That's Rick Hasen's prediction. And actually, that would be fine with me; she seems very impressive and more liberal than anybody on the current Court. Jan Crawford Greenburg, on the other hand, suggests increasing internal support for Kagan. Again, that would also be a strong...
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Right. At the very least, Reid need to actually get senators on the record with a cloture vote. If Snarlin' Arlen wants to filibuster an eminently qualified nominee because she's...pro-choice,.
Todd Zywicki:The close relationship between the rule of law and the enforceability of contracts, especially credit contracts, was well understood by the Framers of the U.S. Constitution. A primary reason they wanted it was the desire to escape the economic chaos spawned by debtor-friendly state...
Nice job by Kevin K. taking on the argument recently being advanced by people who either need some excuse to discuss John Edwards's sex life or to excuse their dismal.
Shorter Verbatim Ross Douthat: "The pro-life movement is arguably more comfortable with the language of rights and liberties than its opponents. Abortion foes are defending a right to life grounded.
She may have already been at the top of my short list, but this is a strong point in her favor:[via]
The Times can always find something...
Two good posts from the XX factor about the anti-Sotomayor smear campaign. First, Bazelon explores the obvious double standards in the criticisms of Sotomayor's temperament. (See also here.) Second, Lithwick.
This from mrv is worth highlighting:The recent articles focusing on the absence of memorable language from Souter's opinions to a certain extent missed that there are other measures of good argument besides pithy quotes. A line of reasoning should be persuasive because of its content...
I've seen in several places that Souter, while an admirable justice, didn't produce a lot of memorable quotes. I suppose this is true. But his coruscating demolitions of the Rehnquist.
The only thing I can say about the Manny story is that at least it's better than the ever-so-fascinating speculation about whether the 26th-best QB in the league will one.