>air america&#8217;s bumper sticker contest and the naral ad against john roberts</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/08/10/air-americas-bumper-sticker-contest-and-the-naral-ad-against-john-roberts/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/08/10/air-americas-bumper-sticker-contest-and-the-naral-ad-against-john-roberts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[i support air america&#8217;s right to exist. the marketplace of ideas should be open to every point of view, whether you agree with it or not. but air america has the inconvenient problem of promoting generally unpopular ideas on their radio network. this doesn&#8217;t help ad sales or ratings very much. if you don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>abortion and the U.S. supreme court</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/07/20/abortion-and-the-us-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2005/07/20/abortion-and-the-us-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[once again a president of the united states has the historic opportunity to appoint a justice to the u.s. supreme court. this is an important choice because the supreme court can make rulings affecting all of us. we shall see which partisans are right with their views on bush&#8217;s pick. the main issue on each [...]]]></description>
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