My favorite part of Wednesday’s arguments in Arizona v. United States came in an exchange between conservative lawyer extraordinaire Paul Clement and Justice Sonia Sotomayor: JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: What happens if — this is the following call — the call to the — to the Federal Government. Yes, he’s an illegal alien. No, we don’t want to detain him. What does the [...]
President Barack Obama made it personal at an Associated Press luncheon on April 3rd. He went beyond generalities in his criticism of the House Republican budget: He named names. In his most direct attacks of the 2012 election cycle, he finally called out former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. With a mere seven months until Election Day, it is a wonder [...]
“Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” I know, I was shocked when I read it too, ladies and gentlemen. It’s hard to believe that such vitriol, such unhinged rage, would be directed at [...]
Supreme Court Justice, baseball savior and Sesame Street star Sonia Sotomayor visited Penn today for the official opening of Golkin Hall, the new law school building. Your faithful-ish correspondent was in the room and got all the juicy quotes. And by juicy I mean inspiring and profound. In dedicating a new building for Penn Law today, Justice Sotomayor was following [...]
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