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Sens Udall, Bennet applaud Obama veto of stealth foreclosure notarization bill

By | 10.08.10 | 1:25 pm

Colorado’s U.S. senators Friday applauded President Obama for vetoing what has become controversial foreclosure legislation that would have required courts to accept notarizations, including electronic notarizations, across state lines.

Kagan hearing Marshall bashers can’t name one ‘activist’ ruling

By | 06.29.10 | 1:30 pm

TPM reports Tuesday that the three top Judiciary Committee Republicans who have been attacking Obama Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as an activist judge in the model of Thurgood Marshall could not list one such ruling by Marshall who, of…

The RedState/Jeff Sessions filibuster: Just say ACORN

By | 11.13.09 | 8:42 am

Eight months ago, President Obama nominated Indiana judge David Hamilton for a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. As Jeffrey Toobin reported, it was an uncontroversial, Republican-backed choice intended to “begin a profound and rapid change in…

Obama nominee faces GOP scrutiny for criticizing Minutemen

By | 09.17.09 | 11:50 am

On March 13, President Obama nominated Maryland civil rights lawyer Thomas J. Perez for the post of Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of Department of Justice. Six months later, Perez — currently Secretary of the…

Sonia Sotomayor’s hearings face: A visual record of our national politics

By | 07.14.09 | 7:43 am

Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s face during her Supreme Court nomination hearings is a YouTube-era national treasure. Turn down the volume as you watch her and imagine the person speaking at her. Imagine what they’re saying. It is serious. It is ridiculous.…