If you think the US Attorney firing scandal is big now (and if you think so, you’re right), just imagine how things would be if President Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court had been successful…
In spring of 2005, she was the genesis of the political-attorney-firing plot, and in October of that year […]
Via TalkLeft today: arch-conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s 45 year old daughter was arrested for DUI in a suberb outside of Chicago. Officials won’t release what her blood-alcohol-level was at the time of arrest. She’s been charged with reckless child endangerment as well, because three children were in the vehicle she was driving while […]
One of the favorite election-year targets that Republicans love to demonize are these so-called ‘activist judges.’ The idea is that the judiciary needs to be reigned in by Congress, because they’re busy making radical decisions that threaten America. Like the decision that all human beings are equal and have to be treated in accordance with […]
One of the favorite election-year targets of hate that Republicans have are “activist judges.” Now who exactly these “activist judges” are, I don’t exactly know. The judges who decided that black men could marry white women in the first place were probably “activist judges.” The judges who decided that women should have the right to […]
According to a new article by the Associated Press, threats towards American judges are becoming more common in the last year and a half.
Threats against federal judges are on a record-setting pace this year, nearly 18 months after the family of a federal judge was killed in Chicago.
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Threats and inappropriate communications have quadrupled over 10 […]
AP reports:
Chief Justice John Roberts said last fall he would like to see the Supreme Court take up more cases. So far, however, his arrival has had the opposite effect.
Justices are running well behind in filling their argument calendar for the term that begins in the fall. They have accepted 18 cases, compared with 27 […]
Tagged under Supreme Court, even though it’s not techincally SCOTUS related
After the Senate Judiciary Committee met today to discuss him, on Wednesday, the so-called Gang of 14 Senators will meet again (much to the annoyance of conservatives) to discuss supporting or not supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the D.C. Court of Appeals. I expect […]
Remember that matter involving extreme-conservative Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia? When he refused to recuse himself from a case, despite many critics calling for his recusal for a variety of reasons? Well apparently he hates recusing himself. The man practically never does it.
“The judge paused for a second, then looked directly into my lens and said, ‘To my critics, I say, ‘Vaffanculo,’ †punctuating the comment by flicking his right hand out from under his chin, Smith said.
The Italian phrase means “(expletive) you.â€
I privately predicted that sooner or […]
Washington Post reports on this:
According to the official Congressional Record of Dec. 21, 2005, Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) held a long conversation on the Senate floor about an amendment bearing Graham’s name that restricts the legal rights of detainees in the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
“I agree entirely,” Graham […]
Oh man. It seems like every day we learn new reasons why Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia should recuse himself from this ongoing Gitmo case about whether or not prisoners deserve a jury trial or a military tribunal. To recap, we’ve already learned that Scalia’s son served in Iraq for a period of time. And, […]
Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was asked Monday to stay out of a case involving a foreign detainee because of remarks Scalia made about the rights of enemy combatants.
Yes, yes, yes, we’ve been hearing about how he should recuse himself. Many in the blogosphere have been saying he should. Who’s asking this time? […]
Oh my goodness. Apparently right-wing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gave the middle finger to critics who question his ability to be impartial in matters relating to separation of church and state. He said this, as he exited a church.
ThinkProgress provides a brief and damning explanation of why extreme right-wing Justice Antonin Scalia should recuse himself from a case in the next week which deals with Gitmo Detainees. Essentially Scalia has already said that his mind is made up about the case (he believes detainees have no constitutional rights, and do not have […]
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