Month: January 2006

Live Blogging the Alito Hearings

I must consume some coffee. The Supreme Court Super Bowl is about to commence. Will John Cornyn do his crossword puzzle? Will he cry? Will Jon Kyl reaffirm his reputation for being one of the dimmest bulbs in the Senate. Will...

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One-Man Rule

One issue trumps any other, including abortion: This week’s confirmation hearings of executive power adherent Samuel Alito may be our last real chance to safeguard the U.S. Constitution from “one-man rule,” as...

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Alito : Countdown to High Noon

Sen Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), on C-Span’s Washington Journal, said the White House “was not interested” in giving him, a member of the Judiciary Committee, a three-hour meeting with SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito. The...

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Kansas: SEX, VIOLENCE, EVIL?

You know her here under the nom de plume, Kansas. A search of her comments yields an interesting observation. Nearly every comment I saw began with “Re:” What does that mean? It means that Kansas reads what other...

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