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Brownback, Coburn Are Fired Up

The final two senators to give opening statements – Sam Brownback (R.-Kan.) and Tom Coburn (R.-Okla.)...

Feinstein Gets It Wrong Again

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D.-Calif.) followed the lead of her committee cohorts by first kissing the floo...

Alito Must Look Good Today

While most pundits, commentators and bloggers are discussing intricate details regarding the confirma...

Kennedy Asserts Alito Is Racist

Among Sen. Teddy Kennedy’s many complaints about Samuel Alito, the one that caught the attention of R...

Waiting Patiently

Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R.-Pa.) adjourned the hearings at 2 p.m. and reopened them a...

Biden Treats Alito Differently Than Ginsburg

Sen. Joe Biden (D.-Del.) to Judge Alito during today’s opening statements: "And that’s what these hea...

Leahy Distorts Alito’s View on ‘One Person, One Vote’

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D.-Vt.) promised in his opening statement to question Samuel Alito about his 1985...

Grassley Jabs Kennedy

Before beginning his opening statement, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R.-Iowa) turned toward Sen. Teddy Kenned...

Roberts, Miers, Alito — Kennedy Doesn’t Like Pattern

Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.) said there was at least one similarity among all three of President Bus...

Blame Kennedy for Nominee Alito

Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.) reminded his colleagues that he was running the Senate Judiciary Commit...

Left Is Out in Full Force

Sitting at the media table right now at Samuel Alito’s confirmation hearing, I have a clear view of t...

Leahy Loves to Slam ‘Extreme Right’

Not once but twice in his opening statement did Sen. Patrick Leahy (D.-Vt.) attack the "extreme right...

‘The World’s Greatest Tyrant and Terrorist!’ — Harry Belafonte on George Bush.

From yesterday’s AP: "No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the ...

Judge Alioto?

Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.) just got a few chuckles among the press corps when he flubbed Samuel Al...