Bookworm Beat 10/10/25: A bad time for Democrats meme edition
It’s too soon for many memes about the peace deal, so you’ll get one peace deal meme and lots of memes about the Democrats’ decline and despair.
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Tag: Judges
The anti-prison movement will be a disaster . . . for criminals
Leftists, having placed pro-criminal prosecutors across America, are now doing the same with judges. Criminals will not like what’s coming. At Power Line, Paul Mirengoff took note of the fact that George Soros, having managed to place leftist prosecutors throughout America, none of whom have the slightest interest in prosecuting
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California turned this Democrat into a conservative
My California upbringing shows that people will cling to ideas long after the facts reveal those ideas are flawed — a scary thought for the 2020 election. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of America’s bluest of blue regions; attended UC Berkeley, which once was the
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Conservative judges stand head and shoulders above Leftist judges
Because they are constrained by the rule of law, conservative judges are invariably going to be better than Leftist social justice activists on the bench. The ostensible starting point for this rumination is a post I read at Power Line about Administrative Law Judges, which I’ll get to in a
Continue readingTrump’s judicial choices, regulations, and cleaning up dog poop
What better way to explain how regulations are barriers to access than to talk about disposing of dog poop? And thank goodness for Trump’s judicial picks. Let me begin by clarifying what I will not say in this post: I will not say that Trump’s judicial choices are the equivalent
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Judges invent an entirely new, and very illegal, “legal standard” for Donald Trump
When it comes to Donald Trump, Obama-appointed judges are inventing new legal standards unrelated to the Constitution, statutes, cases, or even facts. Progressives are very excited that a federal judge in Kentucky has held that Trump can be sued for inciting violence. Perfectly illustrating this excitement is a WaPo analysis
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Bookworm Beat 3/30/17 — tight-knit communities, nuclear families, and individual worth
Looking at this grab-bag post, I can see the common thread: valuing tight-knit communities, nuclear families, and each individual’s worth. I know why Utah’s welfare is working. Megan McArdle wrote a much-talked-about article in which she looked at Utah, which has extremely good and affordable social services. The key to
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Trump and the judge — and many of you are going to hate me, but I’m going to say it anyway
Donald Trump went into full attack mode against Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over the case against Trump University. You can find here a video, with transcript, of Trump defending his contention that a “Mexican” judge is a problem for him because of Trump’s outspoken opposition to illegal immigration
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The Bookworm Beat 5/18/16 — the “Supremes” edition and open thread
This is a good, long post. Mix a martini or make yourself some hot chocolate, find a quiet place, settle back, and read away! Trump woos conservatives. The big news today is Donald Trump’s list of proposed Supreme Court nominees, all of whom of are, in John Yoo’s words “outstanding
Continue readingIf you read one thing today, read Andrew McCarthy’s take on the U.S. Supreme Court
Andrew McCarthy outdid himself on this one, honing in on the giveaway that the Supreme Court is a legislative branch of the Progressives: Yet, for all the non-stop commentary, one detail goes nearly unmentioned — the omission that best explains this week’s Fundamental Transformation trifecta. Did you notice that there was
Continue readingThe DOJ’s claim that communications between Mr. and Mrs. Eric Holder are privileged reminds me of a sleazy attorney I once knew
Since you’re all very well-informed, it won’t be news to you that Eric Holder’s Justice Department, in yet another effort to frustrate a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request about Fast & Furious documents, claims that Eric Holder’s communications with both his wife, a private practice physician, and his mother are
Continue readingMonday evening round-up and Open Thread
If you read only one thing today (and tomorrow too), I think you should read Sam Harris’s “Why Don’t I Criticize Israel?” In it, Harris, who is renowned for his very well-articulated atheism, explains that one doesn’t have to believe in Israel’s religious right to the land in order to
Continue readingCan federal courts ever become zealous defenders of individual rights under the Constitution?
I went to a lunch today where the speaker was Clark M. Neily, III, author of Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government. Neily is an attorney at the libertarian Institute for Justice, a public interest organization that focuses on Constitution-centric civil liberties
Continue readingHarry Reid’s nuclear option is a red herring — but the effects will still be profound
Mitch McConnell is too often a GOP stalwart (as opposed to a conservative) for my taste, but when he’s good, he’s very, very good. He was very, very good this morning, as he attacked Harry Reid’s attempt to change Senate rules so that only 51 votes are needed to get
Continue readingJustice Alito’s footnote sums up everything that is wrong with our judicial system
I haven’t had the heart or the stomach to read the Supreme Court decisions that came out today. (It’s not about content. It’s about the fact that, with rare exceptions, I find most Supreme Court decisions too horribly written and turgid to read.) I therefore didn’t discover this gem from
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