Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds ‘Partial Birth’ Abortion Ban In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has upheld a nationwide ban on “partial birth” abortion, “marking a shift on the high-profile issue and underscoring the impact of President George W. Bush’s two high court appointments.” The justices “refused to invalidate the 2003 law even though it […]
Foley, GOPers Pay for Scandal Lawyers With Campaign Funds Former Congressman Mark Foley has spent more than $250,000 of his campaign funds on lawyers since he was exposed for having inappropriate sexual conversations with minors online. The law allows Foley to pay Zuckerman Spaeder LLP from his pot of over $1.5 million in campaign funds […]
The Virginia Tech story is worse than I thought. This was not an Acute Psychotic Episode. Cho was a chronically psychotic man who had telegraphed his profound illness everywhere he went. In the reports, it’s yet to be said that he was evaluated by a professional, though that’s hard to believe. The saddest report was […]
from emptywheel, a link to politico: Politicization of Career Hiring at Justice Department? …Calling themselves "A Group of Concerned Department of Justice Employees," they have penned an anonymous letter to the House and Senate Judiciary committees asking them to look into "the politicization of the non-political ranks of Justice employees, offices which are consistently and […]
At the end of the ninrteenth century, a German Neuropathologist named Emil Kraepelin reviewed the records of a large sanatorium, and defined two types of severe mental illness. The first, Manic Depressive Illness [Bipolar Disorder] related to a group of patients who had intermittant madness, either severe depression or mania at intervals, but in the […]
QUESTION: Dana, a lot of the stories about the Gonzales appearance tomorrow framed it as "his job is on the line." Is it? MS. PERINO: Look, I think there’s a lot of hype about the hearing. This issue has been ongoing for I think over a couple of months now. The Justice Department has been […]
Nothing Improper By Alberto R. Gonzales My decision some months ago to privately seek the resignations of a small number of U.S. attorneys has erupted into a public firestorm. First and foremost, I appreciate the public service of these fine lawyers and dedicated professionals, each of whom served his or her full four-year term as […]
Two bomb threats last week, now a horrible indiscriminant mass shooting. 32 dead. Preliminary diagnosis, disgruntled student out of control with escalating rage. Weapons? Two 9mm semiautomatic pistols. Maybe a bulletproof vest. Now we listen to weeks of explanations about why gun control is a bad idea. And we try to think up […]
I suppose news stories like the ones linked above should simply present the facts. The facts are, Gonzales is saying the same things he’s said from the start, only the facts change from day today. There’s no question what happened here. These people eat their own young. Bush/Rove had an agenda to harass poor […]
In my musings, even from years before I got involved in following the Bush sheenanigans closely, I wondered how the Administration coordinated their Talking Point network so effectively. It seemed like there was some kind of telepathy going on. I would hear of an issue, and almost immediately, the Talking Points would be on the […]