Right-Wing Elitism
As Atrios and Kos both pointed out today, many on the right — most notably Republican poster-skeleton Ann Coulter — are acting a wee bit elitist when it comes to Harriet Miers’ nomination. Coulter rips on her for not going to an Ivy League law school, insinuating that it speaks to her personal intelligence (it [...]
...read moreAssisted Suicide Evaluated by SCOTUS
The Supreme Court is now hearing arguments about Oregon’s assisted suicide laws, and it looks as if Justice Roberts isn’t a fan of allowing people to choose assisted suicide. We’ll see how the court goes — whether they’ll allow states to make their own rules on this one, or if the federal government has the [...]
...read moreHold Yer Hats
This article starts with a bang, Just about everybody who served or worked with Harriet Miers during her brief political career in Dallas remembers her as a hard-working, fair-minded moderate. When the Dallas political spectrum is properly framed against the national matrix, that means many people elsewhere will view her as a right-wing Christian nut [...]
...read moreAnd The Nominee Is…
…who? Gotta love cronyism. This is actually a pretty stealth move on behalf of the Bush administration. It puts Democrats in a tight spot. They’re faced with a nominee who they know nothing about (other than her and GWB are good pals), and so they have two not-so-great choices: let her go through and take [...]
...read moreScalia’s Abortion Bender
NORFOLK, VA—Saying “Fuck this shit, I’m stopping beating hearts with my bare hands,” Justice Antonin Scalia, overlooked for the vacated position of Supreme Court chief justice, went on a spiteful abortion-performing bender over the weekend. “If I’m not going to be permitted a lasting judicial legacy, to hell with law and order,” said Scalia, the [...]
...read moreAny Woman Will Not Do
Ruth Bader Ginsberg does not want to be the only female justice on the Supreme Court. But, she says, “Any woman will not do.” There are “some women who might be appointed who would not advance human rights or women’s rights,” Ginsburg told those gathered at the New York City Bar Association…Ginsburg stressed that the [...]
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