I think it was Rich Lowry who wrote in The Corner that President Clinton liked to do small, popular things, while President George W. Bush likes to do big, unpopular things. Not to pile on, but I think Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court falls in the “big, unpopular” category. She [...]

Ann Coulter makes the “stealth” argument against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts in her customary delicate fashion:
It means absolutely nothing that NARAL and Planned Parenthood attack him: They also attacked Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy and David Hackett Souter.
The only way a supreme court nominee could win the approval of NARAL and Planned Parenthood would [...]

President Bush named Judge John G. Roberts, a conservative who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to the Supreme Court last night in an attempt to please the right while satisfying the left. Roberts, a former clerk to William H. Rehnquist, has a record of service in [...]

The White House announced today that President Bush will announce his nominee to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court tonight at 9pm, leaving many speculating as to who the president will pick. Rumors are abound that he’ll choose Judge Edith Brown Clement of United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in [...]

Alberto Gonzales is now said to be the “unlikely” choice to replace retiring Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor, nor is he expected to be chosen should Chief Justice William Rehnquist or another justice decides to step down in the future. Fred Barnes, editor of The Weekly Standard, writes that President Bush will overlook Gonzales [...]

As predicted the other day, Kelo-mania is sweeping the nation. Call it the No Property Left Unseized rule.

Expect more of this around the nation:
Boston City Council President Michael Flaherty said yesterday that Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s efforts to spur development of Fan Pier do not go far enough, and he again called on the city to consider seizing the South Boston waterfront property using its eminent domain power.
Flaherty originally suggested taking the [...]

Robert Novak downplays the odds of Alberto Gonzales getting the nomination if a vacancy opens up on the Supreme Court, bit also notes that he may be the easiest way for president George W. Bush to get his nominee confirmed:
Since Gonzales was confirmed as attorney general after a nasty debate over treatment of terrorist detainees, [...]

The Supreme Court’s decision in the Kelo case, that upholds cities’ right to take basically any property they want for just about any reason they can think of, is an outrage. Here’s what the Fifth Amendment says:
“nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
Thus the Constitution allows for compensated landgrabs for [...]

The Unabrewer takes a look at the ridiculously named People For the American Way’s list of alleged sins of conservative judge Janice Rogers Brown and reaches the obvious conclusion: OK, so what is the problem?
As for her becoming president, I’m not so sure I agree with Unabrewer. I like ex-governors for that position.