THE WEEK IN REVIEW

FUN FACT OF THE WEEK


In the first day of his confirmation hearings, John
Roberts pledged that he understood that “It's my job
to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch."

The next day Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
threw out the first pitch at the Chicago Cubs game at
Wrigley field.

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SUPREME COURT QUOTE OF THE WEEK


Sen. Joe Biden:

“Judge Roberts' answers are "misleading."

Sen. Arlen Specter:

"The answers may be misleading but they are his
answers."

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REMEMBER, YOU’RE UNDER OATH

This week, at the confirmation hearing, Senator Chuck
Schumer asked John Roberts this question:


“Let me ask you, then -- this hypothetical: And
that is that it came to our attention, Congress',
through a relatively and inexpensive, simple
process, individuals were now able to clone
certain species of animals, maybe an arroyo toad.
Didn't pass over state lines; you could somehow
do it without doing any of that. Under the
commerce clause, can Congress pass a law
banning even noncommercial cloning?”



Aren’t you glad you didn’t go to law school?

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SUPREME COURT HEARING
QUESTION OF THE WEEK


Which of the following occurred during John Robert’s
confirmation hearing?


(A) Roberts answered whether he thought Marbury v.
Madison was correctly decided.

(B) Joe Biden said he was jealous of Roberts’ hair.

(C) Ted Kennedy sang, “Oh, Danny Boy”.

(D) Arlen Specter reminded everyone that he invented
the Lone Gunman theory.

(E) Senator Brownback asked whether Roberts had ever
been a fetus.

(F) John Roberts’ wife fell asleep.


ANSWER: F


The others did not happen. As far as I know.
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YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH THAT

Bill O’Reilly:

“The truth of the matter is our correspondents at Fox
News can’t go out for a cup of coffee in Baghdad.”

Condi Rice:

“Bill, that’s tough. It’s tough. But what — would they
have wanted to have gone out for a cup of coffee when
Saddam Hussein was in power?”

I imagine this later exchange:

"Mr. President, you're about to leave office with the
lowest approval ratings of any President in modern
history. Iraq is in the middle of vicious civil war,
we have record defcits, gas is $5 per gallon, and our
network correspondents can't even walk the streets of
New Orleans because the city, under the temporary rule
of Halliburton, has become a disease-infested swamp of
failed casinos. What is your response?"

President Bush:

"That’s tough. It’s tough. But what — would they have
wanted to have gone out in the streets when the city
was under 20 feet of water?"

-–– January, 2009

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YES, WE’RE STILL IN IRAQ


In case your mind was on other things, hundreds of
people were killed in Iraq this week. Literally.

The number of people killed by massive waves of
bombers on Wednesday ALONE has risen to 150, and
hundreds more were injured.

It was the worst one day toll since the fall of Saddam
in 2003.

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