Our lame Governor's veto of the "morning-after pill" legislation was easily overridden by the state legislature today. The vote in the House: 139-16. The vote in the Senate: 37-0. Even the Republicans wouldn't … [Read more...]
Archives for September 15, 2005
Roberts and umpires
Much has been said already about John Roberts' decision to invoke the role of the baseball umpire in his opening statement, saying that "umpires don?t make the rules, they apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical to … [Read more...]
It’s official: the feds screwed up on Katrina
Thanks to Lynne for noting the release of the (nonpartisan) Congressional Research Service's report which concludes that, in fact, Louisiana Governor Blanco did what was required of her to invoke federal disaster assistance. >From … [Read more...]