Archive for Law
The Blagoshpere
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Here’s all the inside Blago baseball you need to know in a lengthy Chicago News Cooperative piece by James Warren
Anchors Away
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I’ve heard that when your opponent is self-destructing, the best thing to do is get out of the way. Unless you’re a Republican, in which case, you’ll probably want to begin a movement to repeal the 14th amendment. The most likely outcome of that effort according to Linda Chavez is no Hispanic Republicans. She makes her case in a WSJ column. You may need a subscription, but I was able to access the whole thing here. Atlantic Wire has a brief summary here. And Chavez explains in this JWR column.
Arizona
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A federal judge has stopped Arizona’s new immigration law. Here’s a good Washington Post story by Roberto Suro that explains where the Arizona law came from and where it may may be headed.
Like to Watch
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The 2,300 page Dodd-Frank financial bill passed yesterday. Only 3 republicans voted for it. The rest hope the voters hate Congress even more than they hate Wall Street.
Nobody knows how it will work - Chris Dodd says so. We do know there’s nothing in the bill about Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. They’re not part of the problem - Barney Frank (scroll to 43.) says so.
Meanwhile, a Justice Department lawyer, Christian Adams, resigned his post. He was unhappy the department dropped his voter intimidation case against two New Black Panthers, one of whom was a certified poll watcher.
Fishy in Miami
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Guys propose marriage on the Jumbotron all the time at sporting events so why shouldn’t LeBron let down the home town fans on national tv - for a second time, if we’re counting playoff performances? The thing is, LeBron loves the spotlight so much it’s possible he was using his ESPN infomercial to make a confession.
By dumping on his Cleveland teammates again, this time to run off with Dwade and Heronimous Bosh, could he be guilty of collusion?
According to the same ESPN (this time wearing its reporters hat), NBA commisioner David Stern has said, ”he’s been assured at the “highest level” that there will be no sitdown among LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the other superstars”. Well, that’s good to know. Otherwise it might seem suspicious that the threesome signed with the same team for less - 30 million less in James case - than they could have earned elsewhere.
It’s a Surprise
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Chris Dodd and Nancy Pelosi explain here that you have to pass their 2000 page bills to find out what’s in them.
William Saletan has an interesting piece in Slate detailing how Kagan, while working in the Clinton White House, doctored a report on partial birth abortion by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynocologists. He points out that the report was taken as expert opinion in court rulings. If she gets on the Supreme Court and overturns a ruling because it was based on her original lie, would that make her an activist judge?
Vapid Confirmation Hearing
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Elena Kagan doesn’t have much of a legal paper trail. This is considered a good career move for Supreme Court nominees, ever since Robert Bork talked his way out of a job. One footprint she has left, however, is a 15 year old complaint that the Bork-A-Dope strategy has caused confirmation hearings to become “vapid” .
Presidents Without Borders
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Obama pronounced us not defined by our borders and promptly joined Mexican President Felipe Calderon in trashing Arizona for its immigration law. Senator Arlen Specter, now spurned by both democrats and republicans, doesn’t find himself bound by much of anything. At the end of Clinton’s impeachment trial in 1999, Specter relied on Scottish Law to vote “not proved”
Diversity
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Kathleen Parker noticed that if Kagan is confirmed all three women justices will be from New York.
The New Federalism
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