May 17, 2008
Doug Kendall | Posted May 6, 2008 | Politics
If the proper role of the judiciary is going to be one of "the defining issues of this presidential election," as John McCain asserted today, he should try to develop a coherent position on the topic.
At his speech in North Carolina, McCain expressed his opposition to judges who issue...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted May 6, 2008 | Politics
Republican presidential candidate John McCain feigned fury at Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama for voting against the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. This was not simply a cheap political shot at Obama, since Hillary Clinton, and 20 other Democrats also opposed Robert's confirmation. He didn't knock any of...
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted May 6, 2008 | Off The Bus
I don't normally liveblog TV -- research, reporting, analysis and hopefully a little erudition are more my speed -- but I'm watching Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show," and can't resist jumping on the laptop. Reid's the single worst interview I've ever seen on...
AP | David Bauder | May 5, 2008 06:41 PM
Andrew Gumbel | Posted April 16, 2008 | Politics
Nobody can be surprised that the Supreme Court gave a free pass today to proponents of execution by lethal injection. Justices Roberts, Alito, Scalia et al were hardly going to be sympathetic to the idea of suspending executions indefinitely in the 35 states that have adopted lethal injection, just...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | March 31, 2008 01:09 AM
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | March 24, 2008 09:27 AM
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted March 10, 2008 | Politics
First, the stacking of the Supreme Court to the Far Right is already a done deal. It will be known as the most important aspect of George W. Bush's "legacy." There is a solid 5-4 majority for all of the retrograde ideas that Bush has shoved down our throats these...
Think Progress | February 28, 2008 12:42 PM
AP | David Bauder | January 15, 2008 09:28 AM
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | January 8, 2008 05:15 PM
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted January 8, 2008 | Media
In his shakedown editorial for The New York Times, right-wing uber-pundit William Kristol wasted no time in shooting his load all over the Democrats. "We don't want to increase the scope of the nanny state," he roared. The "nanny state" to which Kristol alludes makes sure our kids' toys...
Jesselyn McCurdy | Posted December 18, 2007 | Politics
We have a long way to go before ending the most notorious racially discriminatory drug law in the criminal justice system. Currently, the federal crack cocaine law requires that if a person gets caught distributing or possessing 5 grams of crack cocaine, he or she is automatically subject to...
Marjorie Cohn | Posted December 4, 2007 | Politics
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in Boumediene v. Bush. Most of the 34 detainees whose fate hangs in the balance in this case were brought to Guantánamo after being picked up by bounty hunters or tribesmen in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Yet the Bush administration has fought hard...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | November 22, 2007 08:32 AM
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | November 16, 2007 09:32 PM
Katie Halper | Posted November 16, 2007 | Politics
Dear Sandra,
I don't mean to rub it in, but I bet you're wishing you had paid attention to that open letter I wrote you a few years ago. This week, a report on channel KPNX leaked that your Alzheimer's-stricken husband John is living, happily, with a new...
John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar | Posted November 15, 2007 | Media
Vegas baby — woooo! The Dems are in the house and they are ready to party! Meanwhile, HuffPo's Marc Cooper is literally in the house, live-reporting from the spin room and positively tasting the democracy in the air. It's time for Hillary Clinton to defend...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted November 8, 2007 | Politics
More than any other U.S. government document, the 1998 report of the Independent Counsel provided the Constitutional grounds for impeaching President William Jefferson Clinton. "The Starr Report" was the product of thousands of hours of work involving FBI agents, investigators from the Office of the Independent Counsel (OIC), Justice Department...
On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert had fun with...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
*** UPDATED BELOW *** President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the...
As the odds get longer and longer, the obvious question is: Why doesn't Hillary Clinton gracefully concede...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
NEW UPDATE BELOW As violence in Iraq continues -- clashes today left 11 dead and 19 injured -- President...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
George W. Bush is unworthy of the presidency. He is a disgrace to himself,...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | May 12, 2008 10:08 AM