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Suggestion

Published November 5, 2008 in Supreme Court. 10 Comments

Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas… feel like retiring? Perhaps now would be a good time to step down from the bench. Especially Justice Scalia - you’ve been there a long time. Time for some rest, no?
Pretty please?

Supreme Court Rules For Ohio Secretary Of State

Published October 17, 2008 in 2008 Election, Ohio and Supreme Court. 13 Comments

And remember, this is the conservative Roberts court.
The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio’s top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations.
The justices overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio’s top elections official to do more to help counties verify voter eligibility.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a [...]

Palin’s Supreme Court Fail

Published October 1, 2008 in Sarah Palin and Supreme Court. 34 Comments

The thing is, the McCain camp is trying to spin this as a “quiz”. But a candidate - at any level - should know more than one supreme court case. This is stuff we all learn in elementary school.

Palin’s biggest mistake is when she doesn’t know the answer she talks more and more nonsense.
UPDATE: This [...]

Biden Bonafides

Published August 23, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats, Joe Biden and Supreme Court. 46 Comments

If anything, we can thank Joe Biden for being instrumental in preventing nutjob conservative Robert Bork from being on the Supreme Court.
Later, in closing the debate, the Judiciary Committee chairman said: ”This has been a great debate, a debate about fundamental principle, about how one interprets the Constitution.”
Senator Biden repeated the statement with which he [...]

Justice Clinton? No.

Published May 22, 2008 in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Media, Newsweek, Supreme Court and The Washington Post. 29 Comments

It is a clear sign that primary season has gone on too long when you read articles like this speculating - and thats what it is, speculation - that Obama would offer Sen. Clinton a Supreme Court nomination.
That isn’t going to happen. While I think that on balance she would probably make a good justice, [...]

The War On Judges

Published March 10, 2006 in Supreme Court. 1 Comment

Factoid Of The Day

Published January 31, 2006 in Supreme Court. 19 Comments

Alito & The Blogs

Published January 30, 2006 in Supreme Court. 20 Comments

Alito’s Problem

Published January 11, 2006 in Supreme Court. 29 Comments

Bush Admin Ashamed of “Conservative” Label

Published December 7, 2005 in Supreme Court. 4 Comments

Alito vs. Roe

Published November 30, 2005 in Supreme Court. 11 Comments

Weakito

Published November 5, 2005 in Supreme Court. 0 Comments

Poll finds public support for Alito lags behind Roberts
Early support for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is considerably weaker among such key groups as evangelicals, Republicans and the wealthy than it was for John Roberts, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
The survey put public sentiment for Alito closer to the level of early backing for the failed [...]

Oliver Willis