Why is Boyden Gray biased against a potential Hispanic nominee- July 2, 2005 When Miguel Estrada was being blocked from confirmation to the federal bench, a group led by Boyden Gray and others created a television ad portraying this as discrimination based on national origin. You probably remember that; it was discussed here. Now Boyden Gray has been part of a delegation to the President telling him not to nominate Attorney General Gonzales. What a shameless twit.http://sheldman.blogspot.com/2005/07/why-is-boyden-gray-biased-against.html the unsexy cases in the Supreme Court- July 2, 2005 So much of the analysis of Justice O'Connor's retirement, in the news outlets as well as the legal punditry, has to do with the hot-button constitutional cases, and how Justice O'Connor's replacement might well be further to the right than she has been on some such cases. There is, of course, the issue of Roe's future, and the Ten Commandments (on which Justice O'Connor was in the 5-4 majorityhttp://sheldman.blogspot.com/2005/07/unsexy-cases-in-supreme-court.html too bad a blog can't become pseudonymous mid-stream- July 2, 2005 I am, I admit, uncertain about how vigorously to blog about Justice O'Connor's retirement -- about my feelings on her legacy, and about the pros and cons of possible nominees. On the one hand there is the good and obvious reason to keep my damn mouth shut: the slight possibility that some Justice or Judge would be aware of what I say here, be displeased by it, and therefore be lesshttp://sheldman.blogspot.com/2005/07/too-bad-blog-cant-become-pseudonymous.html Ignatz 2 12, or is it 3- July 1, 2005 Today seems like an auspicious day to get back into this thing, which I've been meaning to do. There is, of course, Justice O'Connor's retirement. And then the fact that it's the second half of the year. And also I have some time. The recent hiatus has mostly been work-related. Much interesting stuff on my plate these days. Filed my opening brief in the Supreme Court in Martin v Franklinhttp://sheldman.blogspot.com/2005/07/ignatz-2-12-or-is-it-3.html |