Goodwin Liu, who is 39, was nominated to be an appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals earlier this year and submitted this: […] links to YouTube videos of lectures and talks he gave, along with 573 pages of public writings, new articles about him, syllabi from courses he taught, statements about legal issues, …
Activist Judges!
I Feel the Same Way
This is burning up memeorandum: Elena Kagan said as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk in 1987 that she was “not sympathetic” toward a man who contended that his constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted for carrying an unlicensed pistol. Kagan, whom President Barack Obama nominated to the high court this week, made …
What It Takes To Be a Justice
In 48 hours, we have learned of a new list of requirements in order to be a Justice on the Supreme Court. The following is a brief summation (to date- will update as necessary): 1.) Titillating David Brooks– no boring career oriented types need apply. Try to squeeze in some college era hijinks to liven …
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition Socratic Method!
I’m sure as soon as the wingnuts get done furiously googling the+Socratic+method and figure out it is not a lesbian sexual technique, they will in no time agree that this line of attack will surely sink the Kagan nomination.
And Now For Something Completely Different
I know this has nothing to do with screaming about how Obama let you down or debating Elena Kagan’s sexual orientation, but Eugene Volokh has reviewed Kagan’s body of scholarly work and has deemed it to be quit substantial in quantity for the period of time she has spent as a legal scholar, quite important …
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Open Thread
It’s 2010 and there are still zero Pastafarians on the Supreme Court. How long will they keep us down?
I’m Tired
Maybe it is because I am still fighting this damned head cold, which has now morphed into a full fledged cold, but I am just tired of all the acrimony. Every political event in this country is immediately followed by just heaping loads of bullshit. Within minutes of the Kagan announcement yesterday, we learned, depending …