The notorious editorial page of the Wall Street Journal has weighed in on Novak-Plame-gate. And it's a pretty funny piece - a tour de force, really, although they'd probably hate the use of a French phrase to describe their … [Read more...]
Judging the Ten Commandments at Harvard
On March 2 the Supreme Court will hear two cases in which the constitutionality of public displays of the Ten Commandments is at issue. The lawyers challenging the displays' constitutionality will be at Harvard Law School this Friday … [Read more...]
Novak-Plame-gate reporters face jail time
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today upheld a lower court order holding two reporters, Matthew Cooper for Time and Judith Miller for the NY Times, in contempt of court for refusing to testify about their … [Read more...]
Missing the boat on the CJ derby
Lukey's theory just doesn't work. First, consider a basic fact about Bush's Republican "base." It's no secret that religious conservatives are a big part of Bush's political success. They understand that they … [Read more...]
One of the most bizarre things I’ve ever read
From a complaint brought by the Oklahoma Attorney General to remove elected trial judge Donald D. Thompson from the bench (he was removed and was recently charged with indecent exposure):Judge Thompson violated these Canons [of judicial … [Read more...]
Another reason why Bush will never name Richard Posner to the Supreme Court
Poor Richard Posner. He's generally conservative, and he's one of the smartest and most well-respected federal judges in the country (he sits on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago). Which would seem to make him a good … [Read more...]
Clarence Thomas, God, and the Constitution
There is a report that Justice Clarence Thomas told a new Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court that "a judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or to the … [Read more...]
Scalia v. Breyer
There are several reports today about the 90-minute debate between Justices Scalia and Breyer on whether American judges should consider foreign law in interpreting the U.S. Constitution (How Appealing has collected some of them here and … [Read more...]
Real electoral college reform
Let's first lay some groundwork. Under the Constitution, a group of people called "electors" -- not the people at large -- elect the President and Vice President. Each state gets a number of electors equal to the … [Read more...]
Even more on Thomas
As expected, today brings a new crop of Justice Thomas commentary. This one, by Edward Lazarus, argues that liberals shouldn't dismiss Thomas as a lightweight or as a Scalia clone, but that Thomas's radical views and unwillingness to … [Read more...]