As expected, Republicans this weekend already began threatening trouble for Democrats if President Obama nominates someone left of mainstream to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens announced Friday that he plans to retire from the court this summer.
Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), speaking on MSNBC Sunday, and Jon More…
That’s the shrewd question that Charlie Savage raises in his “Washington Memo” Monday in The New York Times. Looking beyond the usual liberal-conservative splits on social issues like abortion, gun control and gay rights, Savage considers how President Obama’s choice of Supreme Court justice — likely to be named More…
The Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative advocacy group whose executive director weighed in on the Supreme Court debate in my piece this morning, has launched a new Website featuring ads that attack three leading candidates to become the next high court justice.
The site is called Obama’s Frontrunners, More…
Rick Hasen at Election Law Blog thinks so. Though I still think Sonia Sotomayor‘s the better pick, Hasen think’s it’ll be Wood because she’s: a) a woman; b) a known entity from within President Obama’s trusted University of Chicago circle; c) a progressive with an excellent reputation; d) More…
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