Virginia Right!

I was inspired by the latest Watchers contest. What if we could have a new party in the US?  What would that party look like?  I am not yet ready to leave the GOP but this is a mental exercise. My inspiration was the short-lived but effective Free Soil Party of the last 1840s and [...]

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Today Kagan Says She’ll “Make No Pledges” But She Previously Criticized “The Recent Hearings On Supreme Court Nominees” For Taking “On An Air Of Vacuity And Farce,” Saying “Senators Effectively Have Accepted The Limits On Inquiry” ELENA KAGAN: “I Will Make No Pledges This Week…” (Elena Kagan, Opening Statement, Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 6/28/10) [...]

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The Supreme Court made a ruling last month that has prosecutors everywhere trying to figure out what to do. In the case of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, SCOTUS ruled that that the accused has the right to face their accuser. In this case, the Lab Technicians. Elwood “Sandy” Sanders wrote a guest blog which was published here a couple of days after the ruling. Sandy contacted me as soon as that ruling was handed down. Excellent foresight. You can read Sandy’s take on this important story here

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