Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - Posts
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With all this talk of the possibility of Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the most obvious precedent for it. Not so long ago, a former U.S. senator and a loyal Democrat was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Like Hillary, Read More...
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There must be something in the water in the West Coast. A few hours ago, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting in Seattle) handed down another pro-gay decision in Witt v. Department of the Air Force . Like the California Supreme Court decision issued Read More...
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The prospects for a Justice Clinton, Hillary or Bill, are not great, but should the Democrats sweep up to 12 new seats, the speculation is not other-worldly, except perhaps to the Chief Justice and Justices Alito, Scalia and Thomas. Read More...
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In case you missed what in most news cycles would've been headline news, Defense Secretary Gates told a subcommittee of the Senate appropriations committee yesterday that efforts to close Guantanamo were "at a standstill." CNN quotes Gates testifying: Read More...
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I like James Andrew Miller's op-ed arguing that Obama should promise Hillary Clinton a position on the Supreme Court, if only because it lays bare so innocently the popular wisdom about the role of the court in American politics. On this view, the court's Read More...
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A few months ago, my colleague Heather Gerken and I had the pleasure of attending a symposium at the University of Tulsa Law School to honor the work of Laurence Tribe. We both spoke on Tribe's theories of liberty and equality, focusing on the case of Read More...
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Jack and Phil : I find the notion of an easy confirmation for the future Justice Hillary Clinton improbable if not impossible for the reasons Jack suggests: The conservative base cares about the judiciary above all. They’d fight even the next moderate, Read More...
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Jack, thanks for flagging James Andrew Miller's op-ed recommending Hillary Clinton for SCOTUS. I admit it's an intriguing idea, but I think Miller misses the most important argument for Hillary when he writes, "The fact that she hasn't served on a bench Read More...
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James Andrew Miller argues in the Washington Post that Barack Obama should promise to nominate Hillary Clinton for the next Supreme Court vacancy. It's unlikely to happen, although it's not unprecedented. continue reading at Balkinization ... Read More...
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