Sorry to stomp on the sweetness below, but I learned yesterday that Lance Mannion, one of the old school bloggers from the early aughts, died in his sleep from what appear to be natural causes. I am sure many of you knew him and read him at one point and would like to know this. …
RIP
Easy Targets Open Thread: BoBo Brooks Is Back on His… Thought Leadership
NEW: NYT columnist David Brooks draws a second salary for leading an Aspen Institute project funded by Facebook, Jeff Bezos’ dad, & others. He didn’t disclose this to readers. The Times refused to say if the paper was aware of Brooks’ second salary: https://t.co/7WN3zrtrKp — Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) March 3, 2021 Professional ethics are for …
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RIP Ginny Cole, the Goodest Girl
My parents had to put down Ginny this morning, who died of a particularly aggressive cancer of the blood. I had not mentioned this to you all because there was so much else bad going on in the world, but over the past few months she had developed bleeding tumors all over her body, and …
Justice Ginsburg Honored at U.S. Capitol
Justice Ginsburg is the first female U.S. government official to lie in state at the Capitol. VP Biden and Senator Harris are there, according to Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, who is officiating now. Open thread.
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Notorious RBG Honored at the Supreme Court
Justice Ginsburg arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court for the last time a little while ago. On Friday, RBG will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first female government official ever so honored. Open thread. ETA: Do any of the blog’s battalions of attorneys have an opinion on this proposal published in Slate? …
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Senator McConnell Moves To Contact: The President’s Nominee “Will Receive a Vote On the Floor of the Senate”
Senator McConnell has placed his marker on the table. ABC news is reporting that the President will announce his nominee shortly. BREAKING: Pres. Trump is expected to put forth a nominee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat in the coming days, multiple sources close to the president and with direct knowledge of the situation tell …
Breaking News: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died at Age 87
From NPR: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural, and feminist icon has died. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from cancer. Architect of the legal fight for women’s rights in the 1970s, Ginsburg subsequently served 27 years on the nation’s highest …
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