Difficulty of a Perjury Conviction

Look at this analysis by a former prosecutor on Libby's situation.

Big Brother is Watching

The digital imaging revolution has created some attendant side problems - like counterfeiting. To combat this it appears that the Sercret Service in cooperation with several of the main printer suppliers has a covert printing sub-routine run on every digital image, which captures the serial number of the printer as well as time and date printed as a bunch of small dispersed yellow dots. You can read more about this here in the WaPo.

I printed on an HP printer this afternoon and found the little yellow buggers. It requires good lighting and a 10x scope (jeweler's scope).

More Kelo Shennanigans

More eminent domain abuses surfacing.  And here.  The Supremes created a monster here.

I reiterate my point on why this SCOTUS pick is important.  The Kelo decision has allowed the legal taking of one person's property to give to another.  This decision is a gross distortion of eminent domain and the reason why we need originalists on the court.  Is Hariett up to the challenge?

I think Mr. Bush has blown this one

Look at the sampling of grassroots conservative frustration that Michele Malkin has picked up with the Harriet Miers nomination.  Here is a sample…

You have lost my support, President Bush. You have failed to deliver the type of judicial nominees that social conservatives prayed you would appoint. If your choices of John Roberts and Harriet Miers turn out to be good picks, we won’t know it for many months, if not years. In the meantime you have proven to me that Republicans treat social conservatives exactly the same way that Democrats treat blacks. Sucker them in long enough to get their vote and then ignore them.

Maybe Harriet is OK.  But there is too much at stake for us to trust “I know her heart.”  Remember he said the same thing about Putin.  I think we are in for a long 3 years…or more.

Looks like George Will is in agreement. More here.   Professor Bainbridge has his take on what little conservative support exists. Hugh Hewitt continues to be a lone voice in the wilderness supporting the prez.

My take?  I think the President missed a huge opportunity.  SCOTUS is the big leagues and you need a big league gun at the battle.  Miers may turn out to be OK.  But if you had the first round pick in the draft would you choose Peyton Manning or some unknown NCAA Div 3 College quarterback?  Bush is taking too big a gamble.  It also gives me some pause to some of the other decisions he has made.  What other gambles are we taking?

This is why the next SCOTUS nominee is important

Read what has happened to the eminent domain ruling now.  No one’s home is safe!