His name is Thurgood Marshall and he is being used as a strawman to go after Kagan in her confirmation hearings. But there’s a problem. After the GOP used Marshall left and right yesterday, they couldn’t even cite one ruling of Marshall’s that they disagree with. I hope they can come up with something soon, […]
Rachel took Pat Buchanan to town last night on the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings and forced Pat to show his ugly little racist head: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Again – why does MSNBC continue to give Pat a microphone? He would fit in much better at FOX […]
Because Senate won’t confirm all the people he wants. What this Washington Post article fails to mention is that a lot of them are held up because Bush wants one key person confirmed. There is a little mention of that person: Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) chastised Bush for sticking with nominees who […]
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 […]
This is from today’s confirmation hearings for Gates: Robert Gates, U.S. President George W. Bush’s choice to take over the Pentagon, said on Tuesday America was not winning in Iraq and warned the Middle East could explode into violence. Appearing at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gates said Bush wanted him […]
Here are some choice quotes from this New York Times article today about the Hayden hearings and the NSA program: “It would be very difficult to have a confirmation hearing for General Hayden when half the committee knows what he’s been doing and the other half hasn’t,” said Senator Christopher S. Bond, Republican of Missouri. […]
OK I have been pretty quiet on the confirmation hearings. I feel there are enough other blogs out there giving play by play that my two cents aren’t really needed. I also feel like it is nothing more than a smoke screen. Even if Democrats go against him, he will still go to Senate and […]
Congressional Research Services, the non-partisan research group of Congress, released a report yesterday laying significant legal doubts to President Bush’s warantless wiretapping program. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 – President Bush’s rationale for eavesdropping on Americans without warrants rests on questionable legal ground, and Congress does not appear to have given him the authority to order the […]
It turns out that Supreme Court nominee Alito wrote in 1985 that he wanted Roe v. Wade to be overturned as being reported by the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote in a June 1985 memo that the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion should be overturned. In a recommendation […]
Cronyism is at it again and this time it comes in the form of a Supreme Court Justice. Today President Bush nominated long time friend and confidant Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Miers has no judicial experience, so there will be no paper trail to base her upon. This will make […]