I think Barack Obama should dump Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate and immediately replace him with Newt Gingrich. After all, their respect toward the people who rule on the constitutionality of the United States’ laws are about on par with each other.

I speak, of course, about the latest scandal to come out of the Obama administration, that of his comments about how the Supreme Court shouldn’t dare rule the Obamacare mandate unconstitutional, as it was passed by a “strong majority” of a democratically elected Congress. That scandal continued today when the Justice Department released a three-page document explaining their view of the court’s role, which was demanded by 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry E. Smith.

Obama’s position was essentially that the justices would lose legitimacy if they did this; that they would befoul the institution.| MORE ›

Over at Salon, Glenn Greenwald apparently found it fit to spend the first part of his analysis of Solicitor General Elena Kagan as possible Supreme Court nominee in order to marvel about how it was possible that a Democratic president might nominate someone more moderate for the high bench (emph. his):| MORE ›

Liberals are shocked!  Shocked, I tell you.  Why?  Well, a recent Supreme Court concurring opinion to a ruling that will allow patients to sue drug companies for injuries related to the drugs was written by none other than Clarence Thomas, that avowedly conservative justice.| MORE ›

Speaking with MSNBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Senate’s top Republican, Senator Mitch McConnell, said Sunday that although he admires Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s personal story, he will not vote for her confirmation to the Supreme Court.

McConnell said he is a “big fan” of her biography and career but that he has a problem with her personal views.| MORE ›