I understand that. That was the holding of the Court. But my focus is on this particular finding of fact that they made, which was, A, unusual and I think peculiar from a Supreme C...
But for those of us who have been witness here to lengthy discussions about the importance of precedent and the danger of judicial activism....
So if a judge or judges had a particular agenda or motivation, say to serve the interests and reflect the values of a particular political p...
I think the window onto Elena Kagan that America is getting in these hearings is one of a very bright, very good-humored, very well-intentio...
And since it would be inappropriate, the worst possible thing, is it likely that such a judge would disclose that agenda or motivation, woul...
You are the Solicitor General of the United States, the lawyer for the United States before the Supreme Court.
I join my colleagues in condolence on this day of sorrow for the Senate and the Supreme Court alike.
Your nomination to the Supreme Court has to be among the least surprising ever made.
Heller changed the law, creating for the first time in 220 years a private right to bear arms.
Should there be any desire or motivation on the part of that group of five to reach their scope a little bit more broadly?
So it concerns me that it is there, and I would hope that if you get to the Court you are more restrained in terms of making findings of fac...