Blagojevich Retrial:Obama Pushed Jarrett To Fill His Senate Seat

Judicial Watch

Chicago—Rod Blagojevich’s onetime chief of staff,John Harris,testified about negotiations between his former boss and President Barack Obama to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the commander-in-chief.

Obama’s top aide,Rahm Emanuel,called Harris in 2008 to suggest the then-governor appoint Obama’s close friend Valerie Jarrett,according to Harris’s [...]

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Elena Kagan tied to Obama's birth certificate

By Joe Kovacs,WND.com

Just when you thought there couldn’t be any more players in the ongoing soap opera over the hunt for President Obama’s original birth certificate and his constitutional eligibility for office,there comes yet another name:Elena Kagan.

Yes,the same Elena Kagan nominated by the commander [...]

Cartoon:Franken confuses Perry Mason with real lawyer

By Eric Allie,Cagle Cartoons

Sotomayor’s self-contradictions,The nominee argues against herself

The Washington Times After two days of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor,it appears that her strategy for confirmation is to contradict herself at every turn. She spent much of yesterday claiming not to have meant the things she actually said or not to have ruled the way she actually ruled. For the [...]

Sotomayor Hearings,The Cartoon

By RJ Matson,Roll Call

Sotomayor Hearings offer Republicans an Opportunity

By Craig Shirley,Politico.com

America remains a center-right country and while the GOP is struggling with its own identity crisis,this is also an opportunity to put on display the Politics of Pander as practiced to perfection so far by Obama. The fact that Judge Sotomayor is from New York City only exacerbates this [...]

OBAMA WANTS TO RAM THROUGH SENATE CONFIRMATION OF SOTOMAYOR

By Prerana Swami,CBS News

Sotomayor makes rounds at the US Senate

The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmed Tuesday that Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing will begin July 13,and Republicans are none too happy about it. 

The top Republican on the Judiciary Committee,Alabama senator Jeff Sessions,said [...]

Report of Senate Finance Committee on Daschle

Sen Max Baucus and Sen Chuck Grassley of Senate Finance Committee

Statement from the Senate Finance Committee on the Nomination of Thomas A. Daschle: 

Thomas A. Daschle recently filed amended tax returns for 2005,2006 and 2007 reporting $128,203 in additional tax and $11,964 in interest. The adjustments resulted from additional [...]