Category Archives: Government
Vapid Confirmation Hearing
Elena Kagan doesn’t have much of a legal paper trail. This is considered a good career move for Supreme Court nominees, ever since Robert Bork talked his way out of a job. One footprint she has left, however, is a 15 year old complaint that the Bork-A-Dope strategy has caused confirmation hearings to become “vapid” .
Change of Command
Well, here’s a story in the UK Telegraph that says Petraeus will review the doctrine of courageous restraint.
Insubordinate
Salazar is going to fight a federal judge’s ruling that strikes down a 6 month ban on deep water drilling. A panel of experts says Obama misrepresented its views to justify the ban in the first place.
Disclose Act
The Disclose Act is new legislation designed to make political speech more difficult for special interests. To ease passage of the bill a special loophole was added for the National Rifle Association special interest.
