This just in: "Mr. Shelby announced Monday evening that he would reverse course on most of the 70 nominees and allow their confirmations to proceed." So maybe I was wrong about bullies being impervious to being shamed, though I wonder if he is responding more to imprecations from Mitch McConnell t ...

A huge explosion rocked a Connecticut power plant this morning. Reports say the blast was felt up to 10 miles away, with two confirmed fatalities and estimates of 250 injuries. Sarah Palin didn't need a teleprompter at the Teabagger Convention, but she did use crib notes (aka - the Alaskan Palm Pi ...

New Orleans voters to cast ballots for Ray Nagin’s successor today - NOLA.com Despite wall-to-wall coverage of the Saints’ first-ever Super Bowl appearance in Miami, a high voter turnout is expected in today’s local and special state elections in New Orleans. A 40-45% percent turn ...

Yesterday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to block the confirmation process for all Obama administration appointees. McConnell said he was acting on behalf of Alabama GOP Senator Richard Shelby. Shelby's goal: force the administration to deliver a giant ...

While much of today's focus has been on Richard Shelby's (R-AL) extortion attempt in the U.S. Senate, Steve Benen at The Washington Monthy reminds us that it isn't the only unethical, hypocritical Republican game in town -- the question is, what to do about it: It's not unusual to hear discussions ...

In a little over 30 seconds on the Senate floor yesterday, Republican leader Mitch McConnell demonstrated everything that's broken in the United States Senate. A little after noon eastern time, McConnell rose to object to Majority Leader Harry Reid's motion to confirm several Obama Administration o ...

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels today promised to remain neutral in his state’s upcoming Republican Senate primary, but admitted to being “startled” by Coats’ surprise candidacy. Former Senator Dan Coats is “just alarmed about the country, I can tell you that from talki ...

Attorney General Eric Holder today wrote to Senator Mitch McConnell defending the Justice Department's use of the regular criminal justice system--and not military tribunals--to arrest, detain, charge, and try Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in connection with his attempted bombing of Northwest...

It's still early in 2010, but the runaway leader in the clubhouse for feelgood Biglaw story of the year is coming out of Haynes and Boone. It was widely reported last week that Matthew Deffebach, a partner at Haynes and Boone, donated a kidney to the son of a staffer at the firm. Deffebach didn't ...

Greetings prawfsworld. It's a real pleasure to be invited to guest blawg, and I want to thank Dan, Rick, et al for the opportunity. I thought I'd use my first post to plug the paper--or at least the idea--that I presented on the AALS panel with Rick Hills, Larry Solum, Mitch Berman, Laura Cisneros, ...