Somebody has just publically gone against the leadership of the Republican Party: A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a “racist.” “I think it’s terrible,” Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told […]
Turns out Alito also defended the Regan administration in warantless wiretaps. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps when he worked for the Reagan Justice Department, documents released Friday show. He advocated a step by step approach to strengthening the hand of officials in a 1984 memo […]
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 […]
I been wondering that since Bush feels he has the power to break the law and since his current Supreme Court nominee, Sam Alito, shares the same “constitutional” values as Bush will that make him even more of a threat to the high court. Well it turns out Alito will get to answer on that: […]
Prisons are for reform. Most prisoners are not there forever so they must be reformed to operate in society once they are released. Part of that reform should include keeping up on current events, however for Supreme Court nominee Alito that is not necessarily the case. When Judge Alito served on the U.S. Second Court […]
President Bush has announced that he will not release papers on the embattled Harriet Miers. Via Reuters: Bush says won’t release papers on Miers President George W. Bush, citing confidentiality, said on Monday he would refuse to release documents showing what U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers recommended to him as a White House lawyer. […]
Back in August, when Camp Casey was in full swing outside of Bush’s Crawford Ranch, the right wingers found some information they loved. That information was about Cindy Sheehan having past tax troubles. She had acquired some liens against her property over the years for a problem that many Americans face. It was a great […]
A crime has been going on inside the internet. It is one that I myself am guilty of, along with the community of bloggers out there focusing on such stories as the Valerie Plame scandal and the Supreme Court nominee. It is now my duty, not only as a blogger, but also as a citizen […]
Ok we now know who the Supreme Court nominee is. That means it is time to shift focus back to the big scandal. I am of course talking about Karl Rove. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the State Department memo which identified Plame seems to be one of the key pieces of evidence […]
An anonymous source within the White House has told the Associated Press that the search for a Supreme Court nominee has greatly accelerated and could come as early as today. The article also states that President Bush could very well be looking at appointing a female to the court. A quick decision by the President […]