Courting Defeat?

National Review by Ed Whelan | Jun. 18, 2008 (Opinion)

In today's Washington Post, at the outset of a column that unfairly attacks John McCain for his criticism of the Boumediene ruling conferring constitutional habeas rights on Guantanamo detainees, Ruth Marcus expresses her hope that conservatives succeed in turning the Supreme Court into a major election issue. I believe that Marcus grossly misestimates how a well-informed public would assess the relative prospects of McCain and Obama appointees to the ... Full Story »

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 by Richard Riehl - Oct. 1, 2008

There's so much wrong with Whelan's argument it's hard to know where to begin. He begins with the VERY tall, unsourced, assumption that Americans are as disdainful of Supreme Court decisions as he is. The only polls I've seen have been pretty evenly split on the Court's recent habeas corpus decision. Whelan cite's Stuart Taylor, without telling us who he is, but giving the impression he's God. Taylor's quote is a classic straw-man argument.

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