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| Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:00:00 EST Whatever happened to Kyoto? |
| It failed. But you don't read much about it in mainstream media. At the G8 summit Tony Blair essentially moved away from Kyoto, and it's apparent that the European countries will not meet their emissions targets. Here's the latest on Blair, from the left-wing Guardian, via www.instapundit.com. As Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit writes, "Since it's quite clear that the U.S. will never ratify Kyoto, and Europe will never actually abide by it, it's time for some rethinking." Kyoto, by the way, expires in 2012, in just seven years. In 1998 the Senate voted 98-0 for the Byrd-Hagel amendment, which rejected any emissions agreement that doesn't limit Third World countries like China and India—a key provision of Kyoto. |
| Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:00:00 EST The Alito Chronicles (continued) |
| Here's a clearsighted view of the Alito nomination from the left, by David Corn of The Nation. Though I disagree with Corn on many issues, I like his writing because he tries to see clearly what's happening, and he writes well. He's always pleasant when I encounter him around town on the campaign trail or in the Fox News Channel green room. A good example of civility on the left, where you don't seem to find much of it today. |
| Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:00:00 EST Of Alito and superduperprecedents |
| On Monday, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito was asked by Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter to comment on superprecedents and superduperprecedents. Evidently Specter was relieved by Alito's comments that there was something in the nature of a sliding scale in determining whether precedents must be followed. Specter doesn't want to seem responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade. Alito, whose opinions show him to be a judge who carefully follows governing precedents, doesn't want to say whether he would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade or not. My guess is that he's not sure how he would vote and wants to be able to approach any such decision with an open mind. |
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