Tag: Judges
Judicial Activism?
We all get emails containing tasteless “jokes” from time to time. But one would think that a Federal judge would at least be a bit judicious in who he would forward such an email to. That’s not the case with Richard Cebull, Chief Judge of the Federal Court in Montana.
California Rejects Religious Conservative Judges
Judges from a slate of candidates of the “Better Courts Now” organization lost in the California elections yesterday. The group was formed to bring a more religious conservative viewpoint to the courts.
Hypocrisy and The Art of Judge Blocking
At this point in the last two presidents’ first terms, W had 28 lower court justices confirmed and Clinton 27. Guess how many for Obama. Seriously, guess. Come on just guess before you get to the next sentence. Okay, okay, the answer is six, or 6 for those of you who prefer the numeral version, […]
Judicial Filibuster Hypocrisy Watch
Remember the BushCo era judicial wars? The ones where Republicans lectured us all at length about how filibustering judicial nominees is unconstitutional? Well, if you don’t remember, Media Matters has gone through the CSPAN archives to remind you of many of those lectures. At Democracy or Hypocrisy you can see multiple videos of the usual […]
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