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As North Carolina continues to grapple with the best way to select judges for the state’s courtrooms, the Federalist Society is adding more information to the debate. N.C. Supreme Court…
Plenty, according to a Federalist column from Mollie Hemingway. Some of us are old enough to remember the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation battle. We were shocked when reports first…
Thomas Donlan devotes a Barron’s editorial commentary to Janet Yellen’s unrivaled role in American monetary policy. The person who sits in the chair at the Federal Reserve holds more concentrated…
The US House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that would allow banks to begin the bankruptcy process voluntarily. The bill, “The Financial Institutional Bankruptcy Act of 2014” passed with…
In this excellent piece, James DeLong compares Chief Justice Roberts with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, both of whom thought it better to switch than fight.
In the latest TIME, Reynolds Holding takes U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts to task for pushing his colleagues to reach decisions unanimously. Holding complains that an increase in 9-0 decisions…
Or, Life Imitates the Simpsons (alas): Homer: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court! What great men he would join: John Marshall, Charles Evans Hughes, Warren Burger… mmm… burger. Note: “Miers…
The LA Times editorial writers, of all people, had this to say today: It will be a damning indictment of petty partisanship in Washington if an overwhelming majority of the…
As we await the Senate vote on the nomination of John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Melissa Mitchell weighed in on the behavior of senators in…
Red State is reporting that Robert Novak is saying William Rehnquist will hand President Bush his resignation at 4:50 p.m. today when the president lands from his G8 trip. According…
Arguing on British turf with their rhetoric and their laws, a pair of homeschooled students from Patrick Henry College in Virginia defeated the team fielded by Oxford University in a…