Live Blog: Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings

Yesterday Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) made a complete fool of himself, — twice, actually This morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions…castigated Sotomayor for not ruling with her fellow Puerto Rican colleague, conservative Judge José A. Cabranes, when she decided to deny an en banc appeal in Ricci v. DeStefano, a process in which all judges of a [...]

Meet Ricky Hollywood!

So what do you do if you’re 1. A high school dropout and 2. An unwed father with 3. No job 4. No marketable skills and 5. You can’t live with your mom because she is a convicted drug dealer? Become a celebrity! From Riehl World View: A reliable source confirms that when you call [...]

Wednesday Morning News Links

The links today are a gift from BostonBoomer and MABlue: Ezra Klein’s links to the House Health Care plan which was released yesterday : The House Releases Its Health-Care Reform Bill The Tri-Com Bill Gets Scored Bernie Sanders Looks at Liberalism in Practice Why Health-Care Reform Begins in 2013 : Lucky Ezra — this isn’t [...]

Can Congress Keep President Obama out of the Twilight Zone?

Jonathan Weisman writes for tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal: As a candidate, Mr. Obama vowed that he wouldn’t abuse the presidential signing statement, a declaration issued by the president when he signs a bill to give his interpretation of that law. President George W. Bush used so many signing statements — more than 750 — that [...]

LMAO Open Thread

From the pathetic nether regions of the blogosphere: Given the frequency with which the Effluence is linked at Memeorandum in recent weeks, I’m suspecting that someone at Memeorandum has the hots for one of the Effluencers, blackmail may be involved, or possibly even bribery. He he he – here’s a hint: “Size matters” This is [...]

Grilled Sotomayor

They tried, but they didn’t lay a glove on her: Sonia Sotomayor pushed back vigorously Tuesday against Republican charges that she would bring bias and a liberal agenda to her seat as the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, insisting repeatedly she would be impartial as GOP senators tried to undercut her with her [...]

Gotcha!

Priceless: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), seeking to discredit Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial philosophy, cited her 2001 “wise Latina” speech, and contrasted the view that ethnicity and sex influence judging with that of Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, who “believes that judges must transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices.” “So I would just say to you, I [...]

Sonia Sotomayor: Live Blogging the Confirmation Hearings

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Confirming The Next SC Justice Sotomayor opens by stressing fidelity to the law US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor introduced herself to the nation on Monday, presenting a compelling story of family struggle and a few words of explanation to her harshest critics. Sotomayor: The Drinking Game [C]rack open a beer and let the buzz [...]

Maroon

Where do they find these asshats?  From the Ledger-Enquirer: U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, set to deploy to Afghanistan, says he shouldn’t have to go. His reason? Barack Obama was never eligible to be president because he wasn’t born in the United States. On the other hand, our nation is probably better off without [...]