As usual, Andy McCarthy cuts to the chase. The rest of us have been asking ourselves variants of the question “Is someone who consistently demonstrates that he does not believe in impartial justice, a.k.a., the rule of law (not men), qualified to be a Justice of the Supreme Court?” Andy goes back behind that [...]
Although the United States is rightly preoccupied with the threat of Islamist terrorism and the two conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a wide consensus among American strategic thinkers that America’s greatest challenge over the next decades will be the rise of China. With its expanding economy and formidable military growth, China is positioning itself to challenge the United States as the greatest international power on the world stage.
Why did President Obama nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill Jusitce David Souter’s place on the Supreme Court? Because she gave him the requisite affirmative action points (female and ethnic minority)? Yes. Because she has shown in her opinions as an Appellate Court judge precisely the sort of judicial triumphalism that he himself favors as [...]
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