I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the same sort of hyperbole and loose language that made Sen. John Cornyn the focus of so much outrage? Not since the 1960's, when federal judges in the South were threatened by cross burnings and firebombs, have judges been so besieged. Cornyn gets […]
The New York Times reports that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is planning to take part in a conference call on Democrat filibusters of judicial nominees. This story would be worth 3 inches of copy on Page A29 except for one detail: The conference call will connect with TV, radio stations and churches. I think […]
Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy has a post on NRO's "The Corner" which asks similar questions to ones I posed yesterday. Sorry to arrive late for what has been yet another great Corner discussion about the judges. The question that occurs to me reading the exchanges is: For what egregious thing would we impeach a […]
Arizona Sen. John McCain announced today on MSNBC's "Hardball" program that he wouldn't be running for the GOP nomination for president in 2008. MATTHEWS: But bottom line, would you vote for what’s called the “nuclear option,†to get rid of the filibuster rule on judgeships? MCCAIN: No, I will not. MATTHEWS: You will stick with […]
National Review Online has posted an unsigned editorial on the state of the judiciary -- including addressing recent comments by Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Tom DeLay. Politicians of both parties regularly demonstrate that folly, error, and overreach are endemic to their trade. But judges are prone to the same failings. In recent decades, their […]
Quickly rising to the top of my list of the things I don't want make the mistake of doing is writing something really stupid that gets Xrlq on my case -- like Judge James Whittemore did when he wrote an opinion in the Terri Schiavo case. I initially overlooked this, as it rang stupid. I […]
A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that those pesky waivers that parents are so often asked to sign so their kids can play sports are useless -- apparently unless the kid signs them too. Yep, that's right, pre-teen children need to sign a legally-binding document too. The 2-1 majority in Hojnowski v. Vans Skate […]
Over at Q and O, Dale Franks has an excellent piece which tackles an issue which I addressed last week on America's rulers -- the imperial judiciary. We have given great deference to judges in the past giving them wide latitude to rule on practically every issue under the sun. With that power and deference, […]
Today's Wall Street Journal has an editorial that would cause Democrats to squeal like stuck pigs. For those of you who don't have a Journal subscription, the thrust of the piece is that Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia -- the crazy old uncle in the Senate -- pointed out that there is nothing in […]
John Fund has a piece in today's Wall Street Journal on the left's selective outrage at the idea of the federal branch of government involving itself in state family court matters. As I mentioned last week, the Clinton administration did something cloaked in the flimsiest color of law -- and the republic survived. Respect for […]