Seems like a calm, collected and down-the-line conservative to me. His opposition to Roe v. Wade should be particularly noted, though I sincerely doubt that it will be overturned. He has been on the losing side of a number of 5-4 SCOTUS decisions, so his vote could easily end up being a deciding factor.
Initial impression: […]

Earlier today the Washington Post had a breakdown of the 5th Circuit as a possible source for Bush’s nominee. There wasn’t much on Clement, but this:
The five judges will face varying degrees of opposition. Democrats say two, Jones and Garza, are unacceptable because the judges have denounced Roe v. Wade , the 1973 decision establishing […]

Edith Clement is rumored to be Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court tonight. CNN.com has this to say about her:
Clement is a judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was nominated to the court by President Bush in September 2001 and confirmed by the Senate two […]

Governor George Pataki is now galavanting in Iowa, probing out the state to see if anyone there would buy into his northern moderate brand of the GOP. Sure he supports abortion rights and gun control, but he’s also bald which seems to go far (it’s all I can tell is keeping Karl Rove in his […]

Well his name has been swirling out in the ether for the last two weeks and he’s been at the forefront of the Republican response team to any Democratic critique of possible Supreme Court nominees, but now the Times has a big story on the possibility that John Cornyn (R-Tex) will be nominated to fill […]

Apologies if I’m late to the party, but I don’t know how I missed this yesterday:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Chief Justice William Rehnquist announced Thursday night that he has no plans to step down from the Supreme Court and will continue to serve as long as he can.
“I want to put to rest the speculation and […]

One of China’s highest ranking military officials revealed that China will use it’s nuclear weapons in a first strike attack against the United States if the US were to intervene to protect Taiwanese independence from communist China.
“If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China’s territory, I think […]

My new favorite website is the White House Press Briefing Room. The questions from Wednesday are fantastic!
Q Even if it wasn’t a crime? You know, there are those who believe that even if Karl Rove was trying to debunk bogus information, as Ken Mehlman suggested yesterday — perhaps speaking […]

Well, it’s not exactly news and it’s not exactly shocking, but the Bush war in Iraq in massively undermining our ability to have adequate reserve forces. We have about eighty thousand less troops on reserve (National Guard and Reservists) available than two years ago and the military is continuing to scale back on the number […]

Some stories that merit attention…
The account of the downed Navy helicopter in Afghanistan is truly incredible. These soldiers are true heroes and it is a tragedy that the nation is paying so little attention to the dangerous work they are doing. We are a nation at war, yet rather than talking about the sacrifices that […]