President Obama’s Most Controversial Nominee

    On February 4, 2010, President Obama nominated Judge Robert N. Chatigny to be elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.  From the President’s press release on the subject:  Judge Robert Neil Chatigny has served as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut since 1994.  He was Chief Judge of the Court from 2003 to 2009.  Judge Chatigny is being nominated | Read More »

    The End of the Moderate Senate Democrat

    What do Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Joe Lieberman and Mark Pryor have in common? They remain the last bastions of so-called moderate Democrats in the United States Senate.   As Harry Reid, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer and Patrick Leahy become more and more ascendant, it is obvious that the Age of Moderates within the Democratic Party are coming to an end. And, the | Read More »