Month: November 2009

Negligence Ruling in Katrina Flooding

. Court: Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina flooding (LA Times) — Reporting from Los Angeles and New Orleans – The harshly worded legal ruling that held the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responsible for much...

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Something to Remember

The Republican governors got together in some god-forsaken place called Lost Pines, Texas, to discuss their collective futures and the prospects for winning more state houses in the November 2010 elections. Adam Nagourney was...

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Filibusted

. U.S. District Judge David Hamilton Voting 59 to 39, the U.S. Senate today confirmed David Hamilton’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. The Hamilton nomination stalled for five months amid...

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Selling Reform

If I can leap ahead a bit here, in anticipation of Harry Reid actually passing health care reform (something that is far from assured), the Democrats are going to have to defend their votes for this bill, while the Republicans...

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