Month: January 2006

It looks like one Supreme Court case has taken center stage in the confirmation hearings. Surprisingly, the case is not related to abortion. It is related to Executive power: YOUNGSTOWN SHEET & TUBE CO. V SAWYER (1952). The...

The legal proposal known as the “unitary executive” is much in the news. President Bush’s Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito, argued for it in November 2000 at a panel sponsored by the rightwing Federalist...

Bremer claims he was used as Iraq ‘fall guy’ (Financial Times) Paul Bremer, former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, says that senior US military officials tried to make him a scapegoat for postwar...

After the break, Ted Kennedy will begin questioning SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito. I can’t wait. Leahy laid the groundwork, Ted. Run with it…. FISA, FISA, FISA, all the way.

by Patrick Lang (bio below) The two suicide bombers managed to enter the Interior Ministry compound in east Baghdad, as dignitaries including the U.S. ambassador were at a nearby parade to mark National Police Day. One was...