How blatant does it need to be?? ==== WSJ 5/6/20 Judicial Code of Misconduct Here’s one for the books: The ethics committee that wants to bar judges from belonging to the Federalist Society because it is supposedly too political is now being used as a political weapon against a judicial nominee. Let’s unspool the political skulduggery. In January we told you about the draft... Read more
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Lawyers against Free Expression
May 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, The Left, US CourtsThe Chief Takes a Stand
May 11 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, The Left, US CourtsEvidence of a backbone! mrossol ====== 5/9/20. WSJ The Democratic campaign to delegitimize conservative judges goes beyond Senate threats to restructure the Supreme Court. Consider the progressive stunt that Chief Justice John Roberts put to bed Friday. Judge Tom Griffith, a 65year-old George W. Bush appointee on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, announced in March he is retiring. A progressive group called Demand... Read more
Not So Blindfolded Judiciary
May 6 | Posted by mrossol | The Left, US CourtsHere is an example of why I don’t trust the left. What am I missing? mrossol = = = WSJ 5/6/2020 Here’s one for the books: The ethics committee that wants to bar judges from belonging to the Federalist Society because it is supposedly too political is now being used as a political weapon against a judicial nominee. Let’s unspool the political skulduggery. In January... Read more
State Court influences elections?
September 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, US Courts
Not sure if this is a good thing or not.
WSJ 9/4/2019 BY BRENT KENDALL
A panel of state-court judges struck down North Carolina’s legislative districts Tuesday, ruling that Republicans improperly gerrymandered state voting lines to provide an enduring political majority for the GOP.
The case highlights the new legal playbook for critics of gerrymandering after...
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Unfinished Preet Bharara Business
April 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Losing Freedom, US CourtsIf this doesn’t give you the creeps about what the Gov can do, it should. ======= WSJ 4/20/2017 President Trump dumped Preet Bharara as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the celebrity prosecutor is conducting another media vindication tour. But a few problems from his tenure are left to resolve, including the ongoing legal crusade against David Ganek. When... Read more
Supreme Court Hearings
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The Left, US CourtsSo why are Democrats so up in arms against the current nominee? ==== WSJ 3/25/2017 From the 1986 Senate confirmation hearing of Judge Antonin Scalia, nominated to the Supreme Court: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.): Judge Scalia, if you were confirmed, do you expect to overrule the Roe v. Wade? Scalia: Excuse me? Kennedy: Roe v. Wade Do you expect to overrule the Supreme Court decision... Read more
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