Well, duh. To More Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars I'm sorry, but I thought that was the whole point. And I suspect that the jurors who suggested the prison term also thought that was the whole point. Just a few decades ago, a life sentence was often a misnomer, a way to suggest […]
The Senate today confirmed John Roberts to be chief justice of the Supreme Court by a vote of 78-22. I must confess that he got more Democrat support than I predicted. I suspect this is because Roberts ended up replacing the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and not the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor. The talk […]
The New York Times yesterday published an article assailing John Roberts over a memo that he wrote criticizing the Supreme Court's decision in New York Times v. Sullivan. There was just one problem with the article -- Roberts didn't write the memo that was the basis of the article, Bruce Fein did. An article yesterday […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the type of judge that Democrats like. She's a former counsel for the ACLU and further left wing than the president who nominated her to the high court. So, it comes as little surprise that Ginsburg confessedly isn't interested in judging cases, but would rather make the law. […]
Sen. Arlen Specter (Faux R-Penn.) has suggested that President Bush delay replacing Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court until Democrats have a chance to grandstand closer to the 2006 midterm elections. Specter said the delay would give Congress and the rest of America more time to know John Roberts as chief justice. ``When we […]
When President Bill Clinton nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg to replace Justice Byron White, she was confirmed 96-3. There were no concerns voiced by either Democrats or Republicans that Clinton was replacing a conservative with a liberal. There were no cries that the court should maintain its "balance." There weren't even any serious opposition to Ginsburg […]
I must confess that I'm not really surprised to see Editor & Publisher magazine, whose editor has called on American newspapers to editorialize against the Iraq war, spin the Roberts confirmation hearings in such a way that makes Roberts look, if not bad, at least inept. Roberts Admits He's Not 'Up to Speed' on First […]
I didn't get to catch a whole lot of Day Two of the John Roberts confirmation hearing. However, one of the Democrat complaints about the Senate's confirmation process betrays what too many judges have become. SEN. BIDEN: Fundamentally. So you've told me nothing, Judge. With all due respect, you've not -- look, this is -- […]
When the Supreme Court chickened last year and refused to hear a challenge to the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because the plaintiff, Michael Newdow, didn't have custody of his daughter, everyone knew that they were just putting off the inevitable. Despite media claims in the wake of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's […]
While I was stuck in the mess that was the I-15 this afternoon attempting to get to work, I caught the first hour of Hugh Hewitt on the radio. Hugh makes an excellent point about the confirmation hearing for Judge John Roberts to be chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and […]