See here (h/t Eric Brown). As I’ve said before, Norm will be hard to replace as Ethics czar at the White House. He has both broad knowledge and great passion about this topic.
Watching the hearings now. Her first answer as to whether she agreed with the case was not direct, stating that she always convinces herself of the correctness of a case when she argues it. She now seems to defend it… Continue reading
The Court’s order reads: “09-1287
REPUBLICAN NAT. COMM., ET AL. V. FEC, ET AL. The judgment is affirmed. Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Thomas would note probable jurisdiction and set the case for oral argument.”
A “summary affirmance” means… Continue reading
Robbin Stewart points me to footnote 22 of Justice Thomas’s concurring opinion in McDonald:
Tillman went on to a long career as South Carolina’s Governor and, later, United States Senator. Tillman’s contributions to campaign finance law have been discussed… Continue reading
If you were trying to schedule Senate hearings on a Supreme Court nominee to garner the least attention possible, you could not have picked a day better than today. The sad death of Senator Byrd; the Supreme Court decides four… Continue reading