Today in Washington – July 1, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | July 1st at 06:00 AM |
Republicans have thrown the towel in on the nomination of Elena Kagan to be Supreme Court justice. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) referred to her as “soon-to-be-justice Kagan.” Kagan’s answers to questions were vague and non-responsive, yet many Republicans have given up. Sadly, Senators seem to be prepared to add a justice to the Court who will fight for the next 40 years for progressive/liberal judicial activism. | Read More »
This Week in Washington – May 17, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 17th at 10:35 AM |
Last week was America’s introduction to liberal Elena Kagan. The vetting of President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, will continue this week and we shall see how the least experienced nominee in our collective lifetimes fares in her second week of consideration by the American people. Conservatives assailed Kagan over the weekend for breaking the law in banning the military from recruiting | Read More »
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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Holder – Only Two Conservatives Said No
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | January 28th at 12:48 PM |
The Senate Judiciary Committee hours ago voted 17-2 to approve the nomination of Eric Holder to be the next Attorney General. A floor vote on his nomination is expected for next week. The only two Conservative stalwarts voted no: John Cornyn (R-TX); and Tom Coburn (R-OK). Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General for President Bill Clinton, has taken actions that disqualify him from Senate consent to be the next Attorney General of | Read More »
Democrats to Arrest Senator Burris?
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | January 3rd at 03:53 PM |
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s pick of Roland Burris to take President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat will face armed police officers if he shows up to be sworn into the Senate next week. According to CNN, Senate Democrats are prepared to deploy the Capitol Police to stop Senator Burris from entering the Senate chamber. This is the same Senate that is possibly going to seat funny | Read More »