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There is No "Thurmond Rule"
The oral testimony and written statement of expert witness Denis Steven Rutkus, a federal judiciary specialist for the Congressional...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


Study: On Judges, Red State Democrats Lean Far Left
With an eye to the pivotal role of the Senate’s 14 red state Democrats in the imminent vote on Fifth Circuit nominee Judge Leslie Southwick,
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Simon Lazarus Polemic
As the punditry dust continues to settle in the aftermath of the lastest Supreme Court term, it is helpful to rebut some of the false accusa
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
'Hypocrisy' on the Right?
To return once more to the PFAW-blog's active criticism of CFJ and other organizations fighting for the fair treatment of federal...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Harvard Crimson Off the Deep End
Some of the assessments of the Roberts Court are so hyperbolic as to merit special notice. The Harvard Crimson's staff editorial of Apr.
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Lithwick's civil-liberties blinkers
Dahlia Lithwick compiles a list of the ten worst civil liberties outrages of the past year, which turns out to consist entirely, with not...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Point of Law Roundtable on Midterm Elections
Point of Law, a website I run sponsored by the Manhattan Institute and American Enterprise Institute, is currently in its fourth day of a...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Faculty Appointment at Columbia U. Is Criticized as Political Favoritism
Nearly four years after leaving the presidency of the University of Michigan, Lee C. Bollinger is again under fire from critics of its race-
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Brennan Clerks Impressed with Alito...
...and they're critical of the alarmism of the Senate Democrats and N.Y. Times editorials, reports the New York Sun. At RedState, "Leon...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Dumbest Judicial Ethics Story Ever
ABC News "Nightline" is strongly in contention for that honor with its breathless Brian Ross investigative report on Justice Scalia's...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


CFJ Report: Who’s Out of the Mainstream?
Ever since Judge Samuel Alito was nominated to the Supreme Court, the Committee for Justice has been hammering away on the theme that it is
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Kennedy vs. Freedom of Association
Via Taranto, here's TigerHawk posing a pertinent question regarding Sen. Kennedy's demand that the Senate subpoena the private paper
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
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