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I heard Harriet Miers had asked Bush to withdraw her nomination on NPR on my way to work. A couple thoughts struck me. First, it seems this is a White House bordering on either utter disarray or incompetence. It is incredible that the nudge, nudge, wink, wink of “I know her heart” didn’t get through […] Proud Liberal beat me to this but it is something I’ve been pondering. My thought is not only is the nomination of John Roberts for Chief Justice a done deal, it probably should be. Here’s my reasoning, such as it is, in no particular order of importance. First, it is apparent we are unlikely in […] For whatever reason, last night and early this morning I wasn’t tuned in to the NPR/BBC radio news programs to which I commonly listen. Thus, I was somewhat stunned to see the headline in this morning’s paper about Chief Justice Rehnquist’s death. Three thoughts came to mind. One is the long-lasting effect of having Bush […] The latest issue of The Atlantic has two interesting columns making arguments I haven’t seen elsewhere about aspects of the opening on the Supreme Court. The strongest of the two is by Stuart Taylor Jr. He observes that the Court is dominated by appointees from the ranks of appellate judges as opposed to practicing lawyers […] Sliding under my radar several days ago was the latest venture by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas into support for theocracy in the United States. Roughly a year ago, I blogged about how his concurrence in the so-called pledge case indicated his Establisment Clause (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”) jurisprudence […] |
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