Professor Bainbridge has this post discussing John Roberts’ apparently devout Catholic faith. He argues that it is legitimate to question a nominee on his faith, and that that the Senate’s advise and consent function goes beyond a nominee’s bare qualifications to include evaluation of the nominee’s judicial philosophy.
The National Archives has posted online these memos written by Roberts during his tenure at the Justice Department.
Underneath Their Robes gossips about the Judges who were not tapped for the high court.
Here ExPost argues that it is time for the Supreme Court to address the constitutionality of recess appointments. Marty Lederman, blogging on Balkinization, argues that the recess appointment of John Bolton to be ambassador to the United Nations in unconstitutional.
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