Garrett Epps is correct that it's not going to be the federal courts that eliminate or constrain the filibuster. And while I yield to nobody in my disdain for the filibuster, I also agree that the argument that the filibuster is unconstitutional is fundamentally unserious...
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I wasn't aware of this before reading Phillip Jenkins's new Rehnquist bio, but here was Ted Kennedy's opening statement at the Judiciary Committee hearings on William Rehnquist's appointment as Chief.
Ruth Marcus.
Another milestone in the death of parody, from the National Review cruise: That prompted a tall, extremely tanned blonde named Kay, from Old Greenwich, Connecticut, to ask Hassett, the co-author.
Pretty bloody awful, at least according to Ned Resnikoff. The exception was the Chicago Teachers Union strike. As Ned states: If there’s a common theme to the labor movement’s recent.
[Edit: Potentially disturbing photo moved below the fold out of deference to the delicate sensibilities of the LGM readership. Note the effect is, to quote Woolsey, J., more likely to be an emetic than an aphrodisiac, NTTAWWT] (1) I'm tempted to ask SEK for a...
Adam Winkler reminds us of something always worth remembering: Ronald Reagan advocated for gun control. Republicans in California eagerly supported increased gun control. Governor Reagan told reporters that afternoon that.
All of our favorite conservative writers are up in arms because David Gregory brought a high-powered ammunition magazine onto Meet the Press yesterday in order to discuss gun violence. William.
What the what? Until this year, the partnership between Kibbe and Armey worked well. Armey’s renown as a former House member drew media attention and crowds of conservative activists — most of them old enough to remember Armey’s role in the Republican revolution in Congress...
The failed Republican presidential candidate was nice enough to drop by our comments section to give us the real story about his non-desire to win the presidency: My friends, those.
My brother bought me Jason Wilson's Boozehound for Christmas. In the introduction is a 1959 quote from A.J. Liebling that should be good for a few comments here: The standard.