There’s not much I like about Rick Perry, but this idea from his book ‘Fed Up’ is one I can definitely get behind: One solution the governor embraces is to end lifetime tenure — a cornerstone of the Constitution, whose drafters worried far less about activist or senile judges than about meddling tyrants and political […]
The Huffington Post’s Jason Linkin does his best to become a Matt Drudge. Referring to this exchange from Sunday’s MTP when Obama was asked about New York’s open Senate Seat: MR. BROKAW: You still have some appointments to make coming up, and there’s also a good deal of consideration here in Illinois about who will […]
That is from article 2, section 2 of the United States Constitution. Here is the full text: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of […]
Appears to come from Arlen Specter while questioning Gonzo today: “This is not a game of gotcha,” said Specter. In a reflection of the stakes, he told the attorney general he faced the equivalent of a “reconfirmation hearing.” True confirmation hearings don’t mean much with Bush in the White House. He just puts appointments up […]