Solicitor General Elena Kagan, if confirmed to the Supreme Court, would be the first Justice to sit on the Court since Lewis Powell to have a background that does not include service on an appellate bench. General Kagan’s background is… Continue Reading
The results of today’s election in the UK may look a little bit funny and it calls to mind a myth I was taught in college – the myth is that multi-party parliamentary democracies better represent the will of the… Continue Reading
Marc Cooper writes in today’s Fish Wrapper that the right pick to the Supreme Court to replace John Paul Stevens would be an open atheist. He confines himself to making some obvious points about how one’s religious beliefs do not… Continue Reading
Patrick beat me to today’s Amazingly Stupid Government Trick – when we are found to be subsidizing our cotton farmers so as to disadvantage more cost-efficient Brazilian cotton farmers, rather than agreeing to pay the sanctions, or to reform our… Continue Reading
First of all, I hate the phrase “Great Recession.” We’ve got to think up something better. “The Panic of 2007” would be more historically accurate. Second, it’s astonishing that we’re being told “more regulation” is the answer to what we… Continue Reading
I said that giving billions of dollars to General Motors was wrong. I said it was lighting the money on fire, we’d never see it back again, and it was being used to keep a dinosaur alive. While I’m not… Continue Reading
36 U.S.C. section 119 reads: The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and… Continue Reading
Many people this time of year won’t want to hear this. But it’s true, it happened to me today, and taken for what it’s worth. I called the IRS with a question about getting a non-profit corporation’s 501(c)(3) application completed. … Continue Reading
Reading (among many other things) Mark Thompson’s thoughts on how Republicans acted like internet trolls in the debate over healthcare reform, and the degree to which those political decisions have influenced the public’s response to the passage of healthcare reform… Continue Reading
The Washington Post is reporting that House leaders have decided to not use the “deem and pass” rule suggested by House Rules Chair Louise Slaughter. Also, I’ve come across indications that Republicans have used the Slaughter Rule, or a similar… Continue Reading