[presidio9]

[Chuck54]

One word. Medication.

[KC Burke]

Nice courage at the Nation — no byline.

I get a kick out of the damnation that he won’t ask questions or grant many interviews and then when he writes a book giving all the back ground information that the ink-whores could want, he is still damnned.

[Jeff Chandler]

Anita Hill

After Bill Clinton, the Left has lost the authority to ever again MENTION sexual harassment.

[Spok]

Nominating conservatives to the bench is one thing, but getting confirmation is yet another. For whatever reason, Republicans in Congress don’t have the fight in them that the Democrats do. With the support of the MSM, the Democrats will control future appointments unless something changes.

[FoxInSocks]

You might call the $1.5 million a thank-you gift from Murdoch for services rendered.

No, I call it what it is, an advance. It can't be a "gift" if it's for "services rendered." What an idiotic assertion.

I wonder if The Nation had their panties in a twist when Hillary got an $8 million advance from Simon & Schuster, which is based in New York.

[lowbridge]

The publication facts behind Thomas's book ought to be discussed by all the candidates: he received an advance of $1.5 million in 2003 from HarperCollins, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch. If you thought the Court dealt with any issues of relevance to Murdoch, you might call it a conflict of interest for Thomas to accept that payment--far more than any sitting justice ever received from any single source.

And how did The Nation feel about the book by Clinton appointee Justice Stephen Breyer? ("Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution")

The general theme of the book is that Supreme Court justices should, when dealing with Constitutional issues, keep "active liberty" in mind, which Justice Breyer defines as the right of the citizenry of the country to participate in government. Breyer's thesis is commonly viewed as a liberal response to originalism, a view espoused by Justice Scalia.

Going by The Nations logic, shouldnt Breyer recuse himself from any cases dealing with Democracy?

http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=214715&lang=fra&NewsRubrique=2&pageliste=3

[weegee]

"I think he (Jesse Helms - R) ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it." - Nina Totenberg, NPR's Supreme Court reporter, who broke the sexual harassment story during Thomas's confirmation hearing back in 1991 quoted July/8/1995 Inside Washington.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I hope Ruth Buzzi recuses herself any time the ACLU files a brief.

[RobinOfKingston]

The writer of this article needs to lean back now and then and wipe the froth from his quivering lips.

[weegee]

Clarence Thomas had the wrong political view on Abortion.

Bill Clinton has the correct political view on Abortion.

Rape, sexual harassment, get oral sex from an aide, etc. were not an issue to NOW. Abortion was.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Do these jerks really want to open this can of worms?

[AuntB]

From the article: “makes you wonder: how come none of the presidential candidates have said a word about the Supreme Court in any of their debates?”

One has.

Duncan Hunter.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) declared that judicial nominees should be given a sonogram test before being confirmed. “If we have a judicial applicant…who can look at a sonogram of an unborn child and not see the value of human life,” then “he will not receive a judicial appointment,” Hunter announced. “I tell you what you he will receive, he will get an appointment with an optometrist so he can get a pair of eye glasses.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/hunter-sonogram/

[nickcarraway]

a total clampdown that made it impossible for anyone to buy the book until Monday morning.

? I saw several copies of this book on sale in San Jose Airport om Friday September 28th.

[NeoCaveman]

So The Nation is engaging in a fairly low tech lyniching of an uppity black man.

[MinuteGal]

"Rush's wedding......the ceremony act was unprecendented by a sitting Justice".

Do your homework, you lazy excuse for a reporter.

State laws empower sitting or retired Justices to perform wedding ceremonies.

Journa-twit !

Leni

Leni

[Katya]

I think all those pragmatic thinking individuals who keep screaming they’ll vote third party if the republican candidate isn’t perfect...should keep those potential three supreme court openings in mind.