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Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:20:39 +0000

[...] Dr. Lawler is right that the Supreme Court decision will, in the short-run, serve to dampen discussion of the [...]

By: Carl Eric Scott

Carl Eric Scott — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:10:10 +0000

Brian, on 4 and 5, probably either party with the majority is now going to go with the nuclear option or its equivalents.

P.S. everyone, Western VA got hit by a major wind storm this Friday…many folks, such as yours truly, w/o power. Several folks, including two in Charlottesville, killed by falling trees (I was glad to see James Ceaser posting here on Saturday), and we’re losing elderly folks every day the AC remains off in this heat wave, which in my half of Lexington, VA, looks to be so until Friday. An 87-year old died on our street just yesterday. We and other neighbors kept checking on her, but without going into details, this was her last summer…

I’ll be posting less, and keep VA and WV in your prayers.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:08:53 +0000

1. One of the few things the base consoled itself with about Bush II was “at least he gave us Roberts and Alito.” That’s gone forever now.
2. The GOP is at least making all the right noises, and no one’s echoing Pelosi’s idiotic “when the Supreme Court decides, it’s like God has spoken” dodge post-Kelo (hey Nancy, why doesn’t that apply to Citizens United?). Obamacare has got to go. Looks like the Tea Party is doing a great job putting the fear of God in these jokers.
3. A President Romney is going to face a very, very skeptical base should he get the chance to nominate a justice. He’ll be well served to go WAAAY outside the recent norm of picking from federal judges who went to Harvard, a constraint that has served the country terribly.
4. The next time a president gets to replace a justice from “the other side” it’s going to be thermonuclear war.
5. I don’t know how ANY nominee to replace Kennedy will ever get confirmed.

By: William Newton

William Newton — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:36:27 +0000

Thank you for linking to my post! I’m glad you found it capable.