I don’t know what’s worse
Is it that the author of this piece, David Dow, is actually a professor of law? Or that he actually might believe what he’s saying? Or that perhaps he doesn’t, but is just saying it to stir up ye olde … Continue reading →
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FDR: fireside demagoguery—“saving the Court from itself”
[NOTE: Last night I wrote a draft of a post on how Barack Obama’s latest remarks on SCOTUS precedent are an attempt to emulate Franklin Roosevelt in the 30s. I was going to polish it up and submit it to … Continue reading →
For all who wonder…
…what’s up with all these frigging spambots, it happened last night after the blog suddenly went down and left a completely blank page on the screen. There was a problem at my host that had caused it and took a … Continue reading →
Romney’s…
…on a roll. I think it’s reached some sort of critical mass.
Continue reading →The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has a little question…
…for President Obama: did you really mean it, or were you just blowing smoke? This is rather “unprecedented,” to use one of Obama’s favorite words. The court’s question came up in a separate Obamacare case presently before a 3-judge panel … Continue reading →
The exceptional Obama
In all the brouhaha surrounding Obama’s statements yesterday preemptively criticizing the Supreme Court, these completely unrelated remarks of his passed relatively unnoticed: Responding to Romney’s campaign trail claims that American influence has declined during the Obama administration and that the … Continue reading →
The lottery plot thickens
And now it seems quite possible that Mirlande Wilson was not even a lottery winner, much less the lottery winner: The New York Post reported that a Maryland McDonald’s employee, Mirlande Wilson, 37, is claiming to be the winner and … Continue reading →
Marcus v. Obama v. SCOTUS
President Obama must have really overstepped yesterday when he warned the Supreme Court justices against ruling Obamacare unconstitutional. How do I know? WaPo columnist Ruth Marcus is criticizing him for his remarks. What caused her to take this enormous step, … Continue reading →
I guess it depends…
…on what the meaning of “strong” is. Obama warns the Supremes about overturning HCR [emphasis mine]: “Ultimately I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was … Continue reading →
Clement v Verrilli
So much praise has been heaped on Paul Clement, lawyer for the Obamacare opposition, that it made me wonder about him—just who he was and what he was doing before this particular case came his way. Clement’s got a lengthy … Continue reading →
Most definitely not…
…a feel-good story. Except, perhaps, for Mirlande Wilson herself. And even then, she’s got some splainin to do.
Continue reading →Romney and women and polls
The meme du jour is that women are flocking to Obama, based on a new USA Today/Gallup poll in the swing states showing Romney’s support among women there has dropped precipitously. Polls at this point are almost ludicrously unimportant, except … Continue reading →