Author: Scott Lemieux
Robert Wayne Hosley was executed Tuesday night: Holsey was represented at his murder trial by an alcoholic lawyer who was under investigation at the time for stealing from a client.
Ah, Bob Kerrey, the Democratic senator from Nebraska who makes Ben Nelson look good. Of course, I blame Obama for not creating bipartisan comity by joining with receptive congressional Republicans.
Earlier this year, I argued that 9CA was right to interpret the Fair Labor Standards Act as requiring employers to compensate employees for mandatory security checks. This being the Roberts.
Ben Edelman. ...The great wjts in comments: Men of Harvard, whine to glory, Victory is hov’ring o’er ye, Four whole dollars stand before ye, Hear ye not their call? At.
Smart piece by Elizabeth Stoker Breuning: Personal stories that lack fact checking leave the arguments they bolster incredibly vulnerable. Worse yet, relying on one person’s testimony for the central argument.
Explicitly invoking Tom Schaller's prescient book, Michael Tomasky says it's time for the Democrats to pretty much kiss off Dixie: With Landrieu’s departure, the Democrats will have no more senators.
Good one from Tomorrow.
To reiterate what Rob said when the story first broke, this was horrible journalistic malpractice by Rolling Stone, and the initial attempts to blame the accuser just compounded the mistakes..