I was going to begin watching the debate on judges on CSPAN-2, but Sen. Barbara Boxer was speaking. I'm sorry, but I can't afford her -- after about a minute of watching her spout off, I'd smash the TV with a baseball bat. I'll tune in later.
I was going to begin watching the debate on judges on CSPAN-2, but Sen. Barbara Boxer was speaking. I'm sorry, but I can't afford her -- after about a minute of watching her spout off, I'd smash the TV with a baseball bat. I'll tune in later.
Tonight's the all-night talkathon in the Senate about the Democrats' illegal filibusters of Bush judicial nominees. I'll likely watch some of it when I get home from work, but the exercise is really meaningless. The show may get a little additional press coverage of the Democrats' illegal tactics, but it is not a serious effort […]
The Democrats' primary accusation against Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor's nomination to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has been that he would be unable to fairly apply the law because of his "deeply held (religious) beliefs." Pryor, a devout Catholic, has been assailed by liberal interest groups for his opposition to abortion, among many […]
I wanted to point these out, but it slipped my mind earlier. Check out this column by Holman Jenkins on "Krugmanomics," and this one by Brian Anderson on the Democrats' illegal use of the filibuster.
There was little mention of it on the news last night and only relatively short and buried articles in major newspapers on yesterday's confirmation hearing for D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Janice Rogers Brown. Brown is a liberal Democrat's worst nightmare: a conservative African-American woman. As usual, the best source of information on the […]
A three-judge panel today put on hold a district court decision that found the FTC's do-not-call list to be an infringement on telemarketers free speech rights. According to the media reports, it appears as though the appellate court used logic similar to mine to come to its conclusion. "We conclude that the public does have […]
The Boston Globe reported today that the federal judge who found the FTC's do-not-call list to be an abridgement of freedom of speech had his own phone number on the list. The story notes that anyone can put a number on the list, so it is possible that a censorious aide to the judge might […]
Sen. Orrin Hatch calls the New York Times editorial page on its hypocrisy. You make a plea for "straight talk on judicial nominees" (editorial, Sept. 10), though your own talk has not always been consistent. On Jan. 1, 1995, an editorial proclaimed, "Time to Retire the Filibuster." Yet on Feb. 13 of this year, you […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated the Oct. 7 recall election. The truly surprising thing about this is that the ruling was unanimous. Just goes to show you how far out there on the margin the original three-judge panel was. The ACLU may appeal, but don't expect the Supreme Court to touch this […]
Despite having an aspirin-resistant, persistent, splitting headache for much of the day (hence the non-existent posting -- I'm feeling a little better now), I managed to watch the en banc hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the California recall. I'm not going to predict what the court's decision will be come Tuesday […]