Souter Retiring Creates SCOTUS Vacancy
According to news reports late last week, Justice David Souter is retiring from the Supreme Court. This is quite serendipitous, as just two days before, I completed work on a novel detailing a partisan...
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Times Wins Best Headline Award… Not!
In this article, the AP via New York Times makes the news-worthy observation that “Ginsburg [is the] only woman on High Court.” Well, thanks for clearing that up. I haven’t been sure of that...
Justice Alito, 58-42
Samuel Alito is the now the second convservative white male in a row to be placed on the Supreme Court by President Bush, despite the President’s earlier protestations of favoring diversity and matters like...
Entry for “Cliche Excuse of the Week”
Apparently, Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist who lost her son in Iraq, doesn’t believe in beating a dead horse, but certainly doesn’t mind beat a dead son: I’m appalled that Diane Feinstein wouldn’t recognize...
Unqualified Nominee Withdraws
It’s about time. As I fell off the blogging wagon for a few weeks, Harriet Miers fell off the proverbial cliff. Largely unqualified to handle constitutional law (she’s a corporate lawyer by profession), Miers...
Harriet Miers
Obligatory post… President Bush names White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court despite lacking any increase as a judge and whose lawyer background was corporate, not trial. The simple reason is… cronyism....
Roberts To Get Free Pass?
Not to sound critical, but I believe Judge Roberts will get a largely free pass in the debate and vote in the Senate. Even if one or two Republicans vote against him (Specter or...
