Representative Bachmann has been steadily improving in the polls, but it seems that the more she talks, the more gaffes she makes.
Obama has the chance to follow his heart and pick the kind of judge that both Bush picks weren't, a judge who will protect the rights of the powerless, minorities, and women.
Rand Paul's thinking on refusing to serve minorities and other issues is one dimensional. It's hard to admire a mind that can't accommodate real world solutions to problems.
It is no coincidence that American conservatives now sound like French revolutionaries when they talk about legal issues.
What they say: Republicans say they hate government but also claim to be strict constructionists when it comes to the Constitution, but when it comes ...
The "right-to-life" movement that elevates embryonic life above women's lives is more accurately termed "right-to-prenatal-life." Aside from South Dak...
Conservatives have learned how to talk about judicial nominations and the future of the Supreme Court in ways that rally the base while not alienating the political center, and progressives haven't mastered this trick.
Presidential candidate McCain has pledged to appoint strict constructionists to the high court-- conservatives who would attack the kind of "maverick" legislation McCain has so famously backed.
