I've been told by several people that Alito's joining with the court's more liberal members to issue a stay in a death penalty case proves that I'm wrong and he's no Scalia or Thomas. Obviously, it doesn't. Now, it could mean that on the specific...
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Jane and Atrios are, of course, right. Whatever the merits of NARAL endorsing Chafee at the time--and I thought that as soon as Langevin pulled out it wasn't particularly defensible--after.
This will be a nice near-birthday present......speaking of which, an interesting question: I can't speak about Veronica Mars specifically because I haven't seen most of the first season, but how.
In the comments to a TBogg post uncovering an argument by a Democratic hack--apparently in earnest, although I find that hard to believe--arguing that Joe Biden is the best Democratic hope for 2008, commenter Steve M. notes the perfect analogue:You know who Joe Biden is?...
2CA and 9CA ruled yesterday that the federal "Partial Birth Abortion Act" is unconstitutional. Under existing precedent, this is black-letter law and these were not the first courts to rule.
Make sure to check out the terrific series of posts Fact-esque has put together (1,2) on America's voting system. There are a variety of serious problems with the integrity of.
I've generally been a pretty big fan of hers, but I have to admit: voting for cloture on Alito was pretty appalling.
The Koufax nominations for best post are up. I'm happy that this post of mine was nominated; it's one of my favorites. There are lots of good posts here, of.
Assrocket.Can't they bother to at least make up plausible lies? Although I agree that the "whatever the numbers say" line is a nice touch. Maybe I'll take out a personal.
It's official. I'm not sure what to say at this point. It's good, if merely symbolic, that the Dems were relatively unified in rejecting the most reactionary Supreme Court nominee in decades. Politically, it was a very good pick by Bush: as conservative as a...
A question: if Brokeback Mountain wins, will it be the best film to win Best Picture since Annie Hall in 1977? That would be my tentative assessment, although I think.
Like me, Roy was introduced to Robert Bresson by means of the sublime Au Hasard, Balthasar (which I saw last year.) Like me, he found it a remarkable, haunting picture;.