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Fox News Takes Sotomayor’s Remarks on Enemy Combatants Out of Context

By | 06.17.09 | 10:15 am

As reporters scoured the latest batch of documents dumped on the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday night for clues to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s views on any matter that may potentially come before the Supreme Court, Fox News report on Tuesday More…

Surprise! Kagan Agrees with the Supreme Court

By | 02.11.09 | 11:44 am

Following up on Spencer’s post, The Los Angeles Times today makes much of the fact that Solicitor General nominee Elena Kagan Tuesday told senators that she believes that “enemy combatants” can be detained without criminal charge or trial.

Well, as much as civil liberties advocates might More…