February 19, 2003
Quote of the ___ 2:
Quote of the ___ 2:
"Mr. Asner said he can't imagine Saddam marching into Poland like Hitler. I don't think they imagined it, either."
Hal Bernson
(Thanks to Eugene Volokh)
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Quote of the ____: [On
Quote of the ____:
[On federal judges confirmation hearings:] Well, what the hell are you supposed to ask? Who do you like to sleep with? Girls? Boys? Will you sleep with me? Of course you'll ask them how they'd rule!
Alex Kozinski
As Estrada's hearing wears on into tedium, I'm beginning to see some more of the Democrats' point. He's sworn under oath that he won't prejudge any cases that come to him, but Democrats don't believe him. It's not clear how they think they'll solve this by getting him to state his personal views, since Federal Judges can hardly bind their future decisions, even under a senate oath, but what are they to do? All they know is that Judges tend to maximize philosophical consistency (within very very very broad limits), so they'd like some sense of what philosophy he's going to try to be consistent to.
So the Democrats are (perhaps rightly) afraid that Estrada will let his personal politics run rampant on the bench. However, no amount of information about what those politics are, or what legal opinions he gave in the Solicitor General's office, are going to allay that fear.
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Googlewatch: A reader points out
Googlewatch:
A reader points out a Google oddity. What do you get when you Google "the"? Oddly enough, the Onion, the Economist, the New York Times, the White House, the Hunger Site, The Guardian, weather.com and NASA.
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