The Senate voted 53-38 (roll call) to invoke cloture and express no confidence in Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. These are the Republicans that voted against Gonzales: Coleman (MN), Collins (ME), Hagel (NE), Smith (OR),...
Read MoreVia Adam B, via email: “The Fourth Circuit today held that this Administration violated the Constitution by holding Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri as an enemy combatant in a military brig without formally charging him for...
Read MoreThe need to hire expensive Washington lawyers is an impediment to attracting bright young newcomers to the administration.- Robert Novak That’s kind of funny. Cuz it’s true.
Read MoreI write about Joe Klein a lot. He is a terrible spokesperson for the left and he gets to represent an ostensibly left-wing position in the pages of Time and on numerous political and cable news programs. But, even as I criticize...
Read MoreWe see a lot of Republicans defending the President. Politicians are inclined to support the leaders of their party against almost any charge. Republicans have no monopoly on that tendency. But when the shit goes down and it...
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