"the Supreme Court nominee in waiting" --Jeffrey Toobin It may take a while for some to learn how to say his name (the spelling isn't phonetic), but Sri Srinivasan is the mostly likely nominee. Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan is … [Read more...]
Archives for February 14, 2016
Hillary Can’t Beat John Kasich But Joe Biden Can – Who Says Life Isn’t One Big Seinfeld Episode?
Well after all the bullshit New Hampshire told us that John Kasich will get the nomination and Hillary is hated by more people than we thought. Unless Joe Biden gets the call Kasich will romp in November. I'm voting for Bernie. Tell … [Read more...]
The 20th Amendment Soution and the 17-day gap
Here is an interesting little thought to consider as the Republicans consider obstructing an Obama appointment to the Supreme Court: Consider the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution: Section 1. The terms of the President … [Read more...]
How to get the Senate to confirm Obama’s nomination:
Elect Bernie Sanders. The Senate will confirm Obama's nominee quicker than you can say "Oyez, oyez.". … [Read more...]
The case for Justice Patrick
Massachusetts Former Governor Deval Patrick would be a wise choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Why ? For the same reason President Eisenhower chose California Governor Earl Warren who turned out to be one of … [Read more...]
RIP Scalia
So much to say, so little time. A few random thoughts on this 9.9 on the politico-judicial earthquake scale. For decades, the Court has had five basically conservative Justices and four basically liberal ones. The replacement of … [Read more...]
Ouch! Trump tearing GOP apart
Extraordinary. In addition to breaking other norms of US politics Donald Trump showed last night how narrowly constrained our political discourse usually is. First, he stated the obvious, but rarely voiced: George W. Bush didn't keep the … [Read more...]