Balkin: One hopes that, in light of these remarks, a great weight has now been lifted from Judge Smith's shoulders. Perhaps now, having received assurances from the President of the United States that he actually possesses the powers of judicial review, Judge Smith can at...
the federalist society in the federal courts
The 5CA wingnut power trio.
Shorter Harvie Wilkinson: "President Obama should make sure that future appointments carry on our tribunal's tradition of civility and ideological moderation, as exemplified by Michael "Mini-Nino" Luttig." I really hope.
As a welcome companion to Steven Calabresi's silly ranting about how -- horrors! -- Barack Obama may completely transform the federal courts (if a whole bunch of relatively young judges retire en masse, of course, Charlie Savage brings some data about the extent to which...
Jack Balkin points us to this article in the WSJ defending John McCain on the question of judicial appointments. Part of the op-ed consists of the usual vacuous buzzwords like.