I see here that there will be a remake of the greatest of all heist movies, Rififi [Mmm, probably not a great idea] starring Al Pacino [This whole casting system is out of order!!!!!!!!!] and directed by Mercury Rising auteur Harold Becker [No, really, see the original. I mean, I love Pacino too, when he’s […]
Author: Scott Lemieux
I wrote recently about the Streamlined Procedures Act, which has generated signifcant concerns but apparently remains in active consideration. There will be a hearing on Thursday; more information abo
Shorter Ann Althouse: People who oppose Samuel Alito’s nomination because of his remarkably consistent hostility to reproductive rights, rights against unreasonable search and seizure, worker
As many people have argued, I would advocate that Alito be filibustered in the Senate. About the nature of his conservatism, there’s simply no serious debate, as I have argued here and here and here and here; any systematic look at his decisions indicates that he’s overwhelmingly likely to be a Scalia/Thomas/Rehnquist kind of conservative, […]
Preparing links for a new Alito link dump, I notice that this excellent New Republic cover story is behind the subscription wall, and I wanted to get some excerpts online. It’s particularly rele
Oddly enough, Republican interest groups aren’t buying the spin of the GOP’s talking points and particularly egregious hacks that nothing can really be inferred from his extremely conserva
Wankers just don’t get much bigger than former PMRC shill and Art Garfunkel analogue Mike Love: In court papers filed this week in Los Angeles, Love accused Wilson, his cousin, of promoting the 2004 release of Smile in a way that “shamelessly misappropriated Mike Love’s songs, likeness and the Beach Boys trademark, as well as […]
Ezra provides a valuable service in two ways. First, he accurately summarizes the thesis of Maureen Dowd’s new book (along with her other columns on the subject): “she and her friends are
Shorter Charles Krauthammer: The rights of adult women and children are exactly comparable. Really, it’s remarkable how much more sense the GOP position on abortion makes once we get this out in
Kevin Drum thinks that Alito is signaling that he won’t overturn Roe. Well, I suppose this is literally true, but I think Kevin is misreading what this means for his future jurisprudence: All of Alito’s statements have to be taken in the context of the Republican strategy for confirming Alito. The only way that the […]
This is not good.
As a break from the relentless Alito posts, why not a little more-MoDo bashing? It has been a few days, after all. Julia starts things off ny noting that her experiences may not be entirely representa