He's been a figure of mystery. His status was semi-covert before. A much greater segment of the public will now be aware of him. |
His expressions in the hearings on legal philosophy are right in the mainstream of legal tradition and legal thinking. |
I don't mean to minimize the crime of perjury, false statements, and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors need these tools, |
I think they felt that Microsoft may have been thinking they got a lot out of the Court of Appeals decision, and that could lead a party to demand a lot in a settlement, ... I think they wanted to put a light damper on that. |
It could change the way this country operates for the next 40 years, well beyond the time the president is in power. |
It is a big message to Washington officials that if you only would come clean you would probably be OK. |
It is showboating face-time for senators. |
It's not a case of refusal to abide by the condition. It's that the nursing home is forbidden from abiding by the condition by the law. |
She has created the majority in many, many cases of important social issues. These 5-4 votes, she is the fifth vote. She is the power of the Court. Who she gets replaced by, similar swing vote or a strong conservative or a strong liberal can determine some very big social issues. |
The temptation for both sides of this controversy, if they have control of the school board, will be to exaggerate the guidelines, to administer them in a way that is not so neutral. And that may invite more lawsuits. |
There is an innocent explanation and a nefarious explanation. |
They may say some things that bear on abortions generally, either cutting back severely on a woman's right to have an abortion in all kinds of circumstances or perhaps -- and this is less likely -- abolishing the right to have an abortion completely. |
This will all come out in the trial. |
To my knowledge, there's never been a Playboy model in the US Supreme Court. |