He basically said . . . that Roe was precedent on which people -- a lot of people -- relied, and been precedent now for decades and therefore deserved great respect," Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D (sic)-Conn.) told reporters after meeting with Alito yesterday." (via...
Author: Scott Lemieux
You have to like to see this. I hope someone remembered to take the laces out of Mickey Kaus' shoes. (Speaking of Kaus, he argues that "you might say it's.
Paul "I encourage free speech in the blogosphere by filing risible nuisance suits" Deignan. What Deignan doesn't understand is that if you say something stupid to another person, that person.
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...
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 about what.
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's rights, and civil rights must.
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...
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..
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 conservative voting record..
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,...
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.
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.