Elena Kagan Played Softball. So What?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 11th at 11:44 PM  | 

Apparently Elena Kagan is a softball player, or something like that. It is not a subject I care to write about, want to write about, or think is relevant to much of anything considering the woman’s only definitive answer on any matter of jurisprudence is that she believes there is no federal constitutional right to gay marriage. So that’s that. Except it isn’t. And it | Read More »

This Week in Washington – May 10, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 10th at 04:59 AM  | 

Elena Kagan, Diane Wood, Merrick Garland, and Sidney Thomas are all on the short list to be President Obama’ nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court according to the Wall Street Journal.  An announcement is expected as early as this morning.  Kagan is widely believed to be the one to be chosen by The One. The Senate will put in another week on the ObamaBailout bill as the House deals with | Read More »

What’s Missing?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 4th at 06:37 AM  | 

Here is the Washington Post story on the detention of Faisal Shahzad, the suspected bomber in New York — or at least a person of interest. Here is the Wall Street Journal story on the same. The man is a naturalized American citizen from Pakistan and was detained as he was trying to fly to Dubai. Guess what words are not mentioned in either story? | Read More »