Thursday, February 9, 2006

Following Up.. I had mentioned Michael J. Gerhardt briefly in the post on the Judge Alito hearing, My sister Ann tells me he has left William and Mary where he used to teach and is now at UNC Carolina Law : Michael J. Gerhardt. Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law. She also said he had been up in Washington last month and did testify at the Alito Nomination hearings which I had missed. I can't dig up his testimony on Thomas yet, but Sen. Sarbanes quoted him into the Congressional record. "As Michael Gerhardt, distinguished professor of constitutional law at the University of North Carolina Law School, testified recently before the Judiciary Committee: Neither the plain language of the Appointments Clause nor the structure of the Constitution requires Senators to simply defer to a President's Supreme Court nomination. Let me repeat that quote: Neither the plain language of the Appointments Clause nor the structure of the Constitution requires Senators to simply defer to a President's Supreme Court nomination. In my view, the Senate's duty to advise and consent on nominations is an integral part of the Constitution's system of checks and balances among our institutions of government. A nomination alone does not constitute an entitlement to hold the office. " Also I notice the Hill Wikipedia scandal is not dying down. The Washington Post has written a second article Wikipedia's Help From the Hill on this bruhaha. This one in the technology section, and the BBC has picked up on this as well Congress 'made Wikipedia changes' . I have started to become more aware of the rules Wikipedia:Neutral point of view - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and disclaimers Wiki is putting on some of their pages, such as this one List of internet search engines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Looking over my notes on that Wiki post I noticed the original working title I had for that was "Wikipedia agonistes: revenge of the gatekeepers." Dave Winer thinks web log posts don't even need titles. I can't imagine why. 11:51:11 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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