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A Lessons from Henry II

One of the arguments being bruited about, even by the President in this mornings presser, in defense of the Mier appointment is that in spite of a relatively lack of documentation to establish the views of the nominee, this is not anything to be concerned about, since the President has a long standing personal knowledge of her, and based on this, has full confidence that she will make decisions based on an originalist judicial attitude.

It was similar personal knowledge and assurance that let Henry II to appoint Thomas a Beckett, his long-time friend, confidante, and chancellor as Archbishop of Canterbury, in an effort to subject the rulings of the ecclesiatical court system to the monarch. Said attempt failed, when Beckett discovered and acted on a new-found spirit of independence once he was esconced in his new office.

The rest, as they say, is history, which led eventually to Beckett's murder, and Henry on his knees before the Pope to gain absolution.

Bush had better hope, that HIS judgement of his personal attorney is more accurate than Henry's was of his chancellor, or it could well be the death knell of constitutional government in the United States.

I've never understood how you couldn't love Joe Paterno. Say what you will about the man -- he's too old, he's too this, too that -- but the man represents many of the things that are right with college football....

Let's start with the worst. Abe rounds up some educational "zero tolerance" that ran amok in Omaha when a six year old showed up at school with a butter knife in his backpack. As Abe points out, this is always...

The Islamofascists have murdered at least 26 in Bali. Naturally, as these "freedom fighters" prefer, they were mostly innocent tourists going about their business. Click over to Tim Blair's and scroll down for all of the latest news....

Question the "timing" until a goddamn bomb goes off, then blame Bush for not doing more to stop it. Perfect sense from the "reality-based" community....

Professor Bainbridge:Daschle on SOX: Then and Now On Friday, June 28, 2002, as reported in 148 Cong Rec S 6297, then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle stated: ... the growing list of corporations under question makes clear that we aren't just...

I had some original thoughts on President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, but now that I have time to blog on them I see all my thoughts have been taken by other bloggers. Since I can't come...

Happy St. Francis Day. This graduate of St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School has fond memories of October 4, as students we'd spend that day doing nothing but playing games. One thing we'd do is attach a note to a...

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