Some liberals are day-dreaming about packing the Supreme Court. read more »
Some liberals are day-dreaming about packing the Supreme Court. read more »
Hooray for the Supreme Court. Yes, believe it or not, they actually do deserve some praise. Specifically the members of the majority who recently held that Vermont's restrictive campaign finance laws violated the First Amendment's free speech provisions.
With President Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito, Republicans have received exactly what they wanted a solid conservative and exactly what they needed a fight that will re-galvanize the conservative base.
If nothing else, the recently concluded Senate confirmation hearings of judge John Roberts proved two things. 1) Roberts is perhaps the most qualified nominee for the Supreme Court in its history and 2) liberals are at their most entertaining when they are frustrated. read more »
The Senate Democrats are in a pickle, and it's all George Bush's fault.
That bell you heard last Friday afternoon was the opening of round one of what is sure to be the greatest fight over a judicial nomination in the history of this country. Not that it should be. But it will be, for a whole host of reasons, but to summarize: when Republican's get to pick nominees, it's a fight. Period. Also, this will be the first su read more »