Ted Kennedy and Joe McCarthy: Funny. Volokh.
Jonathan Turley: "A dangerous nominee". USA Today
A quote from Am. Princess:
"The things Democrats really care about have been placed in the hands of the courts, if by the design of Democrats: liberal judges, activist judges, Due Process mavens of the sixties took abortion, gay rights, civil rights, right to die, right to life, right to contract, right against cruel and unusual punishment, directly out of the hands of legislatures where they belonged. A shift on the court towards conservativism costs them not only their political stance on these issues, it likely costs them a lot of power. And thats not even considering the fact that it is the Supreme Court that is the sole arbiter between the Executive and Legislative branches. Curious about Presidential power to eavesdrop? Don't be. It'll be dealt with, and not in the liberals favor.
Win elections, Democrats, but you've made the courts powerful: that's where you wanted the power, after all, since most of the initiatives that you championed could never have won by popular vote. Now, its likely that the most powerful court is out of your control."
Lileks on when ideologues turn loony:
"Bad news is good news. Everything’s going to hell, but at least they’re smart enough to catch the whiff of brimstone. (Second-hand brimstone. There ought to be a law.) But what if the worst doesn’t happen? That would be worse than bad. That would mean all those bumperstickers they put on their cars had no effect whatsoever. What if people don’t Question Authority, visualize World Peace, speak truth to power, or rotate during cooking? What if letters to the editor don’t end up in CIA files? What if subversive college students are ignored? What if the dark night isn’t descending after all? However will they go on? "
Hypocrisy about Whaling: Samizdata
Barry Goldwater: his evolution to Libertarian. Busch at Opinion Journal
