Upon learning that Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald had set up a website, a lawyer “involved with the case” said, “It sure doesn’t look like he’s folding up his tent and going home without some charges.” Given what little we know, it seems like a fair assessment. But it’s far too vague. No one outside Fitzgerald’s […]
When Harriet Miers sent over her responses to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s questionnaire, it included a glaring error on the equal protection clause. It was, in the words of one NYU law professor “a terrible answer…. If a first-year law student wrote that and submitted it in class, I would send it back and say […]
Guest Post by Morbo The competition for Biggest Religious Right Hypocrite just gained a powerful contender. It’s hard to beat guys like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, but the Rev. Louis Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) is determined to try. Sheldon’s latest antics were exposed in a lengthy article in The Washington Post […]
Guest Post by Morbo A professor at the University of Southern Maine announced this week a reward of $1 million to anyone who could provide a photograph that leads to the capture of Bigfoot alive. Loren Coleman, representing Duel Masters, a company that makes toys and trading cards, said the firm would fork over the […]
Guest Post by Morbo A lawsuit challenging the instruction of “intelligent design” in a public school in Dover, Pa., is winding down in Harrisburg. This week, pro-ID “scientists” began testifying. Among them was Michael Behe of Lehigh University. On the witness stand, Behe brought up his favorite example of intelligent design in action: bacterial flagellum. […]
Guest Post by Morbo As the Carpetbagger mentioned earlier this week, the Rev. Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association (AFA) has come out swinging against a popular line of dolls beloved by little girls all over the country. Wildmon, everyone’s favorite witch-finder general, has from his perch in Tupelo, Miss., set his sights on […]
Guest Post by Morbo Last week I mentioned Catherine Crier’s new book “Contempt,” a great slam on the kook right for its attacks on our judicial system. I’d like to recommend another new book this week. Former CNN and MSNBC commentator Bill Press has just released “How the Republicans Stole Christmas: The Republican Party’s Declared […]
Joe at AmericaBlog noted that White House Chief of Staff Andy Card was scheduled to do a state party fundraiser tonight, but had to cancel. The president needs his full attention. A Rhode Island Republican Party fundraiser scheduled for tonight featuring Andrew H. Card, White House chief of staff, has been canceled because Card is […]
Dan Froomkin discovered today that Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has created a website. Seriously. It’s already up and has some posted documents. The next question, of course, is what Fitzgerald might plan to add to his new site. Could it be that he’s getting ready to release some new legal documents? Like, maybe, some indictments? […]
Tom DeLay made his first appearance in court this morning, but it’ll be a little while until he’s arraigned on conspiracy and money laundering charges. Apparently, he doesn’t like his judge. Inside the courtroom, Judge Bob Perkins told defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin that “the best way for me to handle” the request for a new […]