tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60676202012-01-17T20:39:11.215-08:00University of Miami Federalist SocietyC. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1155914666948832652006-08-18T08:24:00.000-07:002006-10-04T14:33:29.466-07:00

A Judicial Misfire?When the Washington Post takes this kind of issue with your legal scholarship you know you've failed to make your case:"[T]he decision yesterday by a federal district court in Detroit, striking down the NSA's program, is neither careful nor scholarly, and it is hard-hitting only in the sense that a bludgeon is hard-hitting. The angry rhetoric of U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs

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ABA, LSAC and DiversityThe ABA has recently taken a rather unprecedented position regarding affirmative action at the law schools it accredits. (For more on "Standard 211" see ABA Watch, page 2). Some, including David Bernstein of the Volokh Conspiracy (a former guest speaker of this chapter), have suggested that the ABA's position requires schools to violate the law. (See here, here and here.)In

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Another case supporting the doctrine of "Free-speech, so long as we agree."

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ACLU report tells of prison terrors that allegedly occurred during and after Hurricane Katrina last year. The report states that the prison "lost electricity and backup generators when it was inundated by floodwater. Stuck without food or water, inmates broke windows, burned blankets and rammed holes in buildings." A building in New Orleans lost power and was flooded during Hurricane Katrina? I

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The Volokh Conspiracy has this interesting bit on the Espionage Act from today's opinion by the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA.Gov't May Prosecute Recipients of Leaked Information:The federal government may prosecute private citizens who illegally receive and retransmit classified information, held federal district court Judge T.S. Ellis III yesterday in United States v. Rosen. Judge Ellis

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1155215967267765602006-08-10T06:18:00.000-07:002006-08-10T06:19:27.326-07:00

Robert Novak describes how "Hillary gets slapped down!"

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Not Anti-war, Just Supporting the Other Side.The New York Times finally shows its support for the troops... the ones shooting at American soldiers. Shameful. Just what did the Times have to promise to get this photo propaganda op?

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On the Mexican ElectionsYahoo News and other sites have been featuring an AP Newswire story about the election protest in Mexico City today. The crux of the story is that a "mass" of people came out to protest right-wing PAN candidate, Calderon's victory over the left-wing PRD candidate, Obrador. (Funny that the lefty candidate is named "Worker!") More funny, perhaps, is watching the AP spin the

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Miami Hosting Senate Immigration Hearings On Monday, July 10thSen. John Warner, R-Va., said Wednesday he will hold a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Monday in Miami as the House and Senate hold dueling hearings across the country in a tussle over divergent proposals over how to rewrite U.S. immigration laws...The hearing will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Chapman Conference Center at

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President Reagan Expressly Rejected The Geneva Convention Protocol I Provision "Ratified" By The Supreme Court In HamdanIn fact, he found it so objectionable that he did not even send it to the Senate for ratification. On January 29, 1987, the President transmitted the following "Message to the Senate Transmitting a Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions.""While I recommend that the Senate grant

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The NY Times has once again published confidential military secrets in a time of war. Today, it is troops size and deployment information:"According to a classified briefing at the Pentagon this week by the commander, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the number of American combat brigades in Iraq is projected to decrease to 5 or 6 from the current level of 14 by December 2007....General Casey's briefing

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1151109522461378302006-06-23T17:38:00.000-07:002006-06-23T17:38:42.923-07:00

The President has just issued an Executive Order, entitled Protecting the Property Rights of the American People, which effectively prohibits the Federal Govt. from acting like the Township of New London, CT.Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect the rights of Americans to their private property, including by limiting the taking of private property by the Federal

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"Intervening before mortal threats to U.S. security can develop is surely a prudent policy."(William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense, and Ashton B. Carter, Assistant Secretary of Defense, under President Bill Clinton, Washington Post, June 22, 2006; Page A29, "If Necessary, Strike and Destroy")

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Where Hillary Clinton Stands on IraqOn December 15, 2003, the junior Senator from N.Y. had this to say to the Council on Foreign Relations:"[I]t took 10 years to create a stable, sovereign government, and we still have troops in Germany, as we do in Japan, as we do in South Korea, as we do in Bosnia, as we do in Kosovo. So the idea that we can somehow bring about dramatic transformational change

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Domestic Islamic Terrorist to Plead Guilty:"[Mohammed Taheri-Azar, t]he man accused of driving a rented SUV onto the UNC campus in March and striking nine people told a judge he plans to plead guilty to the charges against him.Taheri-Azar has said in letters and in a 911 call that he wanted to kill people to avenge Muslim deaths around the world when he drove a rented SUV through The Pit, the

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Is this the immigration reform the President promised?"Local police said they intercepted 20 illegal Mexican immigrants, but were ordered by immigration officials to let them go free.Belmont County Sheriff Fred Thompson said his officers were instructed by federal immigration services to let all 20 illegal immigrants go free, and said his department has no choice but to follow the orders from

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1150300749098957922006-06-14T08:59:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:37:16.206-07:00

It seems that even the eco-socialist nations of the world are starting to see through Al Gore's hyped-up scare tactics. This item in the Canadian Free Press asks, "What do world climate experts actually think about the science of his movie?""Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives what, for many Canadians, is a surprising assessment:

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How does ABC News support the U.S.'s efforts to defeat terrorists in Iraq? By publishing the name and picture of the man who ratted out Zarqawi, or course. That'll cause a lot of people to want to come forward with information in the future. Yeah, right.But what ever you do, don't question ABC's support of our troops.

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Is the Senate's version of the immigration bill unconstitutional? Powerline has more:"The Washington Times reports on the latest wrinkle in the battle over illegal immigration: the Senate's comprehensive 'reform' bill may be unconstitutional. The argument is simple. The Constitution says that all revenue bills must originate in the House, and the Senate bill provides for the partial payment of

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1148403699596686922006-05-23T10:01:00.000-07:002006-05-23T10:01:39.610-07:00

Nigerian business scam. It's not the republicans who are corrupt. It's the politicians.

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Tony Snow shows how the MSM should be handled:New White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is starting off in a combative mode against the press by issuing detailed rebuttals to what he considers unfair coverage of Bush.'The New York Times continues to ignore America's economic progress,' blared the headline of an e-mail sent to reporters Wednesday by the White House press office.'CBS News

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Stefan Gleason Writes About the UM Strike in National Review Online:Following a two-month media circus at the University of Miami that included strikes, high-profile visits from national politicians and activists, and even a hunger strike, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) officials are now claiming victory.The union will now be allowed to use its weapon of choice--the notoriously

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On Sunday, UM Law will hold its annual commencement. The speaker chosen by President Shalala and the Administration is Ms. Anne-Marie Slaughter, a professor of International Affairs at Princeton. Ms. Slaughter has written a great deal on international human rights, international courts, and the United Nations. In fact, on September 16, 2001, a precious few days after the murder of almost 3,000

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At least there wasn't water nearby.

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544977599166167185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1146792214017066812006-05-04T18:23:00.000-07:002006-05-05T19:21:41.056-07:00

If extreme right-wing groups organized an anti-immigration march, would the media be silent about it? Then why the MSM's deafening silence about the left-wing totalitarian groups behind the recent May Day marches; marches purportedly aimed at U.S. immigration policy and the "rights" of illegal aliens? Check out the video, El Uno De Mayo, and see just how far the communist left has infiltrated

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Why You Can't Trust The Drive-by Media, Example #9564The Dana Priest angle just keeps getting more interesting. Turns out her Pulitzer Prize winning "original" reporting on alleged CIA secret prisons in Europe, might not have been so original after all. In fact, the entire story may be nothing more than a retread from a 2002 WaPo story that Priest co-authored with Barton Gellman, Bob Woodward,

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Why You Can't Trust The Drive-by Media, Example #9563The AP has this remarkable "news" item on Mary McCarthy's leaking of classified intelligence. The story is remarkable for what the author, Katherine Shrader, leaves out:"'She was not the source for that story,' said Rand Beers, who has talked with his former colleague, Mary McCarthy, a veteran intelligence analyst."What the story utterly fails

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Nova has invited Salman Rushdie to be their graduation commencement speaker. Rather predictably, an Islamic student organization is protesting.DAVIE, Fla. - Some students at Nova Southeastern University say the school's move to invite author Salman Rushdie to speak at graduation is an insult and they want campus officials to reconsider their choice.A small group of concerned undergraduate

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1145494049109873672006-04-19T17:47:00.000-07:002006-04-19T17:49:28.416-07:00

The St. Petersburg Times weighs in on admitted Jihadist, Sami al-Arian:" Al-Arian now has signed his name to a plea document that renders his high-minded arguments as self-serving drivel.He admits to secretly helping jihadists and lying about it. He admits his "think tank," at USF, called World and Islamic Studies Enterprise, received and sent money to known terrorists. He admits feigning shock

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If Only It Were A Headline From the OnionOhio State University is supporting an attempt to oppress free speech through the phony use of "sexual harassment" charges. The alleged harassment? A reference librarian for the university, in his role as a member of the freshman reading committee, made the outrageous suggestion that four best-selling conservative books be included in the reading list. To

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1144616521320320122006-04-09T14:02:00.000-07:002006-04-09T14:02:01.333-07:00

The new US News law school rankings are out and UM has moved up considerably, to #65. Yea us!!

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More agressive posturing by Hugo "Castro's mini-Me" Chavez:"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the U.S. ambassador was 'provoking the Venezuelan people' and threatened Sunday to expel the American diplomat, whose convoy was chased by pro-government protesters."Venezuela is rapidly becoming a Communist dictatorship under Chavez. It is also the 4th largest provider of oil to the U.S. As the

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1144612621184037082006-04-09T12:57:00.000-07:002006-04-09T12:58:45.816-07:00

More evidence of a Saddam/terrorism link in Friday's Investor's Business Daily. They've even made a list, for your viewing discomfort. Some choice excerpts:Last month the Pentagon began releasing records captured during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Among the documents is a letter dated March 11, 2001, written by Abdel Magid Hammod Ali, one of Saddam's air force generals.According to an unofficial

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1144426884083496922006-04-07T09:21:00.000-07:002006-04-07T09:21:24.710-07:00

UM Professor Steve Vladeck is quoted several times in this ABA article concerning SCOTUS's denial of cert in the Padilla case. While I disagreed with Professor's Vladeck's position on the Unicco strike, I think it is valuable for UM to have a professor who is recognized in his field. The more faculty UM has who are recognized like this, the more respect UM and our degrees will have.

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544977599166167185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1144165037695371292006-04-04T08:37:00.000-07:002006-04-04T08:37:17.773-07:00

In case there was any doubt as to Chavez's intentions:"Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez yesterday seized control of a French-run oil field, strengthening his control of the country's vast oil wealth, the lifeblood of his 'Bolivarian Revolution'."More here.

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Victor Davis Hanson weighs in on the immigration "debate":"As for as the immigration debate itself, we all know the truth that we suppress and the lies that we voice. Language has been the first casualty of our disingenuousness. 'Illegal alien' is a descriptive, not a racist, term. In contrast, 'undocumented worker' is deliberately misleading, since in most cases documents were never at issue,

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1143691508073117342006-03-29T20:05:00.000-08:002006-03-29T20:05:08.163-08:00

Justice Ginsburg can't retire soon enough. However, we will probably have to live with her for a while. As this article points out, she has very extreme views on the role of international law in the context of Constitutional interpretation. Foreign law has no place in determing how our government is constructed. Her veiw is the legal equivalent of trying to construct a building by looking at

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ABC reports on additional contacts between Osama bin Laden and Iraq, pre- 9/11:"A newly released prewar Iraqi document indicates that an official representative of Saddam Hussein's government met with Osama bin Laden in Sudan on February 19, 1995, after receiving approval from Saddam Hussein. Bin Laden asked that Iraq broadcast the lectures of Suleiman al Ouda, a radical Saudi preacher, and

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1143217515317665982006-03-24T08:25:00.000-08:002006-03-24T08:25:15.380-08:00

Why we must hope that President Bush gets one more opportunity to appoint a Justice to the Supreme Court before his term is over.

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544977599166167185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1142976233121838962006-03-21T13:23:00.000-08:002006-03-21T13:23:53.190-08:00

Drudge has the transcript; President Bush v. Helen Thomas, former White House reporter. Advantage Bush.

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Congratulations to our new officers!!!

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Blatant racism at the L.A. TimesFor a newspaper that claims to be progressive, claims to have high editorial standards, the Los Angeles Times recently reached a new low (who thought it possible), by publishing this op-ed piece about Claude A. Allen, a black former White House staffer who was arrested over allegations of fraud:"I don't support conservatism in its current iteration, and I support

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John Fund has more on the quality of "re"-education students are receiving Yale these days:"Three weeks after the New York Times revealed that former Taliban official [Minister of Propoganda] Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi is attending classes at Yale, many at the university still have little to say about the controversy. Meredith Startz, president of the Yale Political Union, told me "there's more

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1142018108253155452006-03-10T11:15:00.000-08:002006-03-10T11:19:27.836-08:00

Gale Norton resigns as Secretary of the InteriorThe Denver Post reports:"Gale Norton resigned today after serving more than five years as secretary of the Interior....A source who requested anonymity said she is not leaving because of any problems, and is expected to cite water issues and her push for "cooperative conservation" among her accomplishments.... "[C]ooperative conservation" [is] a way

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1141916355800847662006-03-09T06:59:00.000-08:002006-03-09T07:02:13.733-08:00

An interesting and straight forward commentary on why judicial activism is an affront to democracy:"There has never been a political decision of any importance which was unanimously supported by the people of the nation -- any nation. The deep purpose of democracy as a political system is to convince the losers to accept that they've lost. And for the most part it works; it's very rare for the

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The Solomon Amendment is upheld, 8-0 (Alito did not participate) sub nom Rumsfeld v. FAIR. There were no concurring opinions (it doesn't get too much clearer than that). Some fun highlights:Law schools must ensure that their recruiting policy operates in such a way that military recruiters are given access to students at least equal to that "provided to any other employer."It is

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1141577143630185502006-03-05T08:44:00.000-08:002006-03-05T08:48:01.210-08:00

How's this for a minor correction:In a Wednesday story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his Homeland Security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing.The Army Corps of Engineers considers a breach a hole developing in a levee rather than

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1141407195301032022006-03-03T09:33:00.000-08:002006-03-03T09:33:15.376-08:00

Lunacy at UM as wacky professors "refused to cross the picket lines on campus." Never mind the inconvenience to students, we've got to get the janitors "fair wage[s]" as one professor put. What, the federal minimum wage and the recently passed state minimum wage law aren't enough?

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544977599166167185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1141317855346349532006-03-02T08:44:00.000-08:002006-03-02T08:46:35.250-08:00

The height of hypocrisy. The FT reports that the Clintons are talking out of both sides of their mouths, again!"Bill Clinton, former US president, advised top officials from Dubai two weeks ago on how to address growing US concerns over the acquisition of five US container terminals by DP World.It came even as his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, was leading efforts to derail the deal."First, they

C. Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408558387792715599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067620.post-1141254935135445182006-03-01T15:15:00.000-08:002006-03-01T15:15:35.203-08:00

A real recipe for peace... Try Dining with Dictators! A literary approach that should go over well in the chocolate making countries!

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See B.S. News continues with its biased attacks on the President, this time by severely slanting poll numbers to make it look as though W has reached an all time low approval rating. But, if you look the numbers, shown here in CBS' polling data (very bottom of the last page), they used a sample population that was heavily weighted against Republicans. To wit: UNWEIGHTEDWEIGHTEDTotal

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This should not be construed as supporting a particular party. But, one Florida political party has recently launched a rather innovative public participation website. If you haven't seen the flyers up around campus, check out www.100ideas.org.

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Great post at redstate on why judicial activism is wrong:This quote sums it up best: "What judges give, judges can take away, and since they can easily give us new rights, they can just as easily take them away. And that's why the radical left is hysterical with fear right now. " RedState

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John Fund reports in the WSJ that Taliban's former spokesman is now a Yale student. The money quote:"'In some ways,' Mr. Rahmatullah told the New York Times. 'I'm the luckiest person in the world. I could have ended up in Guantanamo Bay. Instead I ended up at Yale.' One of the courses he has taken is called Terrorism-Past, Present and Future."This serves to highlight what a complete farce the

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Are you interesting in contributing to the blog but don't yet have access privileges? Please send an email to fed-soc AT law DOT miami DOT edu and let me know.

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Make sure to join us at 12:30 on Weds. Feb 22nd, law school room 209 for a presentation by Seamus Hasson of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. It should be quite interesting.

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I'd Rather Hunt With Dick Cheney...

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If only these walls could talk...Well, now the walls of Miami's Gerstein Justice Building are doing just that. Check out the JUSTICE BUILDING BLOG, a local site "DEDICATED TO JUSTICE BUILDING RUMOR, HUMOR, INNUENDO, AND A DISCUSSION ABOUT AND BETWEEN THE JUDGES AND LAWYERS WHO LABOR IN THE WORLD OF MIAMI'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE." Should be juicy, IF, truly anonymous.

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Victory for freedom of political speech? LegalTimes.com is reporting that SCOTUS has remanded for further consideration a free speech suit over the McCain-Feingold Act:"The Supreme Court on Monday said that its landmark 2003 ruling upholding the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law did not foreclose all First Amendment challenges to provisions restricting pre-election issue advertising.The Court

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Dahlia Lithwick has written a funny new post about Federalist Society members over at Slate. Here's a small sampling; do read the whole thing...Please Don't Feed the FederalistsA Democrat's field guide to the conservative jurist.By Dahlia LithwickPosted Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, at 1:35 PM ETLadies and gentlemen, Democrats of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, welcome to this introductory tour

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The NY Times identifies the "Culture of Corruption.""WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 - After the longest independent counsel investigation in history, the prosecutor in the case of former Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros is finally closing his operation with a scathing report accusing Clinton administration officials of thwarting an inquiry into whether Mr. Cisneros evaded paying income taxes.The legal

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Reneg on the Gentlemen's Agreement, Lose Your Vacation.Frist fights back as the Dems once again play the political delay game:"On Friday, the day Alito's confirmation hearings ended, Frist placed pressure on the Democrats to allow a quick vote. Frist announced that, unless the final vote takes place this week, he would cancel a week-long Senate vacation next week -- a step that he took yesterday,

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Captain of the Teddy Kennedy Co-Ed Swimming Club now says he will resign his membership in a social club that discriminates against women."U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy--who ripped Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women--says he's going to quit a club notorious for discriminating against women 'as fast as I can." Kennedy was outed by conservatives

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During today's confirmation hearing, Judge Alito had this to say on the use of foreign law:"'I don't think it's appropriate or useful to look to foreign law in interpreting the provisions of our Constitution,' Judge Alito said in response to questions from Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, in the third day of the judge's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.'I

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Senator Kennedy, of the Kennedy Youth Swimming Hall of Fame, has made several rather bombastic and inaccurate comments about Judge Alito's qualifications. In particular, he attempts to smear the good Judge's impartiality with respect to "the little guy" claiming that such little guy can't get a fair shake. His erroneous statements are purportedly based on a letter by Professor Sunstein. Byron

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The Eight Circuit delivers this interesting opinion, in which a public law school's clinical representation program is being sued for viewpoint discrimination. Specifically, the program accepted cases involving suits to have the 10 Commandments removed from public buildings, but refused to represent an individual seeking to have images of a "pagan god," Themis, removed in kind. In remanding the

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What happens when you throw a protest rally and no one shows up?!Seems the anti-Alito folks are finding out."A group opposing President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court visited Craig [Colorado] Friday to discuss the nomination and its potential effects on the high court. Rolling Justice is traveling across the nation attempting to raise awareness about Judge Samuel Alito, whose Oct. 31

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Michael Moore's minute men... The Mythical Heaven's Houris Many things are well-known here in Iraq but seldom, if ever, mentioned in the news. For example, Jihadist bombers are notorious for engaging in debauchery on a stag party scale the eve of their "holy mission." The modus operandi for their crime against humanity is to get drugged up and thoroughly drunk the night before, lay up with a

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The transcript of Judge A. Raymond Randolph's Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention is now available online. No matter what your thoughts on abortion as a policy matter, this lecture provides insight into how one legal giant, Judge Henry Friendly, dealt with abortion as a legal issue; that is, had the state of N.Y. only waited a couple of weeks

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The King of Jordan clearly understands the threat."AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II appointed a new prime minister Thursday and urged him to launch an all-out war against Islamic militancy in the wake of the deadly triple hotel bombings earlier this month.Abdullah also called for a new anti-terrorism law to replace the current, general one that does not specify punishment for different

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Well, this is great news. The DOJ has come out in favor of splitting the Ninth Circuit, as outlined in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner dated November 14.The letter to Chairman Sensenbrenner was signed by Assistant Attorney General William Moschella, who outlined the drastic increase in the Ninth Circuit Court's caseload due to the population boom in western states

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Must see viewing. Lying Democrats, in their own words...

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"It is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began"You've probably not heard these remarks from the President's speech on Friday. Even if you have, they bear repeating. From the National Review's transcript:"As President and Commander-in-Chief, I accept the responsibilities, and the criticisms, and the consequences that come with such a solemn decision [to go to war].While

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Kudistan, the other Iraq; a place where the people THANK AMERICA for helping them obtain freedom from Saddam; a place the mainstream media would like you to ignore. See the video here.

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"In America, conservatives are winning the battle of ideas on almost every front."The Washington Post provides the transcript (excerpted) from Karl Rove's keynote speech at the Federalist Society's Annual Dinner. As an attendee, I can tell you that I was quiet compelling, and great to see Rove back in the spotlight.

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The left wing becomes increasingly unhinged..."Party trumps race, especially on the national level. If you are bold enough to run, you have to take whatever the voters are going to give you. It's democracy, perhaps at its worse, but it is democracy."State Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a black Baltimore Democrat, on why the left thinks it is 'OK' to call black conservatives like Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael

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Set aside the fact that Harriet Miers is completely unqualified to be a Supreme Court Justice (9 trials in a 30 year career?). Let's even assume that she is as conservative as any conservative could want her to be. After all that has gone on with this nomination, does anyone really believe that his woman could write a coherent opinion? Do we really want this person articulating standards of

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Justice Who? Warren? Burger?. As you read this, remember that Justice Rehnquist and his clerks (ergo Chief Justice Roberts) were not big fans of Burger.

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Harriet Souter?

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Blowing holes in the AP's self congratulatory, if not pure B.S. story about military recruiting shortfalls.While the AP would like to have you believe that the daily death toll numbers they report ad naseum are hurting the military's readiness, the opposite is in fact occuring. The Army may have missed their quarterly mark for new recuits (by less than 10%), but, the Army met their retention mark

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The NRA just prevailed in getting an injunction against the New Orleans police Department, which has been illegally confiscating guns in the city. Here is a copy of the NRA's brief in support of the injunction.For more information on the unlawful seizure, see the Volokh Conspiracy's take on it, here.

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How Environmentalists May Have Caused the New Orleans CatastropheIn today's Wall Street Journal, we find this item."After Hurricane Betsy swamped New Orleans in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson stroked its citizens ('this nation grieves for its neighbors') and pledged federal protection. The Army Corps of Engineers designed a Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Barrier to shield the city with flood gates

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Last gasp of the gun control activists...

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Of course, the timing of this has NOTHING to do with the Roberts confimation hearings...."SAN FRANCISCO - The Pledge of Allegiance was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge who granted legal standing to two families represented by an atheist whose previous attempt to get the pledge out of public schools was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court."

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A CNN.com/Gallup poll about Bush that the angry left wont quote ad naseum:"609 adults polled by telephone September 5-6 disagreed widely on who is to blame for the problems in [New Orleans]following the hurricane -- 13 percent said Bush, 18 percent said federal agencies, 25 percent blamed state or local officials and 38 percent said no one is to blame. And 63 percent said they do not believe

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Consider this next time you fuel up at $3.00 a gallon:"A new oil refinery has not been built in the United States since 1976. During that time, our gasoline use has increased over 25 percent. The nation's 149 existing refineries have been running at maximum capacity trying to meet record demand and, as a result, not only do we import oil, we actually have to import 10 percent of our daily

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Think the media will generate the same artificial buzz over this protest as they did for Sheehan:"A pro-Bush camp with a 'God Bless Our President!' banner sprung up downtown Saturday, countering the anti-war demonstration started by a fallen soldier's mother two weeks ago near President Bush's ranch.The camp is named 'Fort Qualls,' in memory of Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Wayne Qualls, 20, who died

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CNN is reporting some rather concerning developments with the Iraqi Constitution:"One said the text, agreed by the ruling Shi'ite and Kurdish coalition over Sunni Arab objections, would read: 'Islam is a main source for legislation and it is not permitted to legislate anything that conflicts with the fixed principles of its rules.' "

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The Annenberg Political FactCheck.org site calls the recent NARAL ad about Roberts for what it is: False.NARAL Falsely Accuses Supreme Court Nominee Roberts:"An abortion-rights group is running an attack ad accusing Supreme Court nominee John Roberts of filing legal papers “supporting . . . a convicted clinic bomber” and of having an ideology that “leads him to excuse violence against other

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This is a rather transparent effort by those at the "neutral" AP to paint Roberts as extreme. I think it will backfire. Afterall who wants to be known as the Justice who ruled in favor of al-Qaeda terrorists?!?"Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee asked the Supreme Court on Monday to consider blocking military tribunals for terror suspects, and overturn what they called an extreme ruling by

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You know, for once, Dahlia Lithwick gets it right:"Federalist cocktail parties in D.C. are vastly more fun than their no-smoking/vegan/no-topless-dancing counterparts on the left."Proof once again that even a stopped clock is right twice a day!

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The Federalist Society is once again in the spotlight of the Roberts nomination. Here's a piece today in law.com:"Those district and appellate judges, of course, had their own feeder systems, including membership in the Federalist Society, which was only just beginning in the early 1980s; clerkships for like-minded Supreme Court and appellate judges; and politically sensitive jobs in both the

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The Senate in 1993 v. the Senate of today. How the parties have changed their tune over confirmation:"Democrats in Washington think it's time to stop swooning over John Roberts. They want the guy to get specific. They want President Bush's high-court nominee to state his positions on the hot judicial issues that might land in his lap - abortion, privacy, gay rights, affirmative action, church

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Federalist Society President Eugene B. Meyer responds to the recent hullabaloo over Roberts' supposed Federalist ties...

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Roberts, a Federalist Society member...heavens no! The AP has this to say, with all its usual thoughtlessness."Also Monday, the White House was unable to say definitively whether Roberts was a member of the Federalist Society, an influential legal group formed to counter what its members saw as growing liberalism on the bench.A 1997-98 leadership directory for the Federalist Society lists Roberts

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DRUDGE is reporting that Senator Hillary Clinton intends to vote FOR Bush Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. Uh oh! Perhaps the fears of Souter or Kennedy Redux are not so far fetched afterall... Lets hope that President Bush has well-vetted Judge Roberts.

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Next time you go to buy coffee, do something socially responsible. Buy Contra Cafe. Shade grown in Nicaragua by former Contra freedom fighters.

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Back in May 2003 the Democrats in the Senate showed their true colors with respect to Roberts."In the beginning of Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Bush nominee John G. Roberts Jr., Chairman Orrin Hatch praised Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer of New York for asking 'intelligent' questions, but then Hatch switched gears. 'Some [of his questions] I totally disagree

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Federal Judge John G. Roberts Jr.:"President Bush chose federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. for a seat on the Supreme Court Tuesday, delighting Republicans while unsettling some Democrats with the selection of a young jurist with impeccable conservative credentials."

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I believe our local president was present at this distinguished cabal.

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