Tomorrow: Biggest Nomination Fight of 2011

By: Curt Levey (Diary)  |  May 18th at 07:26 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick “Unless there’s a surprise Supreme Court vacancy this year, this is the big fight of the year,” said Curt Levey, executive director of the conservative Committee for Justice. Levey and many other conservatives argue that Liu is an extraordinary circumstance. – David Ingram, Legal Times (5/17/11) This excerpt summarizes the showdown that will occur tomorrow when Senate Democrats force a | Read More »

7th Circuit Nominee & Nidal Hasan – PC Run Amok

By: Curt Levey (Diary)  |  November 17th at 01:20 AM  | 

This week, the Senate votes on President Obama’s nomination of District Court Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit.  Because of Hamilton’s fundraising activities for ACORN, his leadership positions with the Indiana branch of the ACLU, his statements supporting judicial activism, and most importantly, his rulings putting liberal ideology above the rule of law, he is the first and only Obama circuit nominee to draw | Read More »