Morning Docket: 02.04.08
[Ed. note: We're looking for someone to share Morning Docket duties with B. Clerker (on an alternating-week schedule). If you'd like to be considered for this position, please follow the application instructions contained in this post. The main thing that has changed between then and now is that the gig now comes with pay -- a modest stipend. Thanks.]
* MSFT + YHOO = Antitrust Scrutiny. Also, the identities of the law firms advising on the mega-deal. [WSJ Law Blog; New York Times]
* The quality of mercy is not strained... except in the Office of the United States Pardon Attorney. [New York Times via How Appealing]
* Hidden-camera video evidence leads to reopening of Natalee Holloway investigation in Aruba. [ABC News; AP]
* HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson accused of favoritism and retaliation in lawsuit. [Washington Post]
* Prominent conservatives Steven Calabresi and John McGinnis, on Sen. McCain and Supreme Court nominations: "the nomination of John McCain is the best option to preserve the ongoing restoration of constitutional government." [Wall Street Journal via How Appealing]
(4) Comments
Calebresi and McGinnis need their heads examined. McCain = Spector and coming toward the left on all issues, including SC justices. What's Lieberman's, Kenedy's -- oh I mean McCain's -- stance on Gitmo and tax cuts and the role of the federal government by the way (please note the rhetorical nature of this question)?
FYI, for those who have never seen McGinnis, he looks like Bill Gates, only nerdier.
Slightly more on tanget, McGinnis does not teach the 1st and 14th amendment in his Con Law class (at least when I had him). We spent more time on the Dormant Commerce Clause than only any recent jurisprudence.
12:32 = fricken moron
Gallion OUT!