Can we look at the important things?
When it comes to the Miers media circus, my reaction is something like Liberty's: I watched the media spin last night and this morning in a state of utter disbelief; conservatives are worried about the...
View ArticleSomehow I don't think Sen. Biden will ask any questions
...about whether Harriet Miers is a plagiarist.
View ArticleThe liberal spin of Harriet Miers continues
The latest "evidence" is that, as a member of the advisory board for the SMU law school, she advocated funding a program for women speakers. There's no indication that she had a hand in the selection...
View ArticleSupreme Court refuses to let state seize woman's body, and that's what the...
Cara notes that there's good news in Missouri on the case of the woman in prison who state officials would force to carry a pregnancy to term, go through labor and give birth in ankle irons: WASHINGTON...
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Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court.I don't have time to blog extensively about this, but basically, she's withdrawing because she doesn't want to give information about...
View ArticleSupreme Court politics in a post-Miers world
In the real world (i.e., not in wignuttia), reaction to Harriet Miers' withdrawl ranges from despair ("Be careful what we wish for. This is terrible news.") to joy ("Bush was defeated on the Miers...
View ArticleAlito and the subjugation of women
Jeffrey Feldman offers some clear advice on avoiding rhetorical traps from the radical right elite when it comes to the Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Among them: 2. Reagan and Clinton Understood,...
View ArticleAlito and the abortion litmus test
It doesn't get much clearer than this: Today, the Reverend Moon's publication, The Washington Times, reports that Samuel Alito clearly seems predisposed to overturn Roe: Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.,...
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