UPenn's Symposium on Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Doug Berman posts a link to the University of Pennsylvania's Journal of Constitutional Law and its current issue on "Litigating the Eighth Amendment." Berman reports that the pieces in the issue cover "the death penalty, ... prison reform litigation, [and] how excessive
prison punishments should be assessed under the Eighth Amendment." With recent press coverage focused on states' efforts to curb prison costs and court orders to release prisoners, UPenn's issue is extremely timely. CJLF's position on the Eastern and Northern district court's order can be found here.
John McCain Blasts Politicization of Nomination Process: Amy Harder, at The Ninth Justice, got a chance to sit down with Senator John McCain (R - AZ) yesterday to ask him about his decision to not vote for Judge Sotomayor. In the Q&A, Senator McCain said he was not concerned that his vote would alienate Hispanic voters and "denounced the politicization of the Supreme Court confirmation process." He credits President Obama with "being 'one of the major contributors to that.' " Senator McCain believes the politicization of the nomination process began when then-Senator Obama vowed to filibuster Justice Alito.
Partisan-Neutral Editorials?: At NRO's Bench Memos, Ed Whelan compares the different points of view taken by newspaper editorials commenting on the lack of Republican support for Judge Sotomayor's confirmation. Whelan notes that while The Hartford Courant shamed Senate Republicans for not supporting Judge Sotomayor when it wrote that lack of Republican support was "one more blow to the idea that people of differing views and ideologies can, when it counts, work together for the common good[,]" it used less powerful language when only four Democrats voted to confirm Justice Alito. Whelan notes that The Los Angeles Times took a similar position when it "went only so far as to oppose a filibuster of the Alito nomination, proclaimed it 'understandable' that Alito 'may not win many Democratic votes[,]' " and then turned around to "laud[]" Senator Graham for his committee vote for Sotomayor, and "shames his colleagues" by "provid[ing] a model for Republicans in the Senate as a whole."
John McCain Blasts Politicization of Nomination Process: Amy Harder, at The Ninth Justice, got a chance to sit down with Senator John McCain (R - AZ) yesterday to ask him about his decision to not vote for Judge Sotomayor. In the Q&A, Senator McCain said he was not concerned that his vote would alienate Hispanic voters and "denounced the politicization of the Supreme Court confirmation process." He credits President Obama with "being 'one of the major contributors to that.' " Senator McCain believes the politicization of the nomination process began when then-Senator Obama vowed to filibuster Justice Alito.
Partisan-Neutral Editorials?: At NRO's Bench Memos, Ed Whelan compares the different points of view taken by newspaper editorials commenting on the lack of Republican support for Judge Sotomayor's confirmation. Whelan notes that while The Hartford Courant shamed Senate Republicans for not supporting Judge Sotomayor when it wrote that lack of Republican support was "one more blow to the idea that people of differing views and ideologies can, when it counts, work together for the common good[,]" it used less powerful language when only four Democrats voted to confirm Justice Alito. Whelan notes that The Los Angeles Times took a similar position when it "went only so far as to oppose a filibuster of the Alito nomination, proclaimed it 'understandable' that Alito 'may not win many Democratic votes[,]' " and then turned around to "laud[]" Senator Graham for his committee vote for Sotomayor, and "shames his colleagues" by "provid[ing] a model for Republicans in the Senate as a whole."
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