What a waste of time.  The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee apparently can't think of anything better to talk about than whether Judge Alito should have recused himself from an inconsequential case involving the Vanguard … [Read more...]

I'm scheduled to appear on Jim Braude's NewsNight show on NECN tonight sometime after 8:30 to talk about the Alito hearings.UPDATE: Watch the video here (click the link called "Samuel Alito denies he is 'bigot' Wednesday"), if you missed it … [Read more...]

NY Times:If Senate Democrats had set out to portray Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. as extreme on issues ranging from abortion to government surveillance of citizens, they ran up against an elusive target on Tuesday: Samuel A. Alito Jr. For … [Read more...]

Argh.  Sen. Russ Feingold, who is generally doing a pretty good job on his questioning, is still missing the point on the executive power questions he's putting to Judge Alito.Here's the thing.  Feingold wants to know whether the … [Read more...]

As I'm watching the Q&A in the Alito confirmation hearings, I am struck by how bad most Senators are at asking questions in these kinds of proceedings.  They just cannot get out of speechifying/campaign mode.  As a result, … [Read more...]

[Note: Originally posted on Oct. 31, 2005]In light of this morning's nomination of Alito to the Supreme Court, I called Pringle to get her take.  The short answer: she is very pleased with the nomination.  I asked Pringle to … [Read more...]

Today's proceedings in the Alito hearings consisted entirely of opening statements, and as such it was pretty tedious going.  If you really want to punish yourself, you can read the whole thing here.But one comment by Sen. Lindsey … [Read more...]

"The President is not a king – free to take any action he chooses, without limitation by law; the Court is not a legislature – free to substitute its own judgment for that of the elected bodies; and the people are not subjects – … [Read more...]

Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation hearings to be a Supreme Court Justice start tomorrow at noon.  He's going to get a lot of questions about his "judicial philosophy," particularly in light of some of the documents he created while … [Read more...]

The worst - the absolute worst - thing the Democrats could do is to take the advice of The Nation, reprinted by Armando at Daily Kos (presumably because he thinks it's a good idea too).These numbskulls want the Senate to ask Alito questions … [Read more...]