GOP Chasing the ‘Summa-Cum-Laude-As-Idiot’ Argument

Following up on Daphne’s piece from earlier this month, it seems that those manufactured questions about Sonia Sotomayor’s intelligence have now bounced from the pages of The New Republic to the halls of Congress.

Here’s a statement just issued by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), who wants to use More…

Obama Stands Up to Sotomayor Critics — and Picks an Unknown on Executive Power

The reports this morning that President Obama intends to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter suggest that, while not exactly going out on a limb, President Obama was willing to stand up to the unfounded criticism of Sotomayor as a far-left liberal who’d take More…