Today in Washington, May 14, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 14th at 11:00 AM |
The Elena Kagan nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is still in the early stages, but problems are emerging. Meet and greets for Kagan completed Day 2 and more one-on-one meetings are expected in the days ahead. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Scott Brown (R-MA) sounded like supporters of Kagan after one-on-one meetings and had nice things to say about the nominee. Maybe they don’t even know that Kagan | Read More »
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Today in Washington – May 13, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 13th at 11:00 AM |
Today will be another day of Obama Solicitor General Elena Kagan one-on-one meetings with Senators. As Senators review the qualifications and actions of Elena Kagan to be the next Supreme Court Justice, they should hold her to the high standard that she sought to impose on conservative nominees. In 1995 Kagan wrote a review of the book “The Confirmation Mess” by Stephen L. Carter and she complained of | Read More »
Today in Washington – May 11, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 11th at 05:00 AM |
Yesterday, President Obama rolled out Elena Kagan, the current Solicitor General and nominee to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. The left wing noise machine distributed talking points to fight the argument that Kagan’s lacked necessary judicial and legal experience for the Supreme Court. Nobody, right or left, really knows anything about Kagan’s judicial temperament or philosophy, because of her absence of a body of legal writings. | Read More »
This Week in Washington – April 26, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | April 26th at 10:43 AM |
As the Senate votes on setting up a permanent authority for the federal government to bailout Wall Street, the House is readying action to provide statehood to Puerto Rico. Global Warming and immigration will be on the long term agenda for Congress and we may see some renewed efforts on the part of the Obama Administration to vet Supreme Court nominees in anticipation of a big fight this Summer | Read More »
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This Week in Washington – April 19, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | April 19th at 01:53 PM |
As President Obama prepares to throw some fastballs at the heads of the American taxpayer, Conservatives need to be aware of the issues at the plate on Capitol Hill. Liberals in Congress have plans that will transform America into a European style social democracy. The Senate is gearing up for another battle over a liberal Supreme Court nominee and Congress has quite a few left wing legislative issues in the on | Read More »
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