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Ellen Weintraub is so smart. Brett Kavanaugh is so…not
I’ve been sort of following Ellen Weintraub for a while. Whenever she appears on TV, I stop what I’m doing and listen. Today, in a Times op — with what I see is her characteristic good cheer with a dash … Continue reading
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "originalism", Brett Kavanaugh, Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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Recusal: and so it begins…
As justifiable anger has erupted over the GOP rush to confirm radically right wing and, in my view, intellectual and academic mediocrities to the federal courts, I started musing about recusal. I know that recusal is entirely a personal choice … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Kavanaugh, Christian Science, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, federal courts, Fix the Court, judge recusals, judicial code of conduct, McConnell, Trump, Trump judges
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Calling John Roberts, calling John Roberts…
John Roberts took on #MeToo in his year-end report. Gee whizzakers! What judicial courage! When he wrote the lines I bolded below, did he wince or display any physical evidence of irony, or stick his tongue into his cheek — … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, War on women
Tagged Brett Kavanaugh, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, SCOTUSblog, Supreme Court
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