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Kavanaugh’s Confirmation as Justice Will Be as Tainted as Trump’s Election as President

Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 8:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Justices Republican presidents [nominate] invariably vote on the side of issues that affirms conservative ideology; whereas those Democratic presidents [nominate] invariably vote on the side that affirms liberal ideology. (“Supreme Court Rules Voter ID Laws OK,” The iPINIONS Journal, October 18, 2014) These days, every nominee to the Supreme Court testifies that judges should serve… Read more.

Was Hagel Nominated as Defense Secretary for US or Israel?

Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 5:58 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

If, like me, you caught snippets of today’s Senate hearing on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to serve as U.S. defense secretary, you could be forgiven the impression that he was nominated to serve as Israel defense secretary. After all, almost every senator seemed more interested in getting Hagel to testify about his support for… Read more.