as white house council, i bet she claims that all documents she has created have client/lawyer privilege
Kos has said over and over again that all he cares about is beating the republican, he dosn't care about, even, telling the truth or distorting things.Any evidence of this, Mr. Nuclear Waste?
posted by delmoi at 11:42 AM EST on October 3 [!]
To what purpose then require the co-operation of the Senate? I answer, that the necessity of their concurrence would have a powerful, though, in general, a silent operation. It would be an excellent check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President, and would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment, or from a view to popularity. In addition to this, it would be an efficacious source of stability in the administration.posted by monju_bosatsu at 9:46 AM on October 3, 2005
It will readily be comprehended, that a man who had himself the sole disposition of offices, would be governed much more by his private inclinations and interests, than when he was bound to submit the propriety of his choice to the discussion and determination of a different and independent body, and that body an entier branch of the legislature. The possibility of rejection would be a strong motive to care in proposing. The danger to his own reputation, and, in the case of an elective magistrate, to his political existence, from betraying a spirit of favoritism, or an unbecoming pursuit of popularity, to the observation of a body whose opinion would have great weight in forming that of the public, could not fail to operate as a barrier to the one and to the other. He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure.
Wingnuttia is rather angry at the choice. I don't think this is because they're really concerned that she's not conservative enough for their tastes, although that's part of it. They're angry because this was supposed to be their nomination. This is was their moment. They didn't just want a stealth victory, they wanted parades and fireworks. They wanted Bush to find the wingnuttiest wingnut on the planet, fully clothed and accessorized in all the latest wingnut fashions, not just to give them their desired Court rulings, but also to publicly validate their influence and power. They didn't just want substantive results, what they wanted even more were symbolic ones. They wanted Bush to extend a giant middle finger to everyone to the left of John Ashcroft. They wanted to watch Democrats howl and scream and then ultimately lose a nasty confirmation battle. They wanted this to be their "WE RUN THE COUNTRY AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT" moment.I think to a large degree it really is as simple as that. 99% of the political weblogs stopped caring about policy and only wanted "to win" over a year ago. The reaction from the right-wing, especially the Malkins, LGFs, etc., is the reaction of a bunch of people who just saw Bush announce to the entire country that, despite their suggestions otherwise, he just doesn't listen to them.
Whatever kind of judge she would be, she doesn't provide them with that.
Does every jurisdiction use a grand jury?I don't know what more you need, Alex. I suspect nothing will satisfy you. You could easily have figured this out for yourself, but you care less about the truth than you do about tarring dios. Common sense should have told you that this was the wrong issue to pick a fight with him over.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires a grand jury indictment for federal criminal charges. Only about half the states now use grand juries.
If you got confirmation problems, I feel bad for you, sonDoes anyone get this? What does it mean? Do I get a theme song?
I got 99 problems, but Harry Reid ain't one.
"'The tipping point in Washington is when you go from being a subject of caricature to the subject of laughter,' said Bruce Fein, a Miers critic who served in the Reagan administration's Justice Department and who often speaks on constitutional law. 'She's in danger of becoming the subject of laughter.' [The Washington Post | October 15, 2005]posted by ericb at 12:14 PM on October 15, 2005
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