Sen. Cornyn to A.G. Holder: ‘Resign Your Office’ over Fast and Furious

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  June 12th at 02:54 PM  | 

Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning to answer questions about several ongoing issues. These include the federal government’s lawsuit against Florida to prevent the state from culling its voter rolls of noncitizens and others who legally don’t belong, as well as the ongoing investigation (led in part by a Holder appointee and former Obama donor) into a recent spate | Read More »

Senator Mike Lee on ObamaCare and the Commerce Clause

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  February 3rd at 05:00 PM  | 

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of ObamaCare.  Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) questioned Walter Dellinger, former Clinton Solicitor General for the 1996-97 term and law professor at Duke, about his views on the individual mandate provision in the law.   The questioning of Professor Dellinger on the constitutionality of the individual mandate was a preview of the debate that we shall see before | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 11, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 11th at 11:25 AM  | 

Great news for sports fans — the World Cup kicked off today and the Celtics – Lakers series looks like it another classic.  You need some good sports news when most of the political news is bad in Washington.  The New York Times reports, “a government panel on Thursday essentially doubled its estimate of how much oil has been spewing from the out-of-control BP well, with | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 8, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 8th at 06:30 AM  | 

Last month, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) called President Obama “thin skinned,” because of the President’s intolerance of criticism.  Trait came out in an interview with the Today Show interview posted on Real Clear Politics yesterday: I was down there a month ago, before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the Gulf.  A month ago I was meeting with fishermen down there, | Read More »