At least, that's what I'm sure my left-wing high school AP History teacher and former national teacher of the year Myrra Lee would give him for this application of the Constitutional system of checks and balances. During Tuesday's news conference, Reid also challenged Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to schedule a vote on the […]
I was just watching a Bill Schneider report on possible Supreme Court vacancies on CNN's "Inside Politics." Some unidentified (at least, I didn't catch his name) pundit identified Justice John Paul Stevens as a "moderate." If he's a moderate, then there are no liberals on the court. At least conservatives will acknowledge that there are […]
Via National Review's "The Corner" comes this statement from Sen. Arlen Specter on the Democrats' filibuster and offers of various "deals": In the exchange of offers and counter offers between Sen. Frist, the Majority Leader and Sen. Harry Reid, the Democrat Leader, Democrats have made an offer to avoid a vote on the nuclear/constitutional option […]
Sen. Chuck Schumer on "Fox News Sunday" had the following to say when outlining why "democracy" in America is under attack: What's happened is that a number of extreme groups have attacked judges, almost threatened them. For instance, Pat Robertson said judges are worse than terrorists who fly buildings into airplanes... Yes, that quote is […]
David Brooks' column in today's New York Times reveals a secret aspect of the Democrats' filibuster-preserving deal that the GOP rejected last week -- in return for accepting defeat on several of the filibustered circuit court judges, Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid would guarantee enough Democrat votes to break any filibuster of President Bush's next […]
Well, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo nailed it with Saturday's Democrat radio address. The American judicial system is not about interpreting the Constitution or laws enacted by the legislature, it's about making law. Now, the Republicans in the Senate ... are threatening to claim ownership of the Supreme Court and other federal courts, hoping […]
Sen. Harry Reid has now made it clear that the filibusters the Democrats are waging against President Bush's judicial nominees aren't about having time to debate the merits of the judges, but instead are about "checks and balances." Fine. Honesty is a good thing. But let's take that "checks and balances" misnomer -- the filibuster […]
The Los Angeles Times editorial page comes out in support of the "nuclear option." Let's give credit where credit is due. Unlike some other newspapers, the Times is taking a principled stance, not a partisan one, and they should be commended for it.
David Brooks' column in Thursday's New York Times is well worth a read. While I don't agree with his assessment of the effects of the proposed change to the Senate's filibuster rule -- or even the accuracy of his portrayal [PDF document] of it. In response, Republicans now threaten to change the Senate rules and […]