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Yesterday the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan research arm of Congress, released a report [PDF format] that argues that the NSA surveillance program is not as "well-grounded" legally as the president and his lawyers argue. While the CRS is nonpartisan -- that is, neither Democrat nor Republican -- it still has an unmentioned bias that […]

Lawyer Scott Johnson over at Powerlineblog.com has an interesting analysis of the law on the New York Times disclosure of the NSA's surveillance program. Johnson makes the case that Times reporters, editors and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., violated federal law in publishing the story and could be prosecuted. Is the New York Times a law […]

Judge Edward Cashman is a despicable human being who should be removed from the bench and publicly shunned. There was outrage Wednesday when a Vermont judge handed out a 60-day jail sentence to a man who raped a little girl many,many times over a four-year span starting when she was seven. The judge said he […]

Over at Little Green Footballs they're holding final voting for 2005's Idiotarian of the Year Award. The finalists are Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, The New York Times and Cindy Sheehan. My vote will be going to the country's most disappointing newspaper.

I just wanted to alert any University of Virginia Law School students that you're not getting the best return on your educational dollar -- especially if you're taking Prof. Rosa Brooks constitutional law class.

We've got a two-fer. Idiot No. 1 is Iranian Preisident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who today expressed his desire that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon die. I think I can speak for Sharon and many Israelis and Americans by saying: "Right back at ya!" Idiot No. 2 is broadcaster Pat Robertson who suggested that God caused Sharon's […]

I didn't touch the dang thing, but all of the sudden my template has begun behaving inappropriately. If you're using Internet Explorer, you probably can't read all of the posts (I'd encourage you to switch to Firefox at this point). I don't know what caused this to occur, but I'm going to try to fix […]

From Barone's blog: These Democrats have, at best, lost the capacity to distinguish between opponents of the president who wish the best for America and opponents of the president who don't. Yes, E. J., "we have arrived at a dangerous time." And, no, I wouldn't use and haven't used the word "traitor" or the word […]

If you're into self-abuse, check out this brain-dead editorial from the New York Times. To sum up for those of you who would rather not claw your eyes out: Valerie Plame leak bad; leaks that actually harm national security good. Illegal spying and torture need to be investigated, not whistle-blowers and newspapers. I've found very […]

That's what it is. It's not "domestic spying" no matter how many times the New York Times misuses the term. On Sunday, Times public editor Byron Calame wrote this piece describing how the Times bosses weren't interested in explaining why they held the surveillance story for a year and why they released it when they […]