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Ginsburg to Retire? Rumors Swirl Again After Kagan Judiciary Committee Vote

Remember my exclusive item May 28 at The American Spectator? Senate staffers Thursday were hearing rumors (ultimate source unknown) that the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is less than two months away. The plan reportedly is this: If Elena Kagan’s nomination to the court can be confirmed early this summer, Ginsburg would […]

Devastating Report on Kagan Nomination; Press Conference With Sen. Jeff Sessions; UPDATE: Press Conference Postponed

Americans United for Life is about to release a bombshell 54-page report on Elena Kagan’s 1996 intervention in the partial-birth abortion issue, and has scheduled a Capitol Hill press conference this afternoon: Senator Jeff Sessions, ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will host a press conference today with several leading Senators at 2:30pm to […]

Elena Kagan Vote Delayed So That The Judiciary Committee, In A Break With Recent Tradition, Could Read Up On The Topic Prior To Voting

by Smitty Hotline On Call reports The Senate Judiciary Committee will not vote Tuesday on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, GOP aides said today. GOP senators will use the ability of any committee member under the panel’s rules to put off a vote for one week, several aides said. […]

Is The Left Fretting The Kagan Confirmation?

by Smitty Update: See below, for Stanley Kutler playing a favorite old card. Let’s review Mark Greenbaum at Salon, and see what our purported post-term-of-the-week overlords might be saying on closed JournoLists. Summary: the fret level doesn’t seem too elevated, but the article has some nice digs, in any case. Members of Congress are rarely […]

Steady Development In The Virginia Lawsuit To Declare ObamaCare
Both An Exercise In Foolishness And Un-Constitutional, But Mostly Un-Constitutional

by Smitty (h/t Bill Dupray @ Liberty Pundits Bill Dupray introduces the jurisprudence upon which much could hinge: Judge Henry Hudson, a Bush appointee and former U.S. Attorney in the high-profile ‘Rocket Docket’ in the Eastern District of Virginia is a very solid judge. Many Virginia lawyers, including your[s] truly and Doug Mataconis, practiced before […]

A. Because It’s Funny

Q. Why are you running this silly picture of Elena Kagan in a Nazi uniform? Somewhat more seriously, Jeff Sessions says he’s “disappointed” with Kagan’s answers during this week’s hearings: Watch CBS News Videos Online Orrin Hatch just came out as a “no” vote: Hatch said Friday that a Supreme Court nominee needs “both legal […]

Connect The Dots

by Smitty Via Insty a few days back, Hoosier Daddy on Althouse has one of the most insightful comments of the year: Interestingly enough in the last several years there have been four big SCOTUS cases which IMHO, really define our freedoms and personal liberty Kelo property rights; Citizens United free speech; Heller 2nd amendment […]

Elena Kagan Confirmation Hearings Resume; Media Failure Continues; UPDATE: Yoest Calls for Investigation UPDATE II: Yoest Video Added

UPDATE 8:55 p.m.: Video of Charmaine Yoest’s testimony: She was introduced — and subsequently cut off at the 5-minute mark — by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-EadBabies). UPDATE 7:45 p.m.: From the testimony of Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life: First, I urge this Committee to officially investigate the discrepancies that have arisen this […]

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