Sotomayor Was Right: Appellate Judges Do “Make Policy”
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 2nd, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Sotomayor Was Right: Appellate Judges Do “Make Policy”
At Duke Law School back in 2005, Judge Sonia Sotomayor said that “the court of appeals is where policy is made.” Conservative pundits have immediately jumped on these words as proof that Judge Sotomayor is an “activist” who will legislate…
To Get a Systemic Risk Regulator Fire Bernanke
Everyone in Washington policy circles agrees that we need a systemic risk regulator to prevent another economic disaster like the one we are now experiencing. This quest ignores the fact that we already have a systemic risk regulator. It’s called…
What Next If Netanyahu Continues To Diss Obama?
The Netanyahu government continues to resist the administration’s call for a settlement freeze. And there is no reason to think that is going to change. His government and the settlers are in panic mode — terrified of a battle with…