Alito is not the kind of judge America needs right now. From the New York Times editorial page today: Judge Alito is exactly the kind of legal thinker President Bush wants on the Supreme Court. He has a radically broad view of the president’s power, and a radically narrow view of Congress’s power. He has long argued that the Constitution does not protect abortion rights. He wants to reduce the rights and liberties of ordinary Americans, and has a history…
On Friday night Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, evidently not realizing that his words might be reported, bragged to Party activists that U.S. Supreme Court Alito was the “worst nightmare of liberal Democrats.” He was giving them a private tour of the Senate chamber, not in session at the time. No comment from Frist himself. When questioned, his spokeman (doesn’t anyone speak for themselves anymore?) Bob Stevenson said that Alito “is a thoughtful mainstream conservative jurist who is well respected…
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On this day in 1633: Because of his belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, Galileo leaves his home of Florence, Italy, to face the Inquisition in Rome. And in 2006: American Christian fundamentalism has degenerated to an entity wishing a return to the Dark Ages, when religion actually controlled government, society and the minds of the masses. It is a movement dependent on the fears and ingrained hatreds of its followers, exploiting emotions and ignorance to further its…
White House spokesliar Scott McClellan claims Bush doesn’t really know Jack Abramoff, who only met with administration staff two or three times. He won’t even say whether they were senior staff meetings. Ha! Bush knows Abramoff. See this and this and this, and this.
Have you seen these slight variations on some of the theocratic talking points against same-sex marriage? I laughed – I’m straight but not narrow. 1. Being gay is not natural. And as you know Americans have always rejected unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. 2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall. 3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of…