Ben Smith at Politico just posted this: Washington Post Communications Director Kris Coratti emails: “Dave offered his resignation and we accepted it.” That’s following yesterday’s drama where Weigel apparently aired some frustrations regarding some right wing media types on a mailing list: FishbowlDC has obtained e-mails written by WaPo‘s conservative-beat blogger Dave Weigel, that the […]
The founder of redstate.com is keeping it classy on Twitter: Something about slander and libel against a Supreme Court justice just doesn’t seem to be a safe legal option. Perhaps this could serve as a part in Red State the movie, being written and directed by one of my favorites, Kevin Smith.
With President Obama’s first pick for a Supreme Court justice looming, I am sitting here wondering if the GOP will try to block his pick. There is an interesting timing here. On the same week Arlen Specter switched parties, Souter announces his retirement. Specter was the ranking member of the judiciary committee and the friendliest […]
I’m sure the right is outraged over Supreme Court Justice David Souter announcing his retirement only a few months into a Democratic administration. They probably view it as the final deception by the George H.W. Bush choice who turned out to be more to the left than right. Now we get the media frenzy over […]
Comes this little gem: In a case some say reveals political backscratching at the courthouse, a Texas Supreme Court justice saw his arson-related indictment thrown out Friday at the request of a scandal-plagued, but fellow Republican, prosecutor. The move outraged the grand jury foreman, who threatened to reconvene the panel and issue the charges again. […]
Today’s New York Times takes an in depth look at Monica Goodling’s involvement in the USA purge: Two years ago, Robin C. Ashton, a seasoned criminal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, learned from her boss that a promised promotion was no longer hers. “You have a Monica problem,†Ms. Ashton was told, according to […]
This is just to interesting to pass up: A daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was arrested Monday night in Wheaton and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and child endangerment, Wheaton Deputy Police Chief Thomas Meloni said. Ann S. Banaszewski, 45, was stopped about 7:25 p.m. in a 1996 Ford […]
So why do the Republicans in Alabama not support someone like Roy Moore? Remember him? He was the state supreme court justice that put the ten commandments outside of the courthouse and refused to remove them. I mean they didn’t just not support him – they destroyed him: With 70 percent of precincts reporting, Riley […]
President Bush’s pick for the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, has so far pleased the extreme right. The question will now be in the approval by the centrists. This was a bold step for Bush. He would of had a better chance of getting this confirmation through if he made it from the beginning instead of […]
Harriet Miers has withdrawn her name as Supreme Court justice nominee. In her letter, the main reason she cited was because of concern over documents relating to her advice she has given President Bush since he has been in the oval office. The following is a copy of her letter: Oct. 17, 2005 Dear Mr. […]