Originally posted to Politinotions on February 7, 2006 and reposted to lend creedence to a pattern of Supreme Court nominations by the Bush Administration suggesting they have known this was coming. Anyone else here hear those pre-echoed shouts I hear emananting from the Oval Office? I can't quite make out the words but definitely believe I caught the words "In the interests of National Security" somewhere in there...

CYA Redux

If at first you don't CYA, just CYA  again. It's easy to "Cover Your Ass" when no one's looking.

In all the commotion during the Alito confirmation process regarding Roe Vs. Wade, a very serious issue was overlooked almost completely.  As Consortium News noted about a month ago...

The "unitary" theory of presidential power sounds too wonkish for Americans to care about, but the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court could push this radical notion of almost unlimited Executive authority close to becoming a reality.

And what is "the unitary theory of presidential power?"

I posted the following on one of my blogs Politinotions back in late January, a post which was based on comments I made on Gothamist last October 27th just after Harriet Miers withdrew from consideration for a seat on the Supreme Court. In light of the current political climate, I believe the views expressed at that time merit another look, as I feel Bush et. al, have known this was coming for some time. You've just got to wonder when the Jeffrey SKilling-ish "They're on to us!" moment was...

Harriet Miers Redux

Ah, Harriet, Harriet. Wherefore art thou Harriet? As rumours of impeachment ripple through cyberspace over wire-tapping allegations and Executive privilege-friendly Samuel Alito awaits confirmation to the Supreme Court bench, it's hard not to reflect back on our Commander in Chief's failed nomination of his secretary. Um, I mean, Executive Secretary cum General Counsel.