Dr. J, who must be typing on his laptop in a rowboat drifting down a boulevard somewhere, writes in again today asking The Notorious (President) BHO has nominated Ms. Kagan to the SCOTUS. As Solicitor General, she lost the landmark … Continue reading →
From, of all people, Richard Cohen at the Washington Post. Read it, and have new admiration for Mr. Cohen, with whom ‘Puter frequently disagrees. Except on Israel. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to … Continue reading →
Why are the Republicans even bothering to put up a fight on Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation? The Democrats have the votes not only to confirm Judge Sotomayor on a party line vote, but to also vote cloture on any threatened Republican … Continue reading →
In this article, McClatchy reports that confirmation politics has become bloodsport in Washington. Here, liberal activists at People for the American way, along with other unnamed liberal supporters of Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court, urge reporters … Continue reading →
God, we love ‘Puter, especially when he is always right. The Czar agrees that conservative talk radio is making too much of Senator Barbara Boxer’s request of BG Walsh. Bigger fish to fry, people! However, this exchange nevertheless gnaws at … Continue reading →
A followup to your Volgi’s excellent disarming of Sotomayor’s questionable applications of grammar. We seemed to have missed another one, in which she rants “Each time I see a split infinitive…I blister.” She blisters easily, for a split infinitive is … Continue reading →
Making the rounds today is Ed Whelan’s post contrasting Judge Sotomayor’s comments in which she chides the legal community for its lack of Strunk ’N’ Whiteness with a speech of hers making a crashing grammatical category error. Go back and … Continue reading →
Excellent essay from the Christian Science Monitor on 5 Questions For Sotomayor. The Czar especially liked the notion that the Senate needs to spend less time fretting about nannies and drug use and ask some questions that will indicate what … Continue reading →
Maybe, just maybe, there’s a glimmer of hope for the rule of law. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a creditor challenge to their treatment in bankruptcy. The creditors’ (Indiana state pension funds) argument is that the bankruptcy … Continue reading →
Here’s President Obama’s standard, in his own words, from today’s Wall Street Journal. Then-Senator Obama noted “[t]here is absolutely no doubt in my mind Judge Roberts is qualified to sit on the highest court in the land. Moreover, he seems … Continue reading →
“Ye shall know them by their fruits.” The press would do well to take this passage to heart. Basically, judge people by what they do. After failing to examine most of President Obama’s peccadilloes in the run up to the … Continue reading →
Let us review. Janet Napolitano says that Canada’s slipshod security was critical in aiding the 9/11 attacks. Canadians, by and large, throw a pretty big fit, but she later adds that the Canadian border is just as screwed up as … Continue reading →
The Czar’s excellent post below shows him relatively unconcerned (as much as a conservative leaning libertarian can be) about President Obama’s nomination of judge Sonia Sotomayor as Justice Souter’s replacement on the Supreme Court. Here’s ‘Puter’s slightly different take on … Continue reading →
The Gormogons wish Sonia Sotomayor the best of luck on her upcoming near-certain approval for the SCOTUS. Like her nominator, she can be a difficult read, having more or less avoided many substantive cases that would otherwise predict what sort … Continue reading →
