A key lesson most of us learned from the Sotomayor confirmation hearings has been to be careful what you say because it probably will be taken out of context and used against you someday. Apparently Senator Sessions isn’t as quick a learner as the rest of us.
Notes from Day 3 of Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings.
Robert Bowman got himself into $435,000 of debt. The New York State Bar says that means he has failed to establish the requisite character and fitness to practice law. What do you think?
Notes from this morning’s session of Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing.
Notes from this afternoon’s session of Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings.
San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose both rank in the top ten on the most congested highways list. With the looming BART strike, things could get a lot worse.
Who doesn’t love a dance party for a birthday? The U.S. Park Police seem to think that Thomas Jefferson might not have been “down” with “getting funky” on his birthday. But does that mean that dancers should be arrested?
The Associated Press reports that highway deaths are continuing to fall in 2009, and haven’t been seen at such low levels since 1961.
Law school is the same price whether or not you get a job after it’s over. And if you get a job, the loan payments are the same, no matter what your salary is. At least they used to be. Now, Income Based Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness plans promise to make sure that everyone can get out of debt.
A Berkeley Assemblywoman wants Amazon.com and other online retailers to collect sales tax from customers. Amazon says it’s unconstitutional. Online shoppers are upset that they have to pay sales tax. Controversy ensues!
