Archive for July 18th, 2007
Why Courting Americans with the Court Won’t Work for Democrats
2 Comments Published by Kedar July 18th, 2007 in Blogosphere, Constitutional Law, Current Events, Judicial Activism, Politics, Presidential Election, Supreme CourtA lot of pundits have been calling for the democrats to make the Court a major campaign issue in light of the massive setback that is known as the 2006 Term. Some argue that democrats need to ‘control the issue’ and take judicial activism to the people. The problem with this notion is that these [...]
Harry’s Filibuster Dreams Shattered
0 Comments Published by Kedar July 18th, 2007 in Congress, Filibuster, Iraq, PoliticsPoor Harry Reid. He went out on a limb and kept the Senate in session way longer than he had to and he got burned. By a vote of 52-47, the Senate rejected the vote for cloture which would have forced a vote on the Reed/Levin Amendment. I’ve been watching sporadically all night and the [...]
You Can’t Filibuster the Glory OR Liveblogging the Filibuster
0 Comments Published by Kedar July 18th, 2007 in Congress, Democrats, Filibuster, Iraq, Republicans11:26am EST: Reid Failed by a vote of 52-47. Reed/Levin is now stalled in the Senate. Harry Reid is currently trying to pass a motion to reconsider, but I don’t imagine it will do much.
10:45am EST: Mitch McConnell is calling out the Reed/Levin bill for being vague and unspecific. He repeatedly declares that he doesn’t [...]
