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The Coalition for a Fair Judiciary is Back From the Dead 03/16/2009 by Kyle Mantyla One of the things that has constantly amazed me over my years of watching the Right is how often new “grassroots” organizations pop up to speak out on a particular issue …

Everyone Called It The "Nuclear Option" Because That Was Its Name 03/09/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times ran an article on the Senate Republicans' threat to filibuster President Obama’s judicial nominees if they are not “consulted on, …

The GOP's Evolving Definition of "Advice and Consent" 03/03/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Both The Hill and Politico are reporting on a letter [PDF], signed by all forty-one Republicans in the Senate, sent to President Obama yesterday warning him that they will …

The Amazing Transformation of the Judicial Confirmation Network 02/10/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Again, I feel compelled to ask why the folks at the Judicial Confirmation Network, an organization created by Jay Sekulow back in 2005 in order to press for the …

Targeting the DOJ, Prepping for the Supreme Court 02/09/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week I wrote a post about the Right’s opposition to a handful of President Obama nominees to serve in the Justice Department and speculated that this was partially an effort …

The Judicial Obstruction Network 02/02/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Back when it launched in 2005, the Judicial Confirmation Network burst onto the scene when it unveiled a study that claimed to show that “the American people are tired of the partisan, political …

Saving Their Ammunition for Judicial Fights? 01/28/2009 by Kyle Mantyla NPR ran a piece earlier this week about how Sen. John Cornyn has quickly established himself as “a thorn in the [Obama] administration's side." It explains that Cornyn's efforts may …

Will the Judicial Confirmation Network Stick to its Pledge? 01/21/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Shortly after the election, we noted that the Judicial Confirmation Network, which had been founded with the express purpose of helping to get President Bush’s judicial …

Fun With Judicial Numbers 01/05/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Ed Whelan has a piece in the latest edition of The National Review that has been posted on the Ethics and Public Policy Center website in which he hails the “appointments of Chief Justice John Roberts …

The Judicial Confirmation Network Wishes It Had Chosen Another Name 11/14/2008 by Kyle Mantyla After the election, we issued a press release noting that Barack Obama had been handed a clear mandate to fill the federal bench with nominees who share his …