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In a speech Wednesday evening at Catholic University's Columbus School of Law Justice Antonin Scalia once again confirmed his desire to see fewer judges on the Supreme Court. He told the audience that judicial experience has never been a prerequisite in the past and accordingly should not stand in the way of potential...
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With all the commentary and buzz surrounding the nomination of Elena Kagan centering on two issues - her sexuality (ignorantly and misguidedly) and her lack of judicial experience, I was quickly reminded when exploring the second prong of the matter of comments made by Justice Scalia earlier this year regarding the composition of the...
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Solicitor General Elena Kagan has been chosen by President Obama to replace Justice Paul Stevens who is retiring at the end of this term. Kagan currently serves as the nation's advocate before the Supreme Court and she was certainly on most of the "short lists" that have been circulating for weeks. Her...
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Justice John Paul Stevens will retire mid-summer according to Fox News and the AP. The development comes as a surprise to no one as the eighty-nine year old Liberal Justice only took on one law clerk for the current term and has been very open about his desire to have President Obama choose...
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As I told you earlier, Justice Clarence Thomas spoke Tuesday at Stetson University College of Law and the topic dejure for those in the audience was not surprisingly Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Thomas certainly did not disappoint. These rare public appearances by members of the Court are often overlooked by much...
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As much as it pains me to delve into the world of post-State of the Union commentary once more, I saw this story and thought it worth the effort. Many of you may have noticed that Justice Clarence Thomas was absent from the State of the Union Address. I have no doubt...
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If that is the case then you might ask, why should any of this matter - as you said, he's not advocating average Joe lawyers being nominated for positions on the Highest Court. The answer lies not in this simple and perhaps meaningless debate, but in the process that led to his position....
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The man who terrorized the nation for three weeks in 2002 as the "D.C. Sniper," John Allen Muhammad, was put to death last night by lethal injection for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers. Meyers, who was shot in the head at a gas station in Manassas, Virginia, was one of 13 victims...
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So, you may ask, how will Republicans buy into this? The short answer is they won't and the long answer is they don't have to. Dems can get a majority on most of this - they only have problems within their own ranks on two issues - the public option and how...
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The Associated Press previews what we can expect as Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes the bench. Will she be the "sympathetic" leftist that we all think she will be, or will she go back to her roots as a prosecutor and be tough on crime? I'll let you guess which side I think...
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