Category: Supreme Court & Judiciary

Kagan hearings begin in earnest

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee chaired by the far-left Pat Leahy of Vermont and with Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as its ranking Republican, opened the hearings on confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.  Each of the 19 committee me… more »

Martin Ginsburg, husband of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dead at 78

I'd like to offer my condolences to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the passing of her husband of 56 years, Martin, who died of cancer on Sunday. From what I read about Mr. Ginsburg, he seems to have been an interesting, smart, and funny guy, and I'm su… more »

Sarbanes-Oxley survives Supreme Court verdict mostly unscathed

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court's ruling that part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is unconstitutional won't be enough to take down the entire horrible law.  Please see my discussion of today's Court decision at the American Spectator:http://spectator.org/blo… more »

Redistributing speech; rethinking Kagan

A few days ago, I suggested that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was no worse than anybody else that Obama would nominate and that the president has a right to nominate whomever he wants, with the Senate's "advice and consent" provision being intended… more »

Kagan Humor

From Jim Hughes at HumanEvents.com:   I have to say that even when he was affiliated with the Clintons, Dick Morris would never stoop so low as to support (or father) a true socialist... more »

Obama to nominate Elena Kagan to Supreme Court

In a move which I predicted immediately after John Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, Barack Obama is set to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagen to fill the vacancy. Kagan will likely have a relatively easy path to confirm… more »

Elections have consequences

Yesterday, over at RedState.com, Erick Erickson pilloried Indiana Senate candidate Dan Coats for his years-ago statement (during the confirmation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg) that "There was a centuries-old tradition of respecting national electoral results… more »

Breaking: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to retire this summer

In a move that's a surprise to nobody, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has announced that he will retire after this Court session, roughly the June-July timeframe. Thus, Barack Obama will get to name another Justice to the Court.  And he will p… more »

Obama's latest radical nominee

In his never-ending quest to radicalize America -- specifically, in this case, to move the federal court system further away from giving a damn about the Constitution -- Barack Obama has named his latest judicial nominee, Goodwin Liu.  To nobody's surpri… more »

Democrats shift Internet tax tactics

Democrats in the Colorado General Assembly have backed away from trying to tax Internet retailers based on whether they have "affiliates" in Colorado.  That approach, which would have said that if a Coloradoan had an ad for Amazon.com or Overstock.com on… more »
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